The teenage years can be a nightmare for many parents, even harder if you are parenting alone and have no-one to share the feelings of frustratration and powerlessness with.

The age old cliché about teenagers is that they don’t talk, they grunt! It is true that teenage years mark a definite change in levels of communication between parents and their children.

So you have been a parent for, maybe 10 years and you’re pretty good at it. Your child has had their “moments”, but then so have you and both of yo

When we are raising children on our own, parenting can be one of the most challenging aspects!

As single parents we often feel judged and blamed by society if our children go ‘off the rails’ which increases our fear and uncertainty of our children getting hooked on drugs or alcohol?

Britain has the highest rate of eating disorders in the UK and in a survey 1 in 5 teenagers admitted to having eating problems.

Teenagers are seldom disrespectful without a reason, because every child wants to be loved and valued.

As parents we find the idea of someone hurting our son or daughter quite unbearable. If we were to discover that someone had hurt them, we would without doubt be extremely angry and upset

When a parent is confronted by aggressive behaviour from a teenage child it can be nerve-wracking, not least because that child is possibly bigger than you are!

Do you know who is influencing your teenager? The Undesirable Best Friend!

Is your lazy teen driving you up the wall? You will be no stranger to the frustration that comes with a teenager whose hand has become welded to the remote

Over the course of recent decades ‘teenager’ has become a bit of a dirty word. People often feel uneasy or intimidated walking past a group of youths.

Parenting can be stressful. Things advance at a rapid pace and suddenly you have an entire generation of culture between you and your teen.

Welcome to our Book List for Older Children! (in no particular order). These books have been recommended by single parents for older children when their parents divorce or separate.

How can we go about motivating these often unmotivated and self-centered young people that are our teenagers?

Use your own experience to support your teenager in the mysterious world of sex and love… “So you’re a single parent then? Broken marriage?

If you’re a teenager or young mother who previously lived with parents or carers, you now have to also get used to doing housework, cooking, paying the bills and other household tasks.