John Waring has written over 60 informative articles setting out ways that you can deal with issues that may arise with your children and adolescents. The information in these articles has provided welcome relief to many parents who find themselves not quite sure how to deal with issues concerning their children.

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• How Does Your Garden Grow: How Does Your Garden Grow Published: 04/05/09
• CHILD INNOCENCE: Innocence Published: 09/02/09
• Social Skills: Social Skills Published: 28/07/08
• Swearing: Swearing Published: 12/05/08
• First Born Children: First Born Published: 14/04/08
• Computer Addiction: Computer Addiction Published: 17/03/08
• Adolescent Sleep: Adolescent Sleep Published: 18/02/08
• Separation Anxiety: Separation Anxiety Published: 21/01/08
• School Holidays: School Holidays Published: 24/12/07
• Electronic Entertainment: Electronic Entertainment Published: 26/11/07
• Adolescence: Adolescence Published: 29/10/07
• Step Parenting Published: 03/09/07
• Tantrums Published: 06/08/07
• RESILIENCE Published: 09/07/07
• Should I leave my Child alone? Published: 04/06/07
• Parental Exhaustion Published: 21/05/07
• "Ask your father" Published: 12/04/07
• Emotional Regulation Published: 25/12/06
• Anger Management Published: 07/08/06
• Victims Of Crime Published: 20/02/06
• It Takes A Village Published: 23/01/06
• Affluenza Published: 26/12/05
• Psychology Week Published: 31/10/05
• The Cottonwool Generation Published: 03/10/05
• Bubblewrap Generation: Over Protective Parents Published: 03/10/05
• Worrying About Your Children: Worrying about your children Published: 05/09/05
• Stepfamilies: Stepfamilies Published: 08/08/05
• School Holidays 2 Published: 11/07/05
• School Holidays: How are you surviving? Published: 11/07/05
• The Overburdened Child: The Overburdened Child Published: 13/06/05
• When you talk to your children: How long does your child take to respond? Published: 16/05/05
• Computer Games Published: 16/05/05
• Flat Stanley: Travel Published: 28/04/05
• Body Image: Body Image Published: 21/03/05
• Raising Resilient Children: Raising Resilient Children Published: 28/02/05
• Christmas 04 Published: 13/12/04
• Misbehaviour Published: 22/11/04
• Mobile Phones Published: 25/10/04
• Children and Mobile Phones: Mobile Phones Published: 25/10/04
• Lying: Lying Published: 27/09/04
• Television Viewing: Graphic Violence Published: 30/08/04
• Volunteering: Community Service Published: 08/08/04
• G and PG Ratings: Graphic Violence Published: 02/08/04
• Nightmares Published: 02/08/04
• School Holidays: School Holidays Published: 13/07/04
• Adolescence: Adolescence Published: 22/06/04
• Communication: Communication, Understanding Published: 11/05/04
• Nothing to learn from shock tactics: Traumatising teens is no way to help keep them safe Published: 06/04/04
• Don't double punish your children: Punishment Published: 23/03/04
• Back to School: Back to School Published: 11/01/04
• Surviving the celebration: Schoolies Week Published: 28/10/03
• Get off to a good start at school: start the school year off well Published: 01/09/02
• Coping with change: Helping children cope with change Published: 01/09/02
• Organisational skills for families: How to improve a families organisational skills Published: 01/09/02
• Organisational skills for children: How to improve organisational skills for children Published: 01/09/02
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder: understanding odd Published: 01/09/02
• Attention: Improving children's attention skills Published: 01/09/02
• Improving compliance: Improving compliance tips Published: 01/09/02
• Temperament: Children have different temperaments Published: 01/09/02
• Sleep: Understanding children's sleep Published: 01/09/02
• Separation anxiety: Help for children with separation problems Published: 01/09/02
• Routines and Rituals: Routines can become a problem Published: 01/09/02
• Rewarding good behaviour: Reward good behaviour to make it grow Published: 01/09/02
• Pets and Children: Every child need a pet Published: 01/09/02
• Parents and Grandparents: Parents and grandparents sometimes clash Published: 01/09/02
• Parenting Adolescents: Parenting adolescents can be tough Published: 01/09/02
• Talking to children: The language we use to talk with children is important Published: 01/09/02
• How many children do you have?: Teachers have it tough Published: 01/09/02
• Online Parenting Published: 01/09/02
• Play its more than just fun: Play is a useful learning tool Published: 01/09/02
• Fear: Childhood fears can be a normal part of development Published: 01/09/02
• Family Meetings: Family meetings help families function well. Published: 01/09/02
• Promoting social maturity: Promoting social maturity and responsibility can be achieved with some simple ideas Published: 01/09/02
• Sorry is not the hardest word: Learning to say sorry is an important part of a child's development Published: 01/09/02
• Childhood fears: Childhood fears and normal development are discussed Published: 01/09/02
• Anxiety disorders of childhood: Anxiety disorders seem to be on the rise Published: 01/09/02
• Asperger syndrome: asperger syndrome is becoming increasingly recognised Published: 01/09/02
• Boundaries and limits: Boundaries and limits help our children understand right from wrong behaviour Published: 01/09/02
• Bullying: Bullying needs to be addressed Published: 01/09/02
• Choosing a preschool for your child: Choosing a preschool can be difficult Published: 01/09/02
• Terrorist attacks: The terrorist attacks of September 11 have shocked the world Published: 01/09/02
• Traveling with children: traveling with children needs careful planning Published: 01/09/02
• HSC study help: HSC study help is available Published: 01/09/02
• Grandparents parenting grandchildren: More and more grnadparents are finding themselves parenting their grandchildren Published: 01/09/02
• Encopresis/toilet refusing: Encopresis is a difficult problem but help is available Published: 01/09/02
• Developing a child's organisational skills can be : Developing a child's organisational skills is a necessary part of parenting Published: 01/09/02
• Complex lives of children: Children have very complex lives Published: 01/09/02
• Complex lives of children: the complex lives of todays children Published: 20/06/02
• Fathering: changing role of fathers Published: 20/06/02
• Improving Compliance Published: 16/05/00
• Bullying Published: 02/05/00
• Safe Surfing for Children Published: 18/04/00
• Obesity and Children Published: 04/04/00
• Children and Stealing Published: 07/03/00
• Children and Lying Published: 07/03/00
• Children and Television Published: 22/02/00
• Shyness and social phobia Published: 08/02/00
• Homework Published: 25/01/00
• Christmas Published: 14/12/99
• Treatment of ADD/ADHD Published: 30/11/99
• Social Behaviour Skills Published: 16/11/99
• ADD/ADHD: Attention and Concentration Difficulties Published: 19/10/99
• HSC Study Skills Published: 21/09/99
• HSC Survival Guide for young people and parents Published: 07/09/99
• Step Parenting 2 Published: 24/08/99
• Step Parenting: 'Think before you step' Published: 10/08/99
• Raising Tolerant Children Published: 27/07/99
• Swearing Published: 13/07/99
• Rewards and Recognition Published: 29/06/99
• Improving Family Communication Published: 14/06/99
• Making Contact Work Published: 01/06/99
• Parents need time too Published: 18/05/99
• Adolescence and peer group pressure Published: 04/05/99
• Learning Disability Warning Signs Published: 20/04/99
• Praise effort not just achievement Published: 06/04/99
• Adolescence Published: 23/03/99
• Potential Discovery: Intelligence Testing Published: 09/03/99
• Anger is OK Published: 23/02/99
• Getting on with the job Published: 09/02/99
• Activity Overload Published: 26/01/99
• The Day has come Your Child is off to School Published: 18/01/99
• A Child?s right to grieve Published: 12/01/99
• Is Your Child Ready for School? Published: 29/12/98
• Temper Tantrums Published: 12/12/98
• Christmas: The Greatest Gift Published: 01/12/98
• Principles of Child Behaviour Management Published: 17/11/98
• Behind the Behaviour Published: 03/11/98
• Assessment of ADD/ADHD Published: 02/11/98
• Alternatives to Smacking Published: 20/10/98
• Should we smack our children? Published: 06/10/98
• Children and Sport Published: 05/10/98
• Childrens' Self Esteem Published: 22/09/98
• Pocket Money Published: 08/09/98
• Stranger Danger Published: 25/08/98
• Listen and Learn Published: 12/08/98
• Shopping with Toddlers Published: 05/08/98