By: Kinjal Shah
Parenting adolescents is a huge challenge but with communication, teenage parenting can be made easier for you and your child. One of the hardest things in parenting adolescents is communicating in the right way, and here are some ways that teenage parenting can be made a little less stressful:
Empathy & Reassurance – a [...]
By: peterhutch
Teen depression comes in two forms. It can be a simple episode in which they are upset because of a break up. Or, it can come in a constant, heavy depression that can and does destroy lives. There are many things that you, as a parent can do to keep your child out of [...]
By: Keith Allen
All teens lie, right? Teen lying is something that is done harmlessly and viciously. Teens lie for many reasons; most of them have to do with their ability to do it. Pulling a fast one over on mom and dad is something you probably tried too. But, in today’s world, lying teens can [...]
By: Bryan Burbank
There is an epidemic in this country because our teens are becoming more overweight than ever before. It is important that we teach them how to diet and exercise so that they can maintain a healthy weight. In most cases are teens are looking through those glamor magazines and seeing a lifestyle that [...]
By: Darlene Siddons
When does self esteem begin? Many times we think that self esteem begins in our children when they hit their tween years, not realizing that it really begins at birth. It is developed with the influence of parental attitudes and behaviors right from birth and then continuing on into all the childhood developments. [...]
By: anonymous
here, the kids are home, and their rooms (clothes, communication, or anything else) are a mess. What’s it about? What do you do? Read on to find out how to prevent, clean up and get them to clean up their mess.
You politely ask them to clean their room. They say, ?OK,? but nothing happens. [...]
By: Evan Levy
urprise no one that Lori, 13, generally wakes up at 6:00 am to plan her outfit for the day. Or that she often checks in with her two closest friends. But according to * Tracy Fontaine, a New York City elementary school teacher, in about a year or so, she may well stop [...]
By: jane maria
Parenting teens is often filled with turmoil and stress. While very few parents will truthfully say that there was no strife while raising their teenager there are ‘tricks’ to making this time of life a wonderful adventure.
When thinking about parenting, teen issues seem to pop up as some of the toughest. Teens have [...]
By: Harry Johnson
A high percentage of teens — nearly one-half — had experienced some traumatic event in their adolescent years. Nearly one-fifth of the nation’s teens are suffering from emotional disorders.
Some have faced violence and abuse in their lives and have enormous difficulty dealing with it. The result: clinical depression, even posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). [...]
By: James Rouse
It only seems natural to consider the psychological effects of teen obesity and how it is affecting our youth. Not too long ago it would be unheard of to be having this discussion. The child obesity issue worldwide has received so much attention it seems appropriate to consider what is going on in [...]
By: John Sovec
For many parents, the experience of raising children can easily turn from an idealized dream of Halloween costumes, lunch boxes, first dates and prom pictures into a battlefield of miscommunication and misunderstanding that leaves both teenagers and parents emotionally scarred.
In this type of environment, each attempt by parents to connect with their teen [...]
By: Harry JohnsonSchizophrenia is one of the most complexes of all mental illness. It involves a severe, chronic, and disabling disturbance of the brain.
Basically schizophrenia is a chronic, severe and immobilizing brain disease that tends to develop between late adolescence and early adulthood. People with schizophrenia may have difficulty distinguishing reality from fantasy, managing their [...]
