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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.
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
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
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
It’s that time of year again, as some of you need no reminding. There are schools with stressful, shouty posters saying 20 DAYS TO GCSEs,
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
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,
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
I have blogged for Cambridge International Exams about how schools can tackle the problem of helicopter parenting. Many parents don’t fall into these traps but
I was sent this phenomenal free resource from MediaSmart for educating boys and young men about problems with body image. With today’s obsession about how we
Someone asked me if they could see the powerpoint presentation from my 2015 Edinburgh International Book Festival talk of that title. Certainly. It’s below – though
RESOURCES FOR FURTHER READING Note that I do NOT only suggest books/articles that I agree with. We should all read things that challenge what we think, to make
Hi Nicola, Do you understand the brains of teenage boys? My 16 year old spends hours playing on the xbox, shouting and swearing at
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