Coronavirus, Children and adolescents

06 November, 2020

Asking for a Parent podcast with Dr Colman Noctor

Dr Colman Noctor was joined by our Director of our Communications, Advocacy and Engagement ,Tamara Nolan, on his new parenting podcast, 'Asking for a Parent'.

“We want our children to be socially conscious... but we also don’t want them up all night worrying about the numbers and trying to get the balance is going to be difficult”

Asking for a Parent discusses the most common and complex child-rearing challenges and provides better ways for listeners to understand a child’s behaviour, with real-world solutions, while understanding parental pressures.

In this episode, Dr Colman Noctor is joined by Tamara Nolan, our Director of Communications, Advocacy and Engagement, to answer listener questions.

Topics discussed include managing COVID-19 anxiety, parenting young adults who stay up all night and sleep all day, managing the attention economy when you have a child with chronic illness, and the concept of parental guilt.

The complexities of adolescent friendships are also discussed, alongside protecting teenagers' self-worth, protecting children’s development without overwhelming them, understanding self-harm and approaching anxiety-related bedwetting.

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