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Unconditional love can do amazing things when it comes to rebuilding trust in your son after abusing drugs. “Unconditional love isn’t just what we feel. It’s what the object of our love feels: love without strings attached. That means our child doesn’t have to be, or...

Communication with teens is crucial when it comes to helping them through adolescence. It’s not easy, though. Parents often struggle with connecting with their teenager because this stage of development is marked with a strong desire to break away from parental...

He’s isolative. He’s angry. He’s violent. You have no idea what you’re going to do with your adolescent boy who has seemed to take a 180 with his behavior. Behavioral disorders are serious. They lead to risky behaviors and situations. Drugs, alcohol, sex, and criminal...

We've all seen the movies that depict teen boot camps as rough, disciplined camps that whip defiant teens into shape and magically turn their lives around by the end. But can you actually believe what's depicted in the movies? Are boot camps really all that...

When your troubled teen girl needs more help than you can give at home, you may feel as if you have failed. You may worry that she will blame you for "sending her away." But the truth is that some troubled teens are not able to experience healing in a regular home or...

When you have a teen boy who rebels, even going so far as to find himself in trouble with the law, it calls for a revision in parental thinking. The first instinct for most parents is to wonder what they did wrong? But know that in spite of the best parenting, there...

Unfortunately, adults are not the only people who have to experience grief in this world--children and teens do, too. And grief is just as individual an experience for teens and children as it is for adults. Let's focus on the grieving process for teens. What ways do...

Suicide is possibly the cruelest means of death for survivors to reconcile. Unlike a heart attack, cancer or a car crash, survivors of a friend or family member who has taken their own life are forever left with the question, “Why?” Teen suicide rates are startling....

It typically starts small. Your teenage son was caught shoplifting by the owner of a local grocery store. The manager knows you and your family, and assumes it’s nothing more than a prank. He lets your son go with nothing more than a phone call to you, assuming the...

Every year in the United States, countless parents of teenage boys find themselves engaged in the struggle of their lives. Their teens have become openly defiant to them, as well to all authority figures in their life. These parents are at a loss. They have no clue...

It is difficult for every parent to give their teenager independence. You're worried they will make mistakes, they will end up getting hurt, or that they're incapable of doing things on their own. All of these points are likely true, but they are also essential parts...

As a father, the older your daughter gets, the more difficult it can be to feel connected. You can't throw her over your shoulder or tickle torture her like when she was a child, but you still want to remain close so she will never doubt your love for her. Here are...

Raising teenage girls is harder now than ever before for one simple reason, social media. Before our teenagers had instant access to their Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat accounts, they could use home as an escape to get away from the pressures and drama that...

Your teen has been going on a downward spiral and has recently escalated to the point where they've broken the law and gotten into trouble. You're at your wits end and are running out of ideas on how you can help your teenager be the person you know they are capable...

The influence of others can cause both positive and negative effects. When those being influenced are teenagers, it’s a toss up as to which way that influence can go. Parents frequently learn that their teenager is frequently exposed to teenage boys who are...