Teens
From Mom’s to Dad’s: How to Cope with Transition Issues After Divorce
Imagine you would be required to switch living arrangements every month or week, or perhaps even twice a week? At first, it may seem like an adventure, as if you were going on one sleepover after another. Eventually, though, you may become weary of it. What would it take for you to feel comfortable with…
Read More10 Ways to Help Your Teen Get Over a Breakup
It may have been some time ago, but although you’re now a parent, you can probably still think back to your teenage years and remember your first breakup. How did it feel? One moment, you were on cloud nine. The next, you’ve crashed and shattered to pieces. The breakup may have caused you the most…
Read MoreParents: What You Need To Know About Teen Eating Disorders
Are you concerned about your teen developing an eating disorder? As a caring parent, the worry about your teen falling prey to societal ideas of body image that are less than healthy has probably crossed your mind a time or two—especially if you have a daughter. Why do teens succumb to the pressure? Some think,…
Read MoreIs Your Teen Questioning Their Sexuality? – Learn How You Can Support Them
For some teenagers, their sexual orientation is clear from the very start. For others, not so much. At one time or another during their adolescence, many teens find themselves in the process of figuring out where they are in connection with their sexuality. While that is a fairly common process, many parents are somewhat uncomfortable…
Read MoreHas Your Teen Learned Helplessness? – 5 Ways to Reverse the Problem
Your teenage son once again left his dirty clothes strewn all over the house. Yet, instead of nagging him about picking them up for the umpteenth time, you simply do it yourself. You teenage daughter constantly forgets her homework, lunch money, and sports gear. Rather than let her be without, you run back to school…
Read MoreGet Smart About Nutrition: How The Right Diet Can Reduce ADHD Symptoms
Sweets. It’s probably fair to say that you’re familiar with the obvious—and sometimes scary!—effects sugar can have on your child. And it’s probably also no overstatement that, as a concerned parent, you would rather handle your child’s ADHD naturally than resort to medication. Did you know that studies have actually shown the beneficial results a…
Read More5 Steps to Help You Reduce Test Anxiety and Make It Through Your Finals
The moment you enter the classroom you feel that dread rising within you. Today is the big test—the finals! You glance around to gauge how everyone else is feeling. Some chat with excitement, some smiling faces, and a few in quiet contemplation. You wonder, “are they feeling the same as I do?” With knees…
Read MoreDo You Suffer From Poor Motivation? – Here’s What You Can Do
Sometimes, tackling a project or task can seem like a trek through a desert. You start full of hope and motivation, focusing on the distant mountains where the goal of your journey lies. But with time, the pressure gets to you. Like the heat of the sun it beats down mercilessly, and with every step,…
Read MoreAre Racing Thoughts Keeping Your Teen Awake? – 7 Helpful Tips
Somehow, society has painted the picture that all teenagers are compulsive night owls and sleep in every morning. While that may be so for many on weekends, parents shouldn’t quickly assume their teen is on the way to becoming a classic slacker just because they’re not out like a light the moment they hit the…
Read More4 Steps to De-Escalate Your Teen and Stop the Screaming Matches
“You’re not being fair!” “Just DO IT!” “I’m not a child anymore. Stop telling me what to do!” “If you’d act like an adult, I wouldn’t have to tell you what to do!” “Just leave me ALONE!!” The words are followed by a door slamming. — Sounds familiar? Do your “conversations” with your teenager all…
Read MoreWhen Your Teen Self-Isolates – 5 Ways to Help With Teen Social Anxiety
Socializing is a huge part of being a teenager. But what if your teen fears social situations, such as speaking in front of a group or being involved in any activity that makes them the center of attention? And worse even, what if that fear becomes so debilitating that they shy away from any and…
Read MoreFood, Serotonin, and Depression: Improve Your Diet and Boost Your Mood
You’re feeling down, out-of-sorts, and unmotivated. Before you know it, you find yourself binging on chocolates, pastries, and soft drinks. Somehow, stuffing yourself with sweets and starchy carbohydrates chases that dark cloud that’s been hanging over your head away… at least for a time. Why? The Connection Between Food and Serotonin Serotonin is a neurotransmitter—the…
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