903 articles on "teen"

Quality Time with your Teen

It's sometimes difficult to find ways to be involved with your teen without totally intruding in his/her life. You want to talk to them, they don't want to talk to you (most of the time anyway). I've found the best way to connect with ...

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Help Your Child Do Better in School

Help Your Child Do Better in School by: Denni Gill Has Johnny seemed a little frazzled lately? Today, kids have more worries and face more pressures than ever before. Here a few tips to help your child focus on and do well in school. 1. Create a...

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How to Listen to Your Teenager Without Appearing to Have Attention Deficit Disorder ADD

In one of the Family Circus cartoon strips, the little girl looks up at her father, who is reading the newspaper, and says, "Daddy, you have to listen with your eyes as well as your ears." That statement says almost all there is to say about listenin...

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How To Deal With Lying Teenagers

As a parent you would like to trust your children; but teenagers lie and the bond is broken, it puts a strain on the relationship. Once a parent realizes they have been lied to, feelings of anger may surface. While it seems to be a fact that teens an...

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A Red Dress for Prom? A Black Dress for Prom?

Either choice is not only sophisticated and sexy, it is also nontraditional. More traditional colors for prom dresses are prints, brights, pastels, and even white, because not only do colors say "spring!" but also prom dresses can easily be worn as b...

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Managing The Stresses Of Peer Pressure

Dealing with peer pressure can very stressful. It can be very difficult not to give in to your friends and other people in doing something you do not want to do. As a result, here are some suggestions on how to manage the stresses and anxieties of de...

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End the Worry Over a Teen Runaway by Finding Them With a Reverse Email Look-Up

There are many parents that would never dream in a million years that there would come a day that they would be going through the tremendous fear and worry that is involved when a teen child decides to pack up their bags and run away from home. Sadly...

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Teenage Sex - Should You Allow It?

We all want our teenagers to be safe and sometimes the argument is made that we know our teenagers are going to do something. So we might as well equip them with the best information as possible and allow them to do whatever the behavior is in a cont...

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More Than I Can Bear

One of my long time best friends called me the other night with a horrible pain in her heart. She needed someone to talk to. Rumor had it her daughter might be suicidal and she was trapped on a business trip until the next evening. Her husband was ho...

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Real Friends

About a year ago, I was talking to a friend of mine on the telephone. He had just experienced a big success in his career and wanted to brag. We had a great time cheering and laughing over his big moment. Then as we were wrapping up our phone call, h...

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