Help My Preteen/Teenager is Driving Me Nuts!!! by Kimberly Chastain. I have been a therapist for over 18 years now and have seen hundreds of adolescents. If I had a dollar for every time a parent said to me, “If I talked the way my kids talk to me when I was a child I wouldn’t be able to get off the floor.” I would be... Tags : Family Dollar
Freedom on Juneteenth - What have we forgotten... by Daviyd Peterson. This Juneteenth celebration a final blow to American slavery has moved beyond the borders of Galveston, beyond the borders of the great State of Texas, beyond the borders of the U.S. to encircle several countries and faiths and peoples. We need to as... Similar Editorials : Freedom of Religion | Tags : Texas Child Support
Talk To Your Teen by Cori Sachais Swidorsky. One of the hardest parts of life is growing up. Teenagers are faced with decision-making, responsibility, and choices, everything adults have to face on a daily basis. Life gets overwhelming at times and we all need someone to depend on.&... Similar Editorials : Can We Talk | Tags : Child Teen
How to AssistTroubled Teens by Kent Pinkerton. These include: acting moody and/or rude, complaining about parental interference, experimenting with sex and/or drugs, searching for a sense of identity, showing less affection to parents and/or siblings.Unfortunately, some teens are more troubled th... Similar Editorials : ADHD in Teens | Tags : Meet The Parents
Camps for Troubled Teens: Disciplines and Wilderness by Kent Pinkerton. Boot camps are military-style facilities that use discipline, military exercises, rigorous physical training, and fear of authority to transform a troubled teen into a “good soldier” who follows rules. Unfortunately, most boot camps do not address un... Similar Editorials : Bridal Boot Camps | Tags : Summer Camp
Effective Troubled Teen Programs by Kent Pinkerton. For these parents and troubled teens, behavior modification programs are a good starting point. In behavior modification programs, appropriate behavior is reinforced and rewarded and inappropriate behavior is confronted and redirected, with consequen... Similar Editorials : Troubled by Incontinence | Tags : Florida Child Support
Teen Boot Camps by Eddie Tobey. Originally teen boot camps or juvenile boot camps were meant for delinquent adolescents with behavioral and substance abuse problems. Here they stay under supervision for a time and are subjected to a military-style discipline. Several jurisdictions ... Similar Editorials : Ladies Weight Loss Camps | Tags : Young Teens
MySpace and Teens: What Can Parents Do? by Scott Hendison. Many teens are excited about MySpace because it allows them to meet new people and post a profile that gives lots of information about them. What they don’t always understand and what many of them are not willing to accept is that there are peo... Similar Editorials : MySpace Just for Fun | Tags : Parents Com
How To Connect With Your Preteen & Teenagers by Aurelia Williams. As the parent of a pre-teen or teenager, you may long for the days when you could hold your child on your lap and they were eager to talk, laugh, and play with you. Those days may be long gone, but you can still find ways to connect with your teen. H... Similar Editorials : Transit Connect X | Tags : Parenting Teens
Help, My Teen Wants To Begin Dating by Aurelia Williams. Ah, dating. It’s a part of every teen’s life. It’s also a source of stress for most parents when their child reaches this pivotal point. It doesn’t have to be stressful. Here are a few tips to help you keep the fear at bay when your teenager star... Tags : Parenting Resources
Do Teen Brains Cause Reckless Behavior? by Simon J Evans. The latest issue of Scientific American Mind has a great article about the teen brain, challenging many of our current thoughts about our young adolescents. Many recent studies support the notion that teenagers' brains are somehow inept at dealing wi... Similar Editorials : Keeping Brains Healthy | Tags : Teen Parenting
Teen-age Suicide: A True Story by Helene Rothschild. Are you a teen-ager contemplating suicide or the parent of one? The following case study may help you solve your problem. When I met Jill, she was sixteen years old and had been in counseling for four years. She was twelve years old when she tried ... Similar Editorials : Teen Advice On | Tags : Hello Mother Hello Father
Giving Your Teen a Financial Head Start by Vince Shorb. Record debt, skyrocketing foreclosures and a large number of people suffering from financial stress ' is this your teenagers' future? It does not have to be. Raising a financially responsible teenager will help them avoid the problems that so many ... Similar Editorials : The Giving Jar | Tags : Vince Young
Let the Teens Manage Their Money by Florencio Jr Sevilla. The following may help the teens manage their money:Teach the teens to saveEncourage the teens to open a savings account to deposit their earnings. Even just a few dollars a week will be good enough. If their parents are giving them allowances, they ... Similar Editorials : Teens and Cars | Tags : Child Tax Credit
Parents That Support Teen Drinking by Steve Dahl. As an adult you know you did plenty of stupid things when you were a teen. Maybe that's why teen drinking is a growing problem. Maybe our guilt as parents prevents us from being too strict about teenage drinking. To add fuel to the fire, hundreds of ... Similar Editorials : Drinking Tea | Tags : Nc Child Support
Teens: How to Help Them Get Over failure by Preeti Narayan. We all do our best to teach our teens how to win. But teaching children how to handle failure and setback is equally important.Whether it's failing in test, or losing in dance competition or sports, failure can be painful for children.During such sit... Similar Editorials : Depression and Teens | Tags : Teenage Parenting
