Teens

It can be an unsettling time for students starting on their A level or BTec studies and parents need to be on hand to guide and support their teenagers. Here are Anne Coates' top tips.

Competition for university places has never been so high as students seek to avoid the higher tuition fees. Anne Coates, author of Applying to University The Essential Guide, offers advice and guidance for parents  and students on this very special day.

BBC Three and Renegade Pictures are making a new documetnary about money and would love to talk to mothers and teenage daughters who are happy to share their stories.

Sometimes it feels as though the whole family is taking exams – they have a way of taking over everything! And although you can't take the exams for them, you can certainly make life a little less stressful for tense teens by following Anne Coates' top ten tips.

The Camp America programme allows young people aged 18 to 25 the opportunity to spend nine weeks living and working on a summer camp in the USA. Their recruitment fairs are being held this month.

Whether your child has just started school or is in the sixth form, parents' evenings can be daunting and unsatisfactory. Read Parenting Without Tears' top ten tips to get the most from your school meetings.

It's a day that's eagerly anticipated by some, dreaded by others – and that's just the parents of A level students! Here Anne Coates gives her top ten tips for parents to support their offspring.

Supporting your teenager's career choice can be difficult, especially if your teenager has unrealistic expectations. Jayne Bailey, Head of Curriculum at the National Enterprise Academy, explains why parents shouldn't be worried if their teenager has ambitions to become the next Richard Branson or Peter Jones.

New campaign: Chlamydia, Worth Talking About urges parents to encourage their teens to say "yes" to chlamydia tests

Ed Balls urges parents to talk to their children about the risks associated with drinking alcohol and follow the five point alcohol guidance from the Chief Medical Officer.

My son, 14, is perpetually bored. He has no interests; if you ask him what he likes he just shrugs his shoulders. He's practically monosyllabic. I've gone from feeling sympathetic to worried and sometimes I even feel cross. I just can't get through to him. He doesn't seem to have many friends and he hates sport. He just wants to stay in his bedroom all the time. What can I do to help his shake this off?

More than 130,000 students face being rejected for a university place this year. The NGTU survival pack shows teens what options are available to them post A levels.

If your son or daughter will be 16 to 18 on 1 September 2009, and it staying on in full time education, he or she may qualify for an Educational Maintentance Allowance. Now is the time to apply.

I've just got a phone bill for £400! It turns out that my 16 year-old son has met a girl on the internet who lives a few hundred miles away. As well as talking to her endlessly on on MSN, it now turns out that he's also been phoning her on her mobile. A lot. He has agreed to pay back the money but he doesn't seem to have grasped why this might be a problem. I'm concerned about the very idea of meeting someone online but he tells me it's totally normal and everyone does it. What should I do?

My 13-year-old son is truanting. He's been steadily going off school for the past year or so but I thought it was just a phase that would pass. However he seems quite open about hating it. He didn't really bother to hide the fact that he had stayed at home instead of going to school; he just said school is boring and that there's no point in going. What should I do?

At only 14, double gold medalist Eleanor Simmonds is an inspiration to us all and has voiced her support for Staying Positive (EPP CIC) - a free workshop for teenagers living with long-term conditions.

If your teen has not yet completed the UCAS form – especially the personal statement - the Christmas holiday should be used to get this finished for sending in by 15 January, writes Anne Coates, author of Applying to University The Essential Guide.

Our daughter is 13 and I'm worried she's wasting money on her mobile phone. We bought her a phone for safety but she uses it to talk to and text friends. It's on a contract where she gets a reasonable amount of free call minutes and texts but we've noticed that her bills are claiming most if not all of her pocket money. I think she could be doing something better with it than spending it on phone calls but perhaps I'm being too harsh?