As your child enters the pre-teen years, they have more opportunities to express their independence. Find out how to support their mental health, prepare for puberty and handle influences from the media.
While it may not be possible to completely eliminate negative communication with your teen, you can create balance by increasing positive communication. Discover five tips for more positive communication with your teen.
Sexuality is a healthy and normal part of life. Find out what sexuality is, how it is impacted by cancer and what you need to know to make safer choices about sex.
Learn about sexuality and how it can be impacted by a cancer diagnosis and treatment. You can also find information on making safer choices about sex.
Teenagers with phenylketonuria (PKU) face the unique challenge of balancing their health with their growing independence. Read about how you can support your teen with PKU.
The teen years can be challenging for your child, and for you. Learn how you can guide your teenager to follow nutrition guidelines, develop good sleep habits, manage their mental health and make safe lifestyle decisions.
This page contains information to help parents cope with their increasingly independent teen.
This guide outlines what children can understand about sexuality and reproduction at different stages.
Learn about attachment, and the social and emotional development of babies. Explore topics such as bullying, anger management, resilience, puberty, sexuality and sleep.
Learn about the different types of sexually transmitted infections and when and how to talk to your child or teen about them.
Find information to help support your teen (12 to 18 years of age) with intestinal failure transition through developmental ages and stages.
Having 'the talk' isn't always easy. Find advice for parents and caregivers on talking to their kids about sex and reproduction.
Discover how to monitor your teen's substance use effectively and what to do if your teen has a substance use disorder.
Find out how you can use effective parenting to support the 3Ps of pain management for your teen with acute pain.
Find suggestions to help your teen manage their sickle cell pain using positive coping behaviours.
Learn how an ostomy impacts your teen's day-to-day activities and about the considerations for protecting their stoma and ostomy pouch.
Find out how to help your teen to stay healthy and properly manage their diabetes as they learn to navigate adolescence.
Having scoliosis surgery can be a very emotionally difficult experience for a teenager. Learn about common stressors as well as how to cope with them.
Learn about the 3P approach to pain management, which is a combination of psychological, physical and pharmacological (medications) strategies.
Learn about sickle cell disease and how it can be treated. Also find information about helping your child or teen manage sickle cell pain and guidance on helping your teen become more independent with managing their sickle cell disease.
Use this video to help your child or teen learn about and develop a bedtime ritual so they can fall asleep more easily.
Learn why starting to talk to your child about sex when they are young and continuing that conversation as they get older is a good strategy.
Learn about the general short- and longer-term effects of alcohol, cigarettes and recreational drugs and find out how these substances impact people with sickle cell disease.
