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What Causes Violence In Teens?
Teenage violence is a growing concern to parents, teachers, community workers and state and national leaders. From fighting and date rape to school shootings, violence in teens is creating a lot of worry. As a society, it’s important for us to understand what causes...
Cyber bullying and addiction in teenagers
What is cyber bullying? Cyberbullying is defined as tormenting, threatening, harassing, humiliating, and embarrassing fellow teens using the internet, digital technologies, interactive technologies or mobile phones. Cyberbullying is a serious matter. In fact, many...
Parenting Tips: Talking About Sexual Activity With Your Teen
Few things terrify a parent more than the idea of talking to their teenage son or daughter about sex. Many people are extremely uncomfortable with the idea of openly discussing sex and sexuality with their teenager, and go to great lengths to avoid it. While this...
Parenting Tips: Managing a Defiant Teen
When your teen is defiant and won’t listen to you, it can be extremely frustrating. Sometimes it seems like you don’t even know your own child. When you are trying to help your child steer clear of negative or even dangerous situations and they aren’t listening, what...
Parenting Tips: Helping Your Teen Struggling With Depression
Until recently, depression wasn’t really recognized in teenagers because, let’s face it, they are generally moody and often morose, with a dash of melancholy and drama. However, teen depression is a very real condition and can impact your child, even if there is no...
Parenting Tips: Helping A Teen Who Self Harms
Self harm is a horrifying thing for a parent to learn about their child, and if you have recently discovered that your child is injuring themselves on purpose, you may not be sure what to do or where to turn. Knowing how and why teens self harm is the first step in...
Parenting Tips: Dealing With Troubled Teenage Girls
Dealing with troubled teenage girls is often very different than handling troubled teenage boys. Because girls often face family, peers, school and society with a different perspective than boys, it may not be enough for you to apply the same parenting techniques to...
How are bullying and addiction connected?
How is bullying related to addiction? Many say that bullying and addiction go hand in hand. But to understand the link between the two, we need to revise the situation step by step. So, what makes a bullied kid to start using substances? And why are bullies themselves...
Being addicted to bullying
Two kinds of addiction In psychology, there are two kinds of addiction. One is substance addiction, which is addiction to drugs, alcohol, smoking, prescription medication etc. But, there is a so called process addiction, which includes people who gamble, workoholics,...
What Are Military Schools?
A generation ago, a parent’s answer to getting a troubled teen to behave was to ship them off to military school. The idea back then was that the structure and discipline at a military school would scare the teen straight and teach them some respect. Fortunately,...
What Happens At Military Schools
If you are just at the beginning stages of dealing with a defiant and troubled teenager, you may be desperately searching for a solution. Well meaning friends and relatives may suggest to you that military school is the answer. But is it? Many parents consider sending...
What Military School Is Best For My Teen?
As a parent, you know deep down when it is time for your troubled teen to enroll in a facility where they can get full time help. Although it is one of the hardest things to do--turn your beloved child’s welfare over to someone else--sometime it’s best for your teen...
Why Are Military Schools Best For My Teen?
Are you at a point where you recognize you are no longer the best person to help your troubled teen overcome behavioral issues? If so, it’s time to get your teen the professional help required to get them back on track for a healthy and fulfilling life. When exploring...
What Happens At Therapeutic Boarding Schools
Once you’ve decided to enroll your teen in a therapeutic boarding school, you’ll feel relief that your child will receive the help they need to overcome their challenges. But what will your child experience at such a schools? What happens at therapeutic boarding...
What Therapeutic Boarding School Is Best For My Teen?
Making the decision to send your child to a therapeutic boarding school is hard enough, but choosing the right school is a lot of pressure. You may worry that if you choose the wrong school, your child will suffer even more. However, just like all important life...