{"id":3399,"date":"2022-05-19T14:18:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T04:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/?post_type=article&#038;p=3399"},"modified":"2022-05-20T10:51:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T00:51:13","slug":"from-the-college-counsellors-10","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/article\/from-the-college-counsellors-10\/","title":{"rendered":"From the College Counsellors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many parents struggle with the adolescent years. There can be a tense feeling in the air and stress levels are at an all-time high. The development that is going on during adolescence is the most rapid development of the whole human lifespan and here is why:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The brain itself is changing, specifically in the prefrontal cortex (the decision-making, planning, judgment and self-awareness area of the brain) and the limbic system (the emotional\/feeling area of the brain).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The body is changing, both physically and hormonally. A place they thought they knew so well is now feeling foreign.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Psychosocial changes \u2013 during adolescence a young person goes through individuation, which means they start to establish their identity as a person separate from their parents. They may naturally start to prioritise friendships over family and value advice from friends over advice from family.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you would like to read more about this tricky stage, there are many resources out there. Here are a couple of useful links you may like to check out:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au\/health\/healthyliving\/puberty\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Better Health Channel\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/raisingchildren.net.au\/teens\/development\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Raising Children Network\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you have any concerns about your daughter that you would like to discuss, please feel free to contact Carly Boaler or Louise Scuderi on:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(02) 9816 2041 or <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:carly.boaler@syd.catholic.edu.au\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">carly.boaler@syd.catholic.edu.au<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <a href=\"mailto:louise.scuderi@syd.catholic.edu.au\">louise.scuderi@syd.catholic.edu.au<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"highlight\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>Miss Carly Boaler and Ms Louise Scuderi, College Counsellors<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This article on College life meets The Archbishop\u2019s Charter for Catholic Schools \u2013 Charter #2, #6 &amp; #8<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many parents struggle with the adolescent years. There can be a tense feeling in the air and stress levels are at an all-time high&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[7],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-3399","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_category-around-the-college"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=3399"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=3399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}