Eating Disorders in Teenagers The single best thing you can do to treat eating disorders is seek out a psychotherapist or counselor who specializes in treating them. Eating disorders aren’t conditions you can treat by reading a book, blog post, or wikipedia page. It’s a condition that can have fatal consequences, it’s complicated to treat, [...]
Read More eating disorders, eating disorders teenagers, Self Esteem, Teen issuesAbout Eating Disorders If you’re the parent of a young girl, there’s a good chance she’s started struggling with her self-esteem and body-image. All women (and many men) struggle with accepting their bodies and feeling positive about them. But teen girls in particular seem to have trouble with it. Movies, TV, magazines, their peers and [...]
Read More eating disorders, Self Esteem, Teen issuesWhat if facing your fears about Guns would make your family safer? Proper Gun Safety and gun handling skills could save your life! The biggest fear every parent has around guns is that their child might find one and use it to hurt themselves, because they don’t know what the gun does or how the [...]
Read More guiding your teen, gun issues, Gun Safety, guns, Teen issuesCell phone addiction is much more common than you might think. Most of us can’t stay away from our phones (or tablets) these days. People will check their phones anywhere, in the middle of conversations, at stop lights, while they’re driving… The list goes on. In some ways, we shouldn’t be surprised that so many [...]
Read More cell phone addiction, technology, Teen issuesOne of the most sobering facts about teenage suicide is that our common assumptions about it are often wrong. When I first started researching it, I assumed that teenage girls would be much more affected than teenage boys, I couldn’t have been more wrong! Teenage boys are four times (FOUR!) more likely to commit suicide [...]
Read More communication, suicide, Teen issuesTeenage suicide is a scary topic for a lot of parents. We’ve all had dark times in our lives, where we’ve felt depressed and lost, especially in our teenage years. But why do some kids feel the need to take their own lives? Why do they feel there is no way out of their pain [...]
Read More parenting, suicide, Teen issuesUnderage drinking isn’t like the other dangers that our teens can face. When we warn our kids to look both ways before crossing the street, it’s because we want them to be safe. The last thing we would want is for them to be hit by a car, so we inform them of the danger, [...]
Read More alcohol, drinking, parenting, Teen issuesTeenage bullying has become a hot topic in the parenting world. With access to more people than ever before, kids are more likely to be bullied today than any other time previous to this. We’ve seen several cruel tragedies online, as well as offline… All of it recorded in stark detail… And all of it [...]
Read More bullying, Relationships, Teen issuesEvery parent is going to be keenly aware of their children’s actions when they start hitting adolescence. This is natural. All the horror stories you’ve heard from the media and other parents about what terrors children turn into when they reach their teens is going to have an effect on how you parent. We’ve all [...]
Read More Out of control teenager, Out of Control Teens, Parenting Issues, Teen issues, teen self esteemEvery parent wants a good relationship with their teen. Most parents, and even most teens, agree that a good relationship starts with trust. But what happens when that trust is broken? The biggest complaint I hear from the parents I mentor is that they have a disrespectful teen. This is a sure sign that the [...]
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