"I've dementia, now I've got ADHD and what else have I got?"
"If the barrier fails to provide a safe restraint in the meantime then we will of course review."Exam results day is here for
students - hot off the heels of the big moment for. It can be stressful, so how can parents and carers help their teenagers through it?“I am quite impulsive, I say and do the wrong thing a lot of the time, we’ve had arguments, we’ve had shouting.”
That is Les Sutton’s very honest assessment of what happened when his daughters, Anna and Emily, were doing their A-levels.Les, who is 47 and from Chorley in Lancashire, says he struggled to understand what they were going through - partly because he did not do A-levels or apply to university himself.
But Anna and Emily, now 23 and 20, say their dad did better than he thought.
We asked them, and an expert, for some tips on how to get through the day.Planning a treat or chill-out time before and after results is something Les, Anna, Emily and Stevie all say is important.
Les recommends offering a family trip out to the cinema or bowling the night before, to help ease the stress.Emily says she planned to go out on results night with her friends and her sister, so she had something to look forward to.
"We booked it so we could either celebrate or blow off some steam - a good night out to forget the stress," she says.Stevie says it is important to have a conversation and find out what your teenager would like you to do before, on and after results day. She says make plans, but be flexible, as things can change very quickly.