Wellbeing Q&A

Welcome to ‘Wellbeing with Collett’. Here you will find a growing list of Q&As. These come from the most popular questions I have been asked in practice over the years, after seminars or via the blog.

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Chores Lead to Success, Later in Life (even if teens don’t love them!)

Blog, Boundaries, Raising Teens podcast, Resilience, Wellbeing Videos, Wellbeing with Collett

What the studies discovered is that kids who were expected to participate in doing chores developed a stronger work ethic, and a strong work ethic leads to success in…

The Raising Teens Podcast is here!

Raising Teens podcast, Wellbeing with Collett

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…

Supporting Your QuaranTeen

Wellbeing Videos, Wellbeing with Collett

In today’s Wellbeing with Collett video we chat about what you can do to help your teen through self isolation, staying at home and the changes to their ‘normal’ routine.

Ideas to Manage T(w)een Anxiety About COVID-19

Blog, Education, Mental Health, Wellbeing Videos, Wellbeing with Collett

Like many reading this, I am a parent (I have 3 children, one already an adult) – and the talk of COVID-19 has been part of our daily conversation in the last few weeks. A study about empowering families during a healthcare crisis recommends the C-A-R-E approach. Engaging the CARE principles helps young people and families feel empowered. It reduces, and may even improve the risk of anxiety and trauma responses.

‘Bad News’ Media & Talking with our Children.

Technology, Wellbeing Videos, Wellbeing with Collett

VIDEO – Today, for ‘Wellbeing Wednesday’ I chat with Fiona about media consumption and talking with our children.

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Raising Teens is a place where you will find current psychological research on teens and tweens, in practical terms. It also has information and links to well-known experts, on adolescent development, so that you can get on with the job that you do best. That is – supporting, connecting with and loving your teen.

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About the Author

My name is Collett Smart. I am a psychologist, qualified teacher, speaker, podcaster and internationally published author, with more than 25 years experience working in private and public schools, as well as in private practice. I am married and have 3 children aged aged 22, 20 and 14 years-old. Welcome to Raising Teens!