Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash Yippee …the summer holidays are here. Or oh crap ..the summer holidays are here! They last six weeks and often maybe more, there’s no school run, no structure and approximately a dozen requests for snacks before 10.00am. If you're already feeling a little overwhelmed, welcome to the group. You're in excellent company. Here's what I want to say before we go any further: I don't think there's any such thing as the perfect summer, certainly not on...

Here's what might actually help ... It's exam season (either mocks or the real things) and if you're a mum of a teenager right now, chances are you're navigating one of two things … or possibly both at once. Your teen has gone quiet, they're not revising, their phone is glued to their hand, their friends seem more important than their future. It seems that every time you try to talk about it, you hit a wall. Or they're working themselves into the ground. Up late, anxious, convinced they're...