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Does your teen need a cell phone?

By Abbi Perets on Feb 17, 2010

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If your teen has been pressing you for a cell phone, you may be wondering how to handle his request. Ultimately, each family has to...
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6 ways to tame teen behavior

By Abbi Perets on Feb 17, 2010

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If you have a teenager, you know the feeling of trying to wrangle a wild animal -- and losing. The good news is that you can tame...
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7 Books to read aloud with your teen or tween

By Abbi Perets on Feb 9, 2010

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It's probably been a while since you read your teen or tween a bedtime story. But choosing a chapter book to read aloud together...
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The Pregnancy Pact : Talking about teen pregnancy

By Abbi Perets on Feb 2, 2010

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In June 2008, a small Massachusetts fishing town made national headlines. Seventeen students were pregnant after those girls and...
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Helping teens combat peer pressure

By Abbi Perets on Jan 18, 2010

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What is the best way to help your teen combat peer pressure? If you had a nickle for every time your tween told you that "everyone...
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Letting kids learn the hard way

By Jen Klein on Nov 13, 2009

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I've always been a believer in natural consequences, even though letting situations evolve to their "natural" conclusions can be...
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5 Steps to boosting your daughter's self-esteem

On Nov 6, 2009

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A friend shared a short clip from Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty called "evolution." In it, we see the major physical...
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Is Twilight hurting teen relationships?

By Elizabeth Weiss McGolerick on Sep 16, 2009

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Edward Cullen is tall, pale, ridiculously handsome and brimming with secrets. As if that isn't enough to make a teen girl swoon, he...
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Keeping kids off drugs

By Dyan Eybergen on Aug 7, 2009

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There's a right way and a wrong way to talk to your kids about drugs. Adolescent psychiatric nurse and author Dyan Eybergen shares...
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10 Tips to establish rules for your teen

By Vicki Salemi on Jul 29, 2009

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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...
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What to do if your teen takes drugs

By Abbi Perets on Jul 15, 2009

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You suspect your child is taking drugs -- and it's one of your worst parenting nightmares. The bad grades, the crazy clothes -- you...
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Talking to teens about drugs

By Abbi Perets on Jul 5, 2009

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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...
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Teenagers Suck: Teaching responsibilities and chores

By Joanne Kimes on Jun 15, 2009

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How can you teach your teenager how to take responsibility and help out around the house? By channeling your inner teen, of course!...
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Teen sexting - What parents can do

By Abbi Perets on Jun 9, 2009

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Is your teen sending sexual text messages? Just when you thought you couldn't possibly worry about one more thing, along comes teen...
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How to deal with mean girl cliques

By Melissa Chapman on Feb 25, 2009

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Are mean girl cliques making your daughter's life miserable? Dealing with these bullying cliques almost seems like a rite of passage...
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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...
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Raising a Weepublican or a Demoquat: Getting your kids involved in politics

By Vicki Salemi on Oct 7, 2008

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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: your...
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Connecting with your kids: Strategies for tough conversations

By Dr. Laura Markham on Oct 5, 2008

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Fewer than half of all sixth graders describe their family communication as positive and only 22 percent of high school seniors do....
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Why the cool mom loses

By Abbi Perets on Oct 2, 2008

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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....
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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...

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Teenager mood swings, dating, peer pressure, experimenting with sex, drugs and alcohol - all kinds of teen problems can make parenting teenage kids tough. Get tips here.