The coronavirus has placed incredible strain on the family. Due to lockdown we are all now living in much closer proximity to each other than ever before. This brings with it its own unique set of problems, especially for parents of school-aged children. In this free download, family therapist Richard Hogan, author of Parenting the Screenager: A Practical Guide for Parents of the Modern Child, offers easy-to-follow strategies to help parents and guardians manage the family as they live in lockdown. His techniques equip parents with the tools and skills needed to promote healthy and happy familial relations during this challenging time.

Parenting the Screenager (published March 2020), uses case studies from his vast experience both as a teacher and as director of Therapy Institute, and offers easy-to-follow, practical steps that help parents to build healthier and more positive patterns of communication within their family, addressing topics such as boundaries, social media, gaming, online pornography, bullying and cyberbullying, teenage anxiety, body image and steroid use, perfectionism, sleep deprivation, and communication.

With this free download, Richard brings his wisdom and expertise to bear on the unique and unprecedented challenge of the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown. Practical advice is given on how to manage your marriage during lockdown, how to support and entertain children from toddlers to teens, and how to support Leaving Certificate students as they face uncertainty and confusion.

Richard Hogan is a systemically trained family psychotherapist registered with the Family Therapy Association of Ireland. He writes every Thursday for the Irish Examiner, and is a regular contributor on radio and television, where he offers strategies on how to overcome teenage mental health issues.

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