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We’re super excited to partner with BBC Sussex to launch our brand new radio show which will air on BBC Sussex in April and May. We are looking for parents, carers and teens to contribute their stories – which can be given anonymously. 

The show is called Raising Teensand is a warm-hearted and honest round-table discussion about parenting teenagers and teen mental health. It aims to bring those involved in raising teens together to dispel myths and offer practical help and tips. 

Each episode will cover a specific topic – from device addiction and exam stress, to self-harm and body image. Experts from schools, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), the NHS and Sussex Police, for example, will be invited to discuss the issues alongside parents and carers. Contributors will share their problems and find ways for families to understand each other better. The show will be punctuated with pre-recorded stories from teenagers telling their stories.

Our first show will be recorded on Tuesday 2 April and is about social media and devices. If you have a story about how your teen uses social media or their devices, we want to hear from you. 

The show is a joint endeavour from BBC Sussex and Make (Good) Trouble. It will be presented by Guy Lloyd, who is a father of a teenager. It is a pre-recorded show and goes out every Thursday from 4 April at 8pm.

Other topics we will be covering include school stress, sleep, resilience, body image, relationships, the teenage brain, and language.

If you would like to be a part of Raising Teens, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us via our contact form.

👉 Listen to our pilot episode on family communication.

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Parents Harry and Daisy discuss what it’s like to parent teens on BBC Sussex radio

Listen to Make (Good) Trouble’s feature on BBC Sussex with Kathy Caton:

Make (Good) Trouble was invited to be part of The Big Takeover with Kathy Caton last Monday for a special feature on BBC Sussex radio. We brought along parents Daisy, Harry and Jane, as well as Rosie Scott from Hove Park school. They discussed flare-ups, how to get a teen to talk, where to get support for yourself as a parent and broaching difficult subjects.

Harry, Daisy and Rosie Scott

We’d love to hear your feedback! Please leave us a comment below and tell us what you think. Thanks!

Kathy Caton, BBC Sussex host

Photos by Mose Hirst, 19.

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Make (Good) Trouble is bringing parents together this Monday evening to talk about parent-teen communication. Three parents and a school-based art therapist will join BBC Radio Sussex’s Kathy Caton to discuss the triggers, flare ups and tips to help everyone get on better.

Tune in to BBC Sussex radio for our half hour feature from 9pm – a live round table discussion on parenting teens.

If you have a question, story or top tip to share about how you manage your parent-teen communication, leave a comment below!

Listen in on The Big Takeover with Kathy Caton from 9pm, Monday 4 March on BBC Sussex.

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Hands up if you’ve read the Terms & Conditions when you signed up for a social media account (or anything else online for that matter!)?

The Children’s Commissioner tested social media platforms’ terms & conditions out on children and none of the kids they asked understood them. Did you know that:

“Snapchat can publically display or sell any content young person puts on Live or Local Snapchat, meaning they can use a young person’s face and voice in any way, how Instagram can read a user’s Direct Messages and how all companies collect a range of person information including how long you spend on certain pages, where you are and who is in your phone book. They remind children that YouTube is owned by Google, so if you create a YouTube account, your data will be collected by Google and linked to other information Google has about you.” (childrenscommissioner.gov.uk)

Thankfully, the Children’s Commissioner has published handy versions for us so we can better understand what we’re all signing up to. If you’re a parent, you could use these to discuss them with your children.

We don’t think parents should ban kids from using social media. We do think children (and everyone else) should properly understand what they’re signing up to.