Growing up is a serious business and these days it’s far more serious than it ever was before. Whilst children may appear to have far more than they have ever had at their disposable by way of shiny new things, colourful new toys made of plastic, endless access[…]

Children who have OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) can end up feeling very isolated because they feel stressed and under pressure by the OCD itself. They may also feel so different knowing that their behaviours are unusual – that they are a lot different from other children and may[…]

Whilst we think about teenagers as reaching a point in their lives where they want to be away from the family unit, and spending their time socialising and interacting with their friends in the outside world, the reality is that this is happening less frequently than the media[…]

Children are becoming aware of their physical appearance from a much earlier age. This is likely to be caused by the number of images that they are bombarded with these days and how those images have been used to represent a sense of beauty, wealth, or achievement. Most[…]