by Inger Madsen | May 6, 2025 | Blog
Accept what is – and it changes Last week I gave a keynote at Saffron Walden County High School – talking all things teen chaos, and why it’s not the moment for logic. You might’ve been there. Your child’s yelling, spiralling, totally unreachable. You try...
by Inger Madsen | Apr 17, 2025 | Blog
How to Ease Exam Stress in Teenagers This Spring Hot cross buns, chocolate eggs, lighter evenings… the sap is rising and everything outside is bursting with the energy of spring. But inside homes and schools across the country, it’s a different story. For...
by Inger Madsen | Apr 7, 2025 | Blog
What Netflix’s adolescence really teaches us about parenting The new Netflix docuseries Adolescence is more than just entertainment. It’s a mirror. And if you’re raising a teenager right now, it might just hold up a painful truth about how our children are...
by Inger Madsen | Mar 28, 2025 | Blog
The Danger Lurking Behind the Screen Unless you’ve been living under a rock you will know about the new Netflix drama, Adolescence, starring Stephen Graham that every parent needs to see. It’s raw, it’s real, and it highlights something we can’t afford to ignore, the...
by Inger Madsen | May 24, 2018 | Blog
Did you know that more than half of primary school children have been sent inappropriate images or witnessed inappropriate behaviour online but not a single one of them has told, or will tell, their parents? In this blog I will share with you why that is and what we...
by Inger Madsen | Feb 13, 2018 | Blog
I hear you and I know how tricky it is when your child’s emotional responses seem totally disproportionate to what just happened. When your child explodes and implodes all over the shop and it feels impossible to relate to or keep up with. In this blog you will...
by Inger Madsen | Jan 30, 2018 | Blog
How much is too much and who decides? I am talking about screen-time here but maybe it really should be called scream-time? It certainly is an issue that can raise the temperature even in the most peaceful household. For a lot of families it is a hotly contested issue...
by Inger Madsen | Dec 5, 2017 | Blog
It is not at all uncommon for parents to be unaware that their child is being bullied. Children keep quiet about it because they don’t want to upset us, or perhaps they are worried that we will make the problem worse. If your normally placid child becomes aggressive...
by Inger Madsen | Nov 20, 2017 | Testimonial - parent
“I just wanted to pass on my thanks to you as I found the workshop on Monday to be very useful. I have found I am much more patient and am managing to maintain that patience throughout an episode my child’s of anxiety for...
