Adolescence : Boundaries and Connection

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Topics covered: Adolescence, preteens, parenting, boundaries, connection, communication, friendships, resilience, smartphones, internet access, childhood development and growing independence. For this week's Real Take, I'm dipping into the Ready to Be Real archive and sharing an extract from a conversation I had with psychotherapist Richard Hogan in April 2025. Richard specialises in working with families and is the author of two brilliant books, Parenting the Screenager and Home Is Where the Start Is . He's also a father of three daughters, so he brings both his professional knowledge and personal experience to the conversation. As a Mom of a nine-year-old boy and an almost five-year-old…