1: Relationship Counseling Therapy for Troubled Teens
Relationship counseling is the process of counseling the parties of a relationship in an effort to recognize and to better manage or reconcile troublesome differences and repeating patterns of distress....

2: Nicotine Addiction in Troubled Teens
Nicotine is a drug that reaches a teens brain when the teen smokes, chews, or sniffs products containing nicotine. Nicotine is very harmful to teens, but its addictive nature can make it hard to give up. About 15 percent of teens use nicotine products, with cigarettes being the most common form used by teens. Still, teens can avoid nicotine, and troubled teens who smoke can quit. ...

3: How can I talk to my child about alcohol?
Talking to your teen about alcohol and other drugs can be challenging. It’s hard to know where to start. You might worry that if you raise the topic, it will somehow encourage your child to experiment. You might feel unsure about the subject. Sometimes it seems that teens know more about drugs than you know. ...

4: Trauma and Dating Violence Common Among Troubled Teens
Dating violence usually involves abusive or aggressive behavior in a relationship in various forms. The motivation most certainly will be to attempt to gain power and control over the victim. It can include verbal, physical and emotional abuse in a variety of presentations. This can include purposeful humiliation, destruction of personal items, blackmail, threats of physical bodily harm including slapping, choking, biting, pinching, kicking, shoving, hair pulling or any other type of physical force with or without a weapon. It also includes threats to prevent seeking medical attention....

5: What are Teen Drug Abuse Symptoms?
Most parents of teens fear that their child will discover, experiment with, and get hooked on alcohol and/or other mood altering substances. Though they try to be ever-vigilant, many miss signs and symptoms that are fairly obvious to those who have used drugs themselves, and those professionals who work in the drug and alcohol recovery field....

6: Effectiveness of Wilderness Therapy Programs
Wilderness therapy is a form of adventure therapy that relies on the natural aspects of a primitive outdoor sojourn or wilderness expedition. Wilderness therapy is often used for behavior modification by the families of young people. But the aims and methods of wilderness therapy don't center on behavior modification. Many wilderness therapy programs avoid what they view as manipulations, contrived activities, psychological games, and contrived consequences....

7: Online Polls For Teens
If ever there were an age group that has an opinion and feels the need to express it (positive or negative) are teens. Online polls for teens give them an opportunity to tell the world what they think. ...

8: Keep In Touch With Your Teenager
Young people seem to be in their own world full of activities and friends. Consequently, there is often little room to listen to parental advice....

9: Stuffed Animals For Teen Girls
You are never too old for stuffed animals. Girls in their teenage years still love to receive those plush bears, cats and dogs....

10: Christian Social Networking Alternatives
Explaining the importance of monitoring what our children view on the internet, and supplying them a safe christian alternative....

11: How to Help Anorexic Children
Your attitude and beliefs about children and teenagers and the interaction of the parents affect the way you respond to your anorexic child....

12: Should Your Teenage Child Become a Fashion Model?
Is your teen only interested in participating in local fashion shows, like ones that may be run by local fashion designers or local fashion store owners? Or, are they interested in making it big? These are important questions that you may want to get answers to because it may actually mean the difference between a yes and a no answer....

13: How to Crack the Ivy Code
Find out what you need to get into top colleges from America's #1 experts....

14: I'll Take Yesterday's Evil Over Today's Evil Anytime!
Because something bad and ugly could be behind the next bush, kids are missing out on some of the important steps of growing up....

15: Parents and Teenagers - 6 Tips For A Stress Free School Morning
As a parent, do you and your teenager have challenging mornings on school days? Are you wondering what you can do to help make your school mornings less stressful? Here are 6 tips to help you and your teenager experience a stress free school morning....

16: Coping With Your Teenager's Inappropriate Fashion Trends
If you're the parent of a teenager, then you know how teens like to keep up with the latest fashion trends.... Where do you draw the line between your teen dressing in trendy fashions and dressing inappropriately? Perhaps, more importantly, how do you draw the line? This article will outline some easy and sensible steps you can take....

17: Parents and Teenagers: 7 Mistakes to Avoid for Back to School Success
As a parent, are you interested in helping your teenager have better success at school this year? Here are 7 mistakes to avoid as your teenager returns back to school....

18: How To Build Self Esteem In Your Teenage Daughter
Girls who do not feel good about themselves are very likely to suffer depression and engage in self-destructive behavior ranging from eating disorders, self mutilation to risky sexual behaviors. It is thus important to find ways to help them to keep up with their self-esteem during these trying times.The following tips are a starting point :...

19: 7 Common Mistakes to Avoid When Discussing Sexuality With Your Teenager
As a parent, are you apprehensive to discuss sexuality with your teenager? Many teenagers want to be able to discuss sexuality with their parents, but may be afraid to because of the consequence or feel like their parents will not listen, become suspicious. Here are 7 common mistakes to avoid when discussing sexuality with your teenager:...

20: Parental Relationship Soured Over Interracial Romance
Interracial relationships, though quite commonplace, are still confusing to many parents, and downright frowned upon by others. Does love really come painted in a specific color? The issue is examined in this parent/teen conflict....

21: Learning Respect For Adults
Just wanted to share a sweet story about my son Kieren, who is 14 years old and about how he shows me respect....

22: Teenagers and Money - 8 Ways to Help Debt Proof Your Teenager
As a parent during these hard financial times, do you ever get concerned about your teenagers financial future? With historic foreclosure rates, recurring job losses, and volatile stock market conditions, what is it that you tell your teenager about debt and money? Here are 7 ways to debt proof your teenager...

23: Being Able To Recognise Teen Stress
Most Teens attribute their anger towards another person rather than direct it inwards....

24: Making Your Kids Bike Safe
If you have kids that like to ride your motorcycle with you, you are likely very concerned with making the entire experience safe. Learning which parts and tools that are available for your kids will help you to accomplish this goal....

25: Teenagers And Money - What To Do When You Lose Your Job
As the parent of a teenager, have you recently lost your job? Are you wondering what to tell your teenager? Or are you concerned about how this may effect your teenager's life? Here are some tips on what parents of teenagers can do when they lose their job....