I know that it’s not easy to become a teenager. There are a lot of things that are going on with your life. You are balancing your studies, your love life and your social life. It can be tiresome. Sometimes,…
Read More Most teenagers today have a cell phone. Many parents find that cell phones are the easiest way to communicate with their teenage children. If you’re planning on purchasing your teenager a smartphone, it’s important that you lay down the ground rules…
Read More Children start developing independence from their parents at an early age. First they learn to walk and talk, then they are off to school making friends of their own, and before a loving parent can blink, they are teenagers heading…
Read More What Is Right Direction Crisis Intervention? Right Direction Crisis Intervention helps young people in difficult situations. The employees of Right Direction are all trained on non-violent crisis intervention. The Interventionists observe high standards so that they can role models. Right…
Read More You were a youth once so you probably know how it is like to deal with peer pressure. It is characteristic of children and teenager to strive hard to belong to a peer group. These are the days when they…
Read More In high school, it's a constant social battle to be popular and cool among your peers. And of course the struggle becomes even more difficult when you factor in the cliques and cliches that are associated with high school-aged kids…
Read More MUSIC is being used to help young people re-engage with education and put their lives back on track. Simon Glenister established Noise Solution to give young people referred from schemes such as Youth Offenders and Social Services the opportunity to…
Read More The Ripple Effect of Defiant Behavior: When Parents Pay the Price by James Lehman, MSW James Lehman, creator of The Total Transformation Program, examines the effects of acting out behavior on parents and the family, and reveals how to calm the…
Read More You've dreaded the day you knew would come; your teenager is planning to get a drivers license. And please don't tell any parent that the transition to being a "teen" driver from a passenger won't scare the pants off you.…
Read More Society, today, is not quite what it used to be. Today's youth has gone from bad to worse in terms of behavior. Teens today get arrested for criminal charges such as drug possession or substance abuse, illegal possession of firearms,…
Read More The rise of social media has changed the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world, but can the use of social media lead to depression? In 2011, the American Academy of Pediatrics released a report that suggested…
Read More Teen development is important because it involves social, emotional, mental, and physical changes. Many of these changes happen during puberty where a teenager becomes mature sexually. Puberty occurs between 10 to 14 years old for girls and 12 to 16…
Read More There are few bigger moments in the life of a teenager then when they turn old enough to drive a car. Whether your state allows teens to start driving at 16 or at 14, odds are you can expect to…
Read More The NEDA or National Eating Disorders Association is a nonprofit entity, which supports people who have eating disorders. The thrust of the organization is to campaign for more research funding, better access to excellent treatment, and prevention so that these…
Read More What Is Forth Gordon Youth ChalleNGe Academy? The Fort Gordon Youth ChalleNGe Academy is a no-nonsense, demanding, and tough approach to the participant’s future success. Its main goal is to assist at-risk youth with life and academic skills training which…
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