Back-to-school bumps

With holidays over, how do you cope with the battles about TV, bed-time and dating, asks Denise Deegan

“It is a bad position if a parent is afraid to parent for fear of explosions. Parents need to assert their authority,” says parenting expert John Sharry,

AS THE new school term approached, I worried. Would my son get up in the morning? He was rising at midday, going to bed at midnight, at the earliest.