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### Topic: Teens

## [Teaching Your Child About Consent](https://blog.kingscollege.qld.edu.au/teaching-your-child-about-consent)

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The concept of respectful relationships, including consent, has been discussed at a school level for some time, but it hasn’t yet gained universal traction with families. Lacking confidence and unsure where to start, many parents have struggled to make headway in this area. If this sounds familiar, these ideas will help you make a start.

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## [Successful Close Quarter Living](https://blog.kingscollege.qld.edu.au/successful-close-quarter-living)

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The current physical distancing measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be with us for some time. This cocooned existence is a test of parental patience, children’s willingness to cooperate and a family’s ability to pull together.

So, if you’re about to enter the family cocoon, or even if you’ve been living in close family quarters for some time, the following tips will help ensure your children not only survive each other, but emerge from the cocoon with a strong sense of camaraderie, a greater appreciation for their siblings and knowledge that they belong to a rock solid family who can pull together in a crisis.

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## [Bored? Try a New Board Game!](https://blog.kingscollege.qld.edu.au/bored-try-a-new-board-game)

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So we're into our second week of #FunAtHome Easter holidays. How's it going for you? Have you dusted down the old board games and enjoyed a family game night or two? I've seen several discussions on social media about board games over the last few weeks - mostly parents asking for suggestions, as they realise they cannot face the monotony of Monopoly or another round of Snakes and Ladders. What games are fun to play in isolation with your nearest and dearest? What's new? What have we missed?

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## [The School Formal Dress on a Budget](https://blog.kingscollege.qld.edu.au/the-school-formal-dress-on-a-budget)

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Is it too early in the year to talk school formal dresses? Apparently not. I was astonished to discover Year 11 parents discussing this topic back in October - nearly a whole year before their daughters would be walking the red carpet to their big event. The main cause of concern was cost and how much they needed to put aside. 

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## [Good Friends and Plenty of Sleep Help Keep Girls Happy](https://blog.kingscollege.qld.edu.au/good-friends-and-plenty-of-sleep-help-keep-girls-happy)

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Getting enough sleep and spending face-to-face time with friends are the best ways for teenage girls to guard against unhappiness and psychological ill-health, according to a recent UK government report

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## [It's Raining, It's Boring ... What to Do on the Gold Coast When It Rains](https://blog.kingscollege.qld.edu.au/its-raining-its-boring)

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Updated: 14/02/2020

## Kids. Rain. Gold Coast. Ideas?

Beautiful beaches, amazing weather, theme parks, promenades and playgrounds - the Gold Coast has it all.

And then it rains.

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