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Understanding adolescence

Adolescent Masochism: advice for prevention and control

Adolescent masochism: understanding the phenomenon Think of a psychological condition that takes pleasure in pain or suffering, whether physical or emotional. This is masochism, a phenomenon that during adolescence can manifest in disconcerting forms: self-harm, substance abuse, risky sexual behavior and much more. As a parent, your role is crucial: you need to be able

Nan Coosemans 23 May 2023

emotion management

Tic Disorders in Adolescents: what are they and how to guide your child?

Often it happens that parents bring their children to our camps and weekends with TIC disorders so we would like to explain a little better what they are and how to guide your teen in this. Because as you can imagine or maybe you already have experienced this, it’s not easy for a teenager to

Florian Hiele 15 May 2023

Communication

“Third Culture Kids”: the teenagers whose home is both everywhere and nowhere

Adolescence is lived in different ways by different kinds of people. Often, this difference is given by one’s place of birth or growth, which in most cases is the same for most, if not all, of one’s adolescent years. There are, however, groups of teenagers that didn’t have this experience and find themselves growing and

Ricky Re 29 August 2022

Fear

The hidden gift of panic attacks

In the last few years, the term “panic attack” has taken center stage. The impact of recent world activities combined with 3 year pandemic leaves us without asking why: stress is everywhere, surrounding us all the time. In this article you will learn an important insight in why panic attacks happen, what to do with

Florian Hiele 4 May 2022

Motivation

My child doesn’t want to go to school anymore, what do I do? Here are the tips of the teenage coach

It starts innocently, with a few bad grades here and there. Soon after motivation drops, followed by skipping class (without the parents’ knowledge), to parent/ teacher meetings, and before you know you know it you end up fighting with our teenage children who scream in our faces: “I don’t want to go to school!” These are not

Nan Coosemans 22 March 2022

Communication

How do I talk about the war in Ukraine with my teenage son or daughter?

As adults around the world watch Russia invade Ukraine, threatening to unleash what many fear will be the largest war in Europe since 1945, and which is speculated to have a global impact on the price of food, fuel, and metal, our kids are listening to our discussions, and watching the news while being bombarded

Nan Coosemans 1 March 2022

Motivation

My son doesn’t care about anything… 5 tips on how to motivate an unmotivated teenager

How many times do we hear “my son doesn’t want to do anything and couldn’t care less about getting decent grades etc. etc. What will his future be like if he goes on like that? What can I do to make him give a meaning and purpose to his life and to school and/or to

Younite 22 June 2020

Respect

Respect: How to get it from your teenage children

Everything parents should know if they want to restate their leadership “My son doesn’t respect me”, “she never listens to what I say”, “he never helps at home”, “he’s always fighting with his siblings”, “she’s always raising her voice at me”. This is the kind of sentence I keep hearing from parents of teenage children

Nan Coosemans 18 June 2020

Self-confidence

6 steps to make your children stronger and more self-confident NOW!

Hi, I’m Florian Hiele, Family Coach e Youth Trainer, co-founder of Younite. In this article I would like to show you how you can measure the level of your children’s self-confidence and – most of all – what you can do to give them more confidence, if their level is low. Before starting, you should understand

Florian Hiele 25 May 2020

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