Ten things to know about teens

Is 2018 the year your tween becomes a teen? Suzanne Harrington shares her top tips for navigating the hormone-addled minefield. 

So you have kids. Cute, sweet, funny, delightful kids. Not for long, my friend. One day soon they will go into their bedrooms and you will never see them again. Emerging in their place will be a gaggle of gangly, sweary, moody, secretive strangers who no longer want to be seen in public with you, who communicate via grunts and textspeak, who will plough through the contents of your fridge like The Tiger Who Came To Tea, and who will routinely tell you to eff off while demanding cash and slamming a door in your face.

Worry not, for this is all entirely normal.