Ensuring Your Teen’s Sexual Health
Although parents don’t like to talk about sex with their teens, research indicates that the average age a teen has sex is 17 years old, making it an important conversation. […]
Although parents don’t like to talk about sex with their teens, research indicates that the average age a teen has sex is 17 years old, making it an important conversation. […]
Despite the challenges of adolescence, there are some wonderful things about being a teen. One of them is knowing that you have your whole life ahead of you. Even
Sometimes, not feeling good on the inside, such as feeling depressed, can lead to finding ways to feel better – fast! When teens are depressed they might turn to drugs,
G. Stanley Hall was the first psychologist who began to explore the period of adolescence in the early part of the twentieth century. He saw this stage of life consisting
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There are many teens who experience depression and who say nothing about it. Sometimes these teens simply want to keep it to themselves to avoid the stigma of having a
Teens are already challenging to parent. However, when a teen is struggling with a mental illness, it can have a significant impact on the teen-parent relationship. For this reason, it’s
Anxiety is normal to experience when you’re facing an exam, about to go out on a date, or even if you’re just hanging out with friends. Yet, sometimes anxiety can
It’s true that some teens are well on their way at 18. They don’t need any help from their parents in leaving home. They’re ready, excited, and eager to get
It’s common to associate Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) with females. And if BPD shows up in adolescence, it’s even more likely to assume that the teen is female. Yet, one
One of the misconceptions about cutting and adolescence is that they must go hand in hand. Many people believe that because the teenage years are turbulent teens will exhibit risky