Who is Suzie?
I’m a Relate-trained counsellor, an accredited parenting educator, an agony aunt with over 15 years experience of working on UK national magazines (including eight years as agony aunt of Women’s Own), newspapers, television, radio and online and the author of 26 books – the two most recent being Teach Yourself Step-parenting and Teach Yourself Single Parenting. I was the counsellor in ‘Stepfamilies’, a major BBC1 series, helping people sort their way through the difficulties of bringing new families together.
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Pocket Money
My son’s friends seem to get much more pocket money than him. I’ve tried to explain to him that I just can’t afford to give him any more but he still asks for more – what can I do? Continue reading
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Talking about Sex
I want to talk to my teenage son about sex but every time I try he gets so embarrassed and walks away – how can I make it less embarrassing for him? Continue reading
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Divorce and Children
We have talked and talked and decided it’s best if they both live with me, but how on earth do we tell our children. What do I do if my son wants to live with his Dad? Continue reading
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Lap Dancing
A crowd of about six of us go out for a drink every Friday night. We’ve got in the habit of going to a couple of lap dancing bars, which are a great laugh. A couple of the guys bring their girlfriends with them, who say it’s fun and have no problem with this. Mine refuses. She’s not a prude and normally she’s great fun, so why is she being so unreasonable? Continue reading
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