parenting teens

Bed and bath

Transition your playroom from toddler to teen

The kids may grow and change to suit their ages, but the family playroom certainly doesn’t. Here are some suggestions and tips to...

Teen School & Education

What parents should know about getting college athletic scholarships

Is your child a student athlete? Your child's sport pastime could help pay for college tuition, thanks to college athletic...

Teen Health & Wellness

Discussing sex and birth control with your teen

Reality shows such as 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom are showing the truth about what can happen to teenagers who don’t know the...

Teen Behavior

Helping your teen make positive friendships

Adolescents and teens may look more and more like adults, but their judgment and decision making is decidedly not adult. This goes...

Tweens, Teens & College

Parent-approved alternatives to teen piercings, tattoos and hair dyes

Recently your tween has been dropping not so subtle hints abut her plans to get inked on her 16th birthday. You’ve also heard her...

Child Development & Health

5 House rules parents should not ignore

In my humorous how-to book, 35 Things Your Teens Won't Tell You So I Will, I lay down rules about every aspect of a teen's life....

Teen Behavior

Normal teen behavior

Little children, little problems. Big children, big problems. If you're the parent of a toddler and someone says this to you, you...

Tweens, Teens & College

How to keep teens safe without nagging

Every two years, since the early 1990s, the Center for Disease Control has made available surveys that track risky behaviors by...

SheKnows TV: Families Collide

Communicating with your teen

Whether it's talking to your teen about her first love, warning her about the dangers of smoking or simply trying to find out what...

Teen Behavior

Teens and risky behaviors: Violence at school

Over the last decade and a half, there has been an increase in the percentage of kids who have not gone to school on a given day...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Monday Mom challenge: Talk about risky behaviors

When we think about talking to our kids about the "hard" topics, we often mean sexual activity and drug and alcohol use. While...

SheKnows TV: Families Collide

Getting ready to send your kids to college

To help you deal with the practical packing as well as the drama-filled goodbyes, we've put together a guide to get you and your...

Teen Behavior

Does your teen need a cell phone?

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...

Teen Behavior

6 ways to tame teen behavior

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...

Teen Behavior

7 Books to read aloud with your teen or tween

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...

Teen Behavior

Helping teens combat peer pressure

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...

Tweens, Teens & College

Christmas jobs for teens

Is your teen ready for a job over the Christmas holiday? The holiday season is an ideal time for ambitious teens to get introduced...

Tweens, Teens & College

Teen behavior explained: 13 is the new 18

If you're suddenly confronting someone who looks vaguely familiar but acts like a complete stranger, you may have become the parent...

Tweens, Teens & College

Teens top dilemmas solved

I received a big shock this past week. E-mails, many of them, asking for advice, from pre-teens. I had no idea that I was such a hit...