Being a teenager has never been easy for anyone, with school, family, and peer pressure, not to mention having all of those raging hormones. But nowadays, it seems like living the part of the youth is a lot harder than it was before. School gets harder with each passing generation, and with the instability of jobs nowadays even the kids are feeling the stress. Parenting children nowadays is also harder, since it is important to help your child deal with the stress of the modern...

How to protect your children on-line: Internet Rules as well as Technology

In order to fulfill the responsibility of protecting your children on-line, you must master the basics of the computer.  Only then can you guide them and teach them the do's and don'ts of the Internet. Teach them to use the Internet safely, encourage them to share their experiences with you and enjoy the Internet along with them. Children should basically show respect to others on-line, just as you...

My infant, the apple of my eye, should sleep like, well, a child. But not quite a few babies sleep well. And they give their mothers sleepless nights too. We normally associate sleep complications with age. Youngsters must sleep soundly, extended enough, to ensure correct actual and mental progress, and mental balance. Sleep deprivation helps make young children muzzy and ill-tempered, and vulnerable overall. They become susceptible to infection and simply slip into depression. They get...

Can we blame it all on MTV'sMy Super Sweet 16,like writers like to do? Not really, but the truth is that this formerly modest party has morphed into something bigger.  Maybe you're like me and can hardly remember your 16th -- mine sure wasn't a big deal -- but look around today and it's not out of the question to spend thousands on this event, not even counting the Mary-Kate & Ashley ideal of the car in a big, bright bow.

You may think the pricey event I'm...

Many people are not aware that many big name brands of cosmetics contain ingredients that are extremely suspect. Now a new study has warned about dangerous cosmetics and the effects that these products can have on teenage girls.

Unfortunately the cosmetics that so many of us use are loaded with ingredients that we really ought not be putting on our faces. For example a recent study of big brand name lipsticks showed that over 50% of the lipsticks tested contained lead.

When you’re a child you’ll often start out in a twin or full size bed. These beds are great for small rooms as they take up less space than the larger queen/king size beds. Children grow and soon you're a teenager or young adult discovering that you’re longer than your bed which presents some issues least of which is the fact that you don’t fit your bed anymore. Your room just isn’t large enough for the bigger queen and king size beds and you’re left...

Every teen needs to belong or feel recognized by his or her own age group. Teens feel they need to conform to peer group norms and values. This is a normal behavior because teens want to be with people of their own age. At the onset of adolescence, children start to spend a lot of their time with friends than their family. The risk is that they are more susceptible to the influence of their peers. It is an accepted fact that peers can have a strong influence whether positively or...

Teens may turn into reluctant readers.  Sometimes this is because the majority of the reading they do is for school and, therefore, work.  Another cause may be that they are struggling with reading at the level of their peers.  Often this leads them to take a defensive position and they declare reading is stupid, no fun, or boring.

Parents can help by encouraging independent reading.  Independent reading is motivating because it is about choosing...

I’m sure most of you have heard that the stars of Hollywood receive ‘gift bags’ when they attend the Oscars or the other glamour outings. The gifts contained within are quite nice and very lavish to most standards. What I am also sure of is that most of you have not heard that in a small town named Bisbee, Arizona the local school board has also decided and voted to give ‘gift bags’ not to local celebrities but rather to this year’s high school Prom...

Expectations from teen with his family When you properly extend a set of opportunity for your adolescent, you initiate to set your teen up for following in meeting those expectations . Few recommended expectations for teens by age level. Please do not experience that your teenager ought to be doing all of them in a nice way.

In stating expectations and consequences, you must be very precise and predict out what you signify. Do not think that the teenager knows. If the kid is...