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Articles in Teen Behavior:


  1. 5 Steps to boosting your daughter's self-esteem
    By Tiernan McKay on Nov 6, 2009
    A friend shared a short clip from Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty called “evolution“. In it, we see the major physical...
  2. Teaching teens to be safe drivers
    By Abbi Perets on Sep 21, 2009
    We'd love it if our kids would do only what we tell them to do, but the reality is that they're much more likely to do what we do...
  3. Is Twilight hurting teen relationships?
    By Elizabeth Weiss McGolerick on Sep 16, 2009
    Edward Cullen is tall, pale, ridiculously handsome and brimming with secrets. As if that isn’t enough to make a teen girl swoon,...
  4. Keeping kids off drugs
    By Dyan Eybergen on Aug 7, 2009
    There's a right way and a wrong way to talk to your kids about drugs. Adolescent psychiatric nurse and author Dyan Eybergen shares...
  5. 10 Tips to establish rules for your teen
    By Vicki Salemi on Jul 29, 2009
    You know it. You dread it. Ahhhhh, the teen years have arrived! But they don't have to be painful parenting ones if you establish...
  6. What to do if your teen takes drugs
    By Abbi Perets on Jul 15, 2009
    You suspect your child is taking drugs -- and it's one of your worst parenting nightmares. The bad grades, the crazy clothes -- you...
  7. Talking to teens about drugs
    By Abbi Perets on Jul 5, 2009
    What is the best way to talk to your kids about drugs? It's a scary world out there. Your teen is exposed to all kinds of...
  8. Teenagers Suck: Teaching responsibilities and chores
    By Joanne Kimes and R.J. Colleary with Rebecca Rutledge, PhD on Jun 15, 2009
    How can you teach your teenager how to take responsibility and help out around the house? By channeling your inner teen, of course!...
  9. Teen sexting - What parents can do
    By Abbi Perets on Jun 9, 2009
    Is your teen sending sexual text messages? Just when you thought you couldn't possibly worry about one more thing, along comes teen...
  10. How to deal with mean girl cliques
    By Melissa Chapman on Feb 25, 2009
    Are mean girl cliques making your daughter's life miserable? Dealing with these bullying cliques almost seems like a rite of passage...
  11. Teen behavior explained: 13 is the new 18
    By Abbi Perets on Feb 3, 2009
    If you're suddenly confronting someone who looks vaguely familiar but acts like a complete stranger, you may have become the parent...
  12. Don't treat siblings equally, treat them fairly
    By Abbi Perets on Jan 23, 2009
    We spend a lot of time trying to give to our children equally. But maybe the focus needs to be instead on what's fair: some kids...
  13. Is Facebook safe? Safety tips for teens
    By Abbi Perets on Dec 15, 2008
    Your teens love their Facebook friends and their MySpace pages and whatever other social networks they've joined. And while once...
  14. Can you trust your teen?
    By Abbi Perets on Nov 17, 2008
    Your teen swears he's trustworthy, and you want to believe him. But you weren't born yesterday, and even though an entire generation...
  15. Confronting your child's bad behavior
    By Abbi Perets on Oct 16, 2008
    You stare in horror across the playground as the bully advances and strikes at his prey. You feel the shove in your own chest, taste...
  16. Raising a Weepublican or a Demoquat: Getting your kids...
    By Vicki Salemi on Oct 7, 2008
    Let’s take party training to a new level, shall we? Whether you’re a supporter of Obama or McCain, one thing’s for certain:...
  17. Why the cool mom loses
    By Abbi Perets on Oct 2, 2008
    It's tempting to be jealous of the cool mom -- the one the teens love, the one who speaks their language and hangs out with them....
  18. What's your family made of?
    By Abbi Perets on Sep 24, 2008
    In our privileged world, a "disaster" is when the TiVo doesn't record your favorite show. But when a real disaster hits, is your...
  19. Learn how to get involved at school
    By Abbi Perets on Sep 4, 2008
    When was the last time you spent time at your child's school? And not just the daily drop-off or the obligatory parent-teacher...
  20. The politics of parenting
    By Abbi Perets on Sep 2, 2008
    With the election dominating the nightly newscast (in between hurricane updates), it's a great time to talk to your kids about...

Your teen is almost a grown-up, but not quite. Their decisions and judgments are often still quite self-centered and immature; they need experience and continue to need guidance in making good decisions. They are still learning and generally school is a very large part of their life. After school activities like high school intramural sports, cheerleading, band, orchestra, theater, clubs, leadership and other extracurricular activities may be demanding a lot of your teen's time. Your teen may be making plans for her homecoming and prom dress and graduation parties. There are so many fun milestones for this age. However, many teens are now exposed to lots of adult experiences, too: They might be driving a car (ack! a teen driver in your house!), considering college or university, working a job and earning a paycheck, dating and maybe (probably) becoming sexually active. Your teenager might be experimenting with drugs and alcohol. How can you talk to your teen? How do you teach them responsibility, set and enforce loving limits to keep them safe, but also nurture their independence so they are ready to live on their own and take care of themselves as they emerge into adulthood.

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