Teens
Below are a number of sources of information for parenting issues and concerns relating to teenagers.
Coping with anxiety and depression
Ballarat Health Services - Fear and anxiety in children and adolescents (pdf)
Better Health Channel - Trauma and teenagers
Children, Youth and Women's Health - Anxiety
Children, Youth and Women's Health - Children's mental health
Children, Youth and Women's Health - Fears and phobias - Older children and teenagers
Children, Youth and Women's Health - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Children, Youth and Women's Health - Post traumatic stress disorder
Children, Youth and Women's Health - Teenage depression
Emotional Health Clinic - Anxiety and depression
NSW Government - Mental health and your teenager (pdf)
Drinking alcohol
Australian Government - Alcohol and young people - A guide for parents
Better Health Channel - Alcohol - Teenagers
Department of Health and Ageing - Teenagers and alcohol - A guide for parents
Australian Government - Teenagers and Alcohol: A guide for parents
Teenage friendships and peer relationships
Better Health Channel - Peer pressure
Children, Youth and Women's Health - Friends
Children, Youth and Women's Health - Peer groups and peer pressure
Children, Youth and Women's Health - Self esteem
Teenage behaviour
Better Health Channel - Parenting - Communicating with teenagers
Children, Youth and Women's Health - Adolescence - when times get tough
Children, Youth and Women's Health - Discipline - teens
Children, Youth and Women's Health - Swearing
Geelong City Council - Teenage behaviour (pdf)
Geelong City Council - Teens need limits and boundaries (pdf)
NT Government - Living with teens (pdf)
Parentlink ACT - Abuse to parents
Teenagers and sex/relationships
Better Health Channel - Sex education for children with intellectual disabilities
Better Health Channel - Sex education - Talking to teenagers
Better Health Channel - Sex education - Tips for parents
Better Health Channel - Teenagers - Sexual behaviour
Children, Youth and Women's Health - Talking sex with teens
NSW Government - Parenting - Teenagers and sex (pdf)
NT Government - If my child is gay or lesbian (pdf)
Taking drugs
Better Health Channel - Drugs - Teenagers
NSW Government - Family matters - How to approach drug issues with your family (pdf)
NSW Government - How harmful is cannabis? (pdf)
NSW Government - What should you do if your child is using illegal drugs? (pdf)
NSW Government - Drug information for parents (pdf)
Parenting SA - Teenagers and drugs (pdf)
Victorian Government - Communicating with your teenager about drugs
Truancy, suspension and expulsion
Children, Youth and Women's Health - School refusal and truancy
Children, Youth and Women's Health - School suspension, exclusion and expulsion
Information for Indigenous families
Parenting SA - Our children, our families, our way
Parenting SA - Family togetherness
Parenting SA - Families that work well
