Shropshire Teenage Book Award
I was recently shortlisted for the Shropshire Teenage Book Award and, as I couldn’t be at the ceremony, I was invited to make this short
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Adolescence
I explain everything from peer pressure and risk-taking, sleep and emotional changes to exam pressure and the effects of stress on learning. You’ll also find out about “Positively Teenage” and the concepts of FLOURISH. For links to research and other resources on this topic, please go to Extras. For my posts on the topic, see below. Do use the search box to find specific topics.
Easter holidays and exams
It’s the Easter holidays – hooray! And exams are approaching – nooooooo! This poses a number of problems but I just want to mention one.
From me, for you – to all the schools I visit
I wrote this for a school I visited recently but it’s really for every school I visit, every young person I talk to, everyone who
What I did with the British Embassy School Ankara
I’m on my way back from one of the best overseas trips of my life, to the British Embassy School in Ankara, Turkey. So, what
Beat exam stress with Exam Attack
Exam Attack is a beautifully simple, straightforward but expert guide to beating exam stress, so that students of all abilities are geared up mentally and
#AskNicolaMorgan 11: How would Blame My Brain have changed my life if I’d had it as a teenager? And did my parents understand me?”
Two fantastic questions from Wolverhampton Grammar School, who came third equal in the Ask Nicola Morgan competition. Congratulations to them! “If someone had given you
#AskNicolaMorgan 7: “How can teenagers remain confident when there’s so much pressure on social media to look good – eg like Justin Bieber, Selina Gomez?”
The Ask Nicola Morgan competition is finished and I should be announcing the winners but it’s just too difficult and I need a bit more
#AskNicolaMorgan: 4 “What if being me excludes me?”
Today I’m answering a question from the fourth school to enter the AskNicolaMorgan competition. (Deadline tomorrow – still time! Please enter!) Today’s question comes from
AskNicolaMorgan: #2 Three questions: about my personal experience, plus negative teenager stereotypes and “real” teenagers
Last week I answered the first question from the AskNicolaMorgan competition, from The Booklings Book Club, Glenthorn High School. Here’s the answer and here’s the
Teenagers and toxic friendships
Below is a shortened, adapted extract from the section on negative friendships in The Teenage Guide to Friends, reproduced here by permission of Walker Books. Note
Peer pressure and group behaviour in teenagers
I have genuinely been surprised just how popular The Teenage Guide to Friends has been amongst parents. Of all my books on adolescence and wellbeing,
Teenage brains and risk
In my talks and in Blame My Brain, I explain that risk is important. It’s biologically programmed into us to take some risks in order
