by Natalie | Oct 29, 2018 | Parenting Tips, Teen Behavior
Parenting is a tough gig, and it can get even tougher when your child is in their teenage years when raging hormones and crushing social pressure make “normal” a moving target. You’re going to need some resources providing straight talk on the pleasures and pitfalls...
by Natalie | Oct 8, 2018 | Parenting Tips
While no parent wants to hear that their child is being bullied, it can feel even worse to find out that your child is the bully. However, when troubled teens turn to bullying others, often the only way the bullying teen will change is with the help of their parents....
by Natalie | Sep 15, 2018 | Parenting Tips, Teen Behavior
When a teen starts to act out aggressively, it can seem like a natural conclusion to send the troubled teen away to a youth boot camp. That way, the militaristic discipline can “straighten them out” for the parents. However, this plan can often backfire and return the...
by Natalie | Sep 11, 2018 | Blog, Parenting Tips, Teen Behavior
If your child is one of the nearly 5 million middle and high school students who are teenage tobacco users, it’s time to intervene to stop this health-harming habit. First, you need to find out if nicotine has found its way into your troubled teen’s routine, whether...
by Natalie | Jan 27, 2016 | Blog, Parenting Tips
When you consider that more teenagers own smart phones than adults and that almost half of all teenagers have smartphones, you begin to understand the weight of social pressure your teen feels to have one. But before you rush to the nearest cell phone store, consider...
by Natalie | Jan 18, 2016 | Parenting Tips
Drugs are everywhere! There is a good chance you might not even need to leave your desk or your home before you could find a substance which can induce euphoria. If those drugs are that close to you, they are that close to your teens too. At Arm’s Length In most homes...
