For many of us, the importance of touch is well known intrinsically. We often recognise it most when it is missing. Like during a pandemic?
🎧The Importance of Touch
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Wellbeing Videos
Welcome to my ‘Wellbeing with Collett’ videos.
I have a weekly segment on Sunday mornings on Channel 7, as the resident psychologist for Mums At the Table. You can see more of these videos over on my You Tube Channel.
🎧 Sleep Deprivation and Teens
The Parenting Question this week is from Judy, on Sleep Deprivation: “How much sleep do our teens need?”
It has been said that we have a chronically sleep deprived generation. Studies on tech use and teens are complex, and, “Causal research in this space is rare because it is difficult to establish directionality and cause and effect, but one direct consequence of increasing time spent on digital media and technologies is declining quantity, and often also quality, of sleep.” (The Gonski report, 2021).
So how do we best support our teens?
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🎧 The Beauty of Family Traditions
Many family and cultural traditions communicate to young people that they belong to something bigger than themselves.
🎧 The Raising Teens Podcast is here!
I’d like to introduce you to my new podcast, ‘Raising Teens’. I am really excited to add something for those who prefer listening to reading. Or perhaps you like to do both?
I will be uploading a new episode each week, along with a related article.
Season 1 – Episode 1 is about Teens and Sleep.
Stay tuned…
An Open Letter to Secondary Students
An open letter to Secondary Students, from Author, Teacher and Speaker, Sharon Witt.
This letter is addressed to students in Melbourne, Victoria. However, so much of this is true for Secondary Students and Final Year students anywhere in Australia this term.
What a year they have come through. We are so proud of them!
Why Our Year 12s Need Creative Rites of Passage
I have written before, on how different this Year looks for our Year 12 students.Yet, in the last few weeks our kids heard that they will be losing more ‘lasts’. They’re really struggling with the news. So how can we point them to Hope?
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About the Author
My name is Collett Smart. I am a psychologist, qualified teacher, speaker and internationally published author. I have 25 years’ experience working with young people and their families, in private and public schools, as well as in private practice. I am also ‘Mum’ to 3 children (21, 19 & 14 years old). It’s great to have you here!