Perspectives on Parenting Adolescents
Considered reflections on adolescence, family dynamics and transition.
Perspectives on Parenting Adolescents and Young Adults
This section offers considered reflections on the complexities of parenting teenagers and young adults. Rather than prescriptive advice, it provides perspective — drawing on long-term professional experience working privately with families navigating periods of change, tension and transition.
Each piece is intended to inform thoughtful decision-making, deepen understanding, and offer clarity in areas where families often feel uncertain. The emphasis is on substance over volume, discretion over commentary and insight over instruction.
This is not a resource for quick solutions. It is a space for families seeking measured, experience-led perspectives within an increasingly noisy digital landscape.
For over 26 years, I have worked privately with teenagers, young adults and their families in the UK and internationally, supporting hundreds of families through complex and sensitive transitions since 2000.