All Entries in the "Teens" Category
TV Viewing Affects Teens’ Relationships With Parents
According to a report, the amount of TV watching and computer use that teens indulged in affects on the kind of relationship that teen may have with his or her parents and even friends.
The study that had 3000 children in their mid teens answered a questionnaire, found that the risk of having low attachment to [...]
The Heartbreaks Of Your Teenager
Becoming a young adult is when a person gets to experience all the firsts in his life and becomes very vulnerable to things that can make or break his or her personality.
One factor that influences teenagers nowadays is the issue of the relationship with the opposite sex, since during this [...]
Diet For Teenagers: Help Your Teen Understand What Is Safe And Effective
If you ask many teenagers about their weight, few will tell you they are happy.
Unfortunately, the media has a lot to do with a teen’s body image, as they are constantly bombarded by what is considered “fat.”
Many teens feel they don’t measure up. Consequently, many teens will say they are on a [...]
Teaching Your Teenagers To Manage Money Smartly And Effectively
Do you remember what your parents taught you about money? Did they address it responsibly or was it a topic that really never came up?
For many parents, it can be hard to try to explain what good money habits are, especially if they don’t practice what they preach.
Here are some ways that [...]
Parents Worry As Teens Listen To Music
The list of worries for parents are always long and they become longer if their children become teenagers. On the list, the fear of hearing loss is added.
According to a survey in the spring by the American Academy of Otolaryngology, parents worry more about the damaging of hearing in their children than they do about [...]
Four Simple Ways To Deal With Stubborn Teenagers And Keeping Your Sanity
It is often said that dealing with stubborn teenagers can be more difficult than having several toddlers in the house.
While you would think that parenting gets easier as your children grow older, that is not always the case. [parenting tips]
Do you remember being a teenager and thinking that you knew everything? [...]
Prevention Program Curbs Substance Abuse In Teens
A new study found that university designed prevention program successfully reduced delinquent behavior and substance abuse among teens.
According to the findings in Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Care prevention systems employed in dozen small mid-size towns in seven states, reduced alcohol use in teens by almost a quarter.
Binge drinking was nearly slashed down to [...]
Ways To Spend Quality Time With Your Teen
Teenage and more particularly adolescence is a notoriously difficult time for many children to cope with.
Peer pressure is a very significant part of the behavior that a teenager displays and at this stage of life rapport with a parent is both very crucial and very difficult to establish.
If however parents can [...]
‘Sexting’ Craze On The Rise Among Teens
Recent reports revealed that a growing number of teenagers in British are swapping explicit images of themselves on mobile phones exposing them open to victimizing and bullying by their peers.
According to Britain’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center (CEOP), this kind of practice is termed as “sexting“ has also been extended in intimate images of [...]
Internet Latest Resource For Teen Tobacco Exposure
If you think that your teen is away from smoking habit since he/she is not watching TV shows or movies that glamorize smoking, then you are in wrong perception.
Teens most probably get positive tobacco messages through internet, especially from social networking sites.
A new study found that internet is the latest zone for [...]
