Teenage Times 

Teenager for Hire

This is my oldest son Zak who is 15. He is a great lad who is polite, inquisitive and enjoys helping others. He is not sure what he wants to do when he leaves school in a few years, but is looking for some work experience or perhaps a regular/casual job during the school holidays. During this year (on the weekends) Zak has been doing gardening, odd jobs and irrigation work for some local Woodside residents, volunteered at events for a nursing home and also for Alzheimer’s Australia. Zak also…

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Teenage Times 

Do you approve of teenage sleepovers?

“Nothing good comes from a sleepover!”. This is the mantra that I tell my two boys everytime they ask if they can stay over at a mate’s place. Can someone please tell me what the purpose of a sleepover is and why as parents we allow them to happen? I don’t know about you but my boys come back the next day as tired, snotty little ferals with a whole heap of gangster attitude that us parents have to put up with for the rest of the weekend. What are…

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