Starting Secondary School

A parenting guide that deals with one of the most significant transition periods of a child's life starting secondary school.

Michael Carr-Gregg (Author) Dr Michael Carr-Gregg is an adolescent psychologist, a well-respected speaker and one of Australia's leading authorities on teenage behaviour. In 1985 he founded CanTeen, the acclaimed cancer patients' support group for teenagers in New Zealand and Australia. Carr-Gregg has been a regular on Melbourne radio 3AW, the resident parenting expert on Channel 7's Sunrise and a regular on its Morning Show. He has written several bestselling books on parenting, including Surviving Adolescents, The Princess Bitchface Syndrome 2.0, Beyond Cyberbullying and When to Really Worry. He has also worked with organisations including Reach Out and beyondblue and has been the 'Agony Uncle' for Girlfriend magazine. He has won many awards for his work. Sharon Witt (Author) Sharon Witt has been immersed in teen world for almost three decades in her role as a secondary teacher, author and presenter to adolescents and their parents around the country. She is a regular media commentator on issues impacting young people, parenting and educational issues. She also writes for a number of publications. Sharon is the author of 15 books written for young people to help guide them through many of the issues they face in early years, including the best-selling Teen Talk and Girlwise and Wiseguys series. She is also the founder of the nationwide Resilient Kids Conference, a one-day conference aimed at equipping parents, educators and carers in building resilience in their children and teenagers.