teen brain A guide to your 'tweenager's' brain The tweenage [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/tweenager] years are those between the ages of 9 until about 13. I'll be honest I had never heard the term 'Tweenager' before I attended an inspirational talk on the subject a few years ago, I thought they were big blue CBeebies
pornography Porn-pandemic In a recent Ofsted survey [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-57411363] it was highlighted that teenage girls were asked for nudes by up to 11 boys a night. The impact of pornography on young people is a silent pandemic that has been spreading for years. The rise of social
parenting Continuing to Parent in Lockdown This article was featured this in Nub News [https://hitchin.nub.news/n/hitchin-wellbeing-charity-phase-on-the-challenges-parents-face-during-covid-crisis-and-lockdown?fbclid=IwAR2JG2g6OpLqATfam4cKnVcDf9nR-jUD_y0LiSQU1onJ7kHSZ3nA9z8AQgo] At Phase, we spend a lot of our time time helping young people to building resilience and good wellbeing, and particularly at the moment supporting them in all the ways that they have
resilience Top tips to build resilience Resilience is a bit of a buzz word right now, but what is it, why is it needed and most importantly, how do we build it? In this blog post I want to answer these questions and give you 10 great tips on how to build your resilience whether your
Help for parents How To Support Your Child We had the privilege recently of being asked to write a blog post for The Motherload (a website and blogzine for parents) about mental health. It is an area that their readers were requesting some information about, and we know from our own experience at Phase that parents do not
wellbeing My return to work at Phase As many of you know, I went on maternity leave last year after giving birth to my beautiful little girl Juno (who is now a proper toddler...how did that happen?!) I returned to my job at Phase this year in February and since then have been trying to learn
promote ‘'I am a parent; how can I promote positive wellbeing?’' For most of us, from our waking moments to a sleeping bed at night, we worry. We worry about what we are, or aren’t saying to our children. We worry if they are getting 5 a day or 5 a week. We worry if they are doing ok at
