Teens - Mamamia Parents

'I embarrassed my teen daughter in front of her boyfriend. She hasn't spoken to me since.'

This is actually what it's like to be a 14-year-old girl in 2024.

Tweens, Sephora, Mecca and the one thing we're all ignoring.

ASK HOLLY: How do I teach my teenage daughter to trust her gut?

Holly Wainwright

The town in crisis Australia ignored.

No one loves Australia more than Bethenny Frankel.

Shannen Findlay

‘My teenage son was very difficult. Then my closest friend told me what she really thought of him.’

The very specific moment when your tween becomes a teen.

'I was happy my daughter was close to her stepmum. But this weekend, I got jealous.'

Meet the 15-year-old Aussie making $40k a month selling her own tween skincare products.

The one thing that made me question using a tracking app on my kids.

ASK HOLLY: My son's girlfriend is super-controlling. How do I get him to break up with her?

Holly Wainwright

'I buy my daughters whatever they want for Christmas. I wish I didn't have to.'

'My daughter's bully was rewarded with a leadership role by her school.'

‘It doesn’t mean what you think it means.’ Gen Z words that Millennials just... don’t get.

Shannen Findlay

At age 11, Indi was in debilitating pain. A doctor told her the only way to fix it was to get pregnant.

Josh Ryan Evans and his character on Passions died on the same day.

Shannen Findlay

'Beware of Toolies' and 4 other things parents need to know ahead of Schoolies.

Georgina Jelovic

There's more to Jana Pittman's parenting style than what was on The Amazing Race.

The one dance move that proves you're a millennial.

'A teen boy once told me a classmate was "rapable". Here's what he says about that now.'

Sam Wood always wanted a big family. Then he had 4 daughters in 9 years.

How to talk to children of every age about the Westfield Bondi Junction attacks, according to a grief counsellor.

PARENTING CONFESSION: 'I feel so guilty about my close relationship with my stepdaughter.'

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'I refuse to make sure things are equal between my daughter and stepdaughter.'

When he was 38, Jerry Seinfeld met a 17-year-old girl in a park. Then they started dating.

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Linda Andersen 'drowned' in her bathtub. A year later, her teen daughters were arrested.

'My teenage son has acne. Here are 4 things that actually help.'

The days are long, the years are short. How kids leaving school has completely changed.

'The sicker I was, the better.' Social media fuelled Katya's eating disorder, now she's demanding action.

'Stephanie Aston died after doctors said she was faking her symptoms. I'm not even surprised.'

Punteha van Terheyden

Demi Lovato was 18 when she dated Wilmer Valderrama, 29. She says the age gap was 'toxic'.

Chelsea McLaughlin

'Don't take it personally.' How to look after ourselves when teenagers are... a lot.

Dr Jo Prendergast

‘I’m not choosing it, it’s choosing me.’ The viral friendship video that broke our hearts.

Rebecca Sparrow

How do you support your teens through Year 12 exams? 17 parents weigh in.

'We use the "X-plan" in our family. The lifeline that our kids are free to use at any time.'

A GP and a mum on why young people are avoiding STI tests.

How to talk to your teen about drugs - without being a hypocrite.

'Half of all Aussie women hate their bodies. It's affecting our kids.'

19-year-old Molly Day assumed 'nangs' were harmless. Now she may never walk again.

HOLLY WAINWRIGHT: I have one strict mobile phone rule for my daughter. I could never follow it myself.

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