I will make a confession right away. I am not the perfect parent. However, what I have learned as a counsellor does help me to understand and communicate with my teenage children better. Consider this quote "The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint. They talk as if they knew everything, and what passes for wisdom with us is foolishness with them. " Sounds like something our

It’s something we do all the time - listening. But are you really listening? Are you hearing what the other person is saying. We are all guilty of ‘listening’ while we are sneakily playing Words With Friends or ‘listening’ when we are going through a mental checklist of the contents of the fridge. I am guilty as charged. And then that sudden realisation that you didn’t actually hear the important bit - the confession, the plea, the question. It doesn’t mean we don’t care b