Parenting videos: raising pre-teens and teenagers

Get parenting tips and advice on everything you need to know about raising happy, healthy teenagers. Our videos cover topics like rules, risks and problems for pre-teens and teenagers, with plenty of parent-friendly ideas for supporting your child. We also offer a large range of videos on teenage mental health, plus video introductions to specialised topics like parenting gifted teenagers or teenagers living with chronic illness.

More about our parent video guidance on navigating the pre-teen and teenage years

Get parenting tips and advice on everything you need to know about raising happy, healthy teenagers.

Our videos take you through common family scenarios like helping your pre-teen or teenage child become independent, setting rules for your child, having tricky conversations, problem-solving with your child, handling risky teenage behaviour, and building a strong and positive relationship with your child. Our information also covers how to help pre-teens and teenagers with familiar problems like peer pressure, cyberbullying, negative body image and alcohol use.

Mental health is a concern for many parents and their pre-teen or teenage children. To help you with this, we have trustworthy parenting guidance on supporting your pre-teen or teenage child’s mental health, with videos covering mental health problems and conditions, mental health services and mental health professionals.

And if your pre-teen or teenage child is gifted or talented or has a chronic condition, we have videos that introduce you to these special family situations. These videos feature expert advice alongside parents and teenagers sharing their lived experiences of chronic illness.

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