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Skin Cancer Prevention Targets Adolescents, Teens

In this age of midriff-bearing, tank-top wearing or shirtless sun worshipping, warnings about cancer may not be what teens want to hear. But experts say educating children about skin cancer prevention is a community-wide challenge that should involve messages...

In this age of midriff-bearing, tank-top wearing or shirtless sun worshipping, warnings about cancer may not be what teens want to hear. But experts say educating childr... Read more

Back To School For Your Teen

By Ursula Richards Scheele, M.S.Ed Back to school time can be stressful for both you and your teen. Excitement and anxiety often go hand-in-hand. While your child is most likely looking forward to seeing her friends again, sometimes getting back...

By Ursula Richards Scheele, M.S.Ed Back to school time can be stressful for both you and your teen. Excitement and anxiety often go hand-in-hand. While your child is ... Read more

Parents Sound Off About School Lunches

Ask kids what they think of the cafeteria's fare and they'll likely offer a scrunched nose and a frown, whether the food is good - or good for them - or not. But what do... Read more

More Articles in: Teens

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• The Truth from a Teacher
• Involved Parenting of Your High School Student
• Acne Myths
• Extra Curricular Overload
• How to Keep Your Kids Safe Online
• Good Decisions: More Than a Feeling
• Power to the Parents: Keep Teens Safe During Prom and Graduation
• Helping Kids Cope With Stress
• Stamp Out Sibling Rivalry (Yes, it's possible!)
• Use Your Head, Wear Your Helmet
• Surviving Spring Break
• How to Get Your Kids Organized
• Monitoring Your Teen Driver
• How to Recover When Kids Get Behind in School
• Teens With Disabilities: Achieving a Balance
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• Study: Parents Do Make a Difference in Teen Sex Practices
• IM the Safe Way
• Homework Help for Kids
• Have a Teen Driver? Learn How to Save Money on their Car Insurance
• Rising Risk--Substance Use and Our Daughters
• Teenage Brain: A Work In Progress
• Physically Active Teens Stay Out of Trouble

Help Your Teen Stay Safe During Graduation Celebrations and Summer Months

For teens, summer months bring high-school graduation parties with friends and extended curfews allowing for later nights. This time of year can also mean that teens have more free time and could face added pressure to drink alcohol. It's important for parents to exercise their positive parenting influence and help their teens make responsible decisions.

In fact, when it comes to underage drinking, parents have the biggest influence on their teens' decisions. According to the 2007 GfK Roper Youth Report (SM) , 69 percent of teens ages 13 to 17 say their parents -- not their peers -- are the No. 1 influence on their de ... Continue reading Help Your Teen Stay Safe During Graduation Celebrations and Summer Months.

Helping Your Teen Decide What to do After High School

Helping to prepare your teen for life after high school is one of the most important tasks you'll have as a parent. Although it can be difficult to imagine your baby as an adult, with the right approach, helping your teen make the transition into adulthood can also be rewarding.

Going to college, getting a job, or taking time off are the common choices your teen will likely face. Here's how you can help your adult-to-be make the decision that's right for him or her.

College or Technical School

Although you may remember starting your own college search in the fall of your sen ... Continue reading Helping Your Teen Decide What to do After High School.

A Parent's Guide to Surviving the Teen Years

You've lived through 2 AM feedings, toddler temper tantrums, and the "but I don't want to go to school today" blues. So why is the word "teenager" causing you so much anxiety?

When you consider that the teen years are a period of intense growth, not only physically but morally and intellectually, it's understandable that it's a time of confusion and upheaval for many families.

Despite some adults' negative perceptions about teens, they are often energetic, thoughtful, and idealistic, with a deep interest in what's fair and right. So, although it can be a period of conflict between parent and child, the ... Continue reading A Parent's Guide to Surviving the Teen Years.

Helping Kids Cope With Cliques

Your 10-year-old daughter comes home crying because the girls she's been friends with are suddenly leaving her out and spreading rumors about her. She's confused because it seemed to happen out of the blue. She doesn't know what she did wrong and is nervous about returning to school, unsure if she has any friends.

Given how prevalent cliques are throughout middle and high school, at some point your child is likely to face the prospect of being in one or being excluded from them. There's little you can do to shield kids from cliques, but plenty you can do to help them maintain confidence and self-respect while negotiating cli ... Continue reading Helping Kids Cope With Cliques.

Disciplining Your Child

How do you keep a 1-year-old from heading toward the VCR? What should you do when your preschooler throws a fit? How can you get a teenager to respect your authority?

Whatever the age of your child, it's important to be consistent when it comes to discipline. If you don't stick to the rules and consequences that you set up, your child isn't likely to either.

Here are some ideas about how to vary your approach to discipline to best fit your family.

Ages 0 to 2
Babies and toddlers are naturally curious. So it's wise to eliminate temptations and no-nos - items such as VCRs, stereos, ... Continue reading Disciplining Your Child.

Technology and Your Kids: How Much is Too Much?

By C.J. Renner

Our parents had it easy... the television was the only brain-warping device they needed to pry us away from (and frankly, the shows weren't that good anyway). But today, we as parents have a bigger arsenal of exciting technology to contend with; not only the maniacal sponges and pre-teen rockers of kids' TV, but thrill-a-minute video games, mp3 players worn all day, cell phones ringing off the hook (with the latest rap ringtone), and now texting - texting in the car, texting on the couch, texting at the dinner table - Whew, so what's a parent to do?

You've got a feeling that the techy side ... Continue reading Technology and Your Kids: How Much is Too Much?.

Helping Teens Learn to Drive

Seatbelts are buckled, mirrors are aligned, and the engine is purring. As your car backs slowly down the driveway you can't help but look into the side mirror to make sure the tires aren't on the lawn. You start down the street, white knuckles firmly clamped around the door handle and feet bearing down on imaginary brakes.

It's your son's first time behind the wheel and you're riding shotgun - who knows which one of you is more nervous?

Learning to drive can be nerve-wracking for teens and parents. It's likely to be your first experience putting your safety and auto investment in your teen's hands. And since y ... Continue reading Helping Teens Learn to Drive.