The computer has opened the doors to the many types of things which can be done either online or offline. As such, there may be no specific way for parents to know what their children are doing online. Today, websites amount to the thousands of millions on the Internet, so it’s obvious, preventing children from viewing all sorts of stuffs can be very difficult.

Some parents are strict with their children about using the Internet as they are aware about how their habits...

There are two movements among kids and teens today that you may or may not know about:  the Scene Movement and Emo movement.  In this article, we will discuss the differences between Scene kids and Emo kids.

When my friend Janet visited me the other day, she lamented that her beautiful, young daughter Jenny had started dressing strange and acting a little bit different.  Up to this point, Jenny had been the all-American girl, dressing normal but stylish and acting...

CNN published a news report recently about a Muslim teenager from Ohio who was threatened by her father because she converted to Christianity.

The teen claims her father wants her dead after she changed her religion. She is just 17 years of age and she ran away from her family and took refuge in another city under the guardianship of a judge.

This has raised concern among activist groups who advocate the freedom of religion. They claim that the girl is old enough to make the...

To my slightly used brain it doesn't appear that there is any real sanity in the world today, much less in the hallways of our schools. Kids today are not really a lot different from the ones I knew back in my high school years, except they have a few more challenges than I did when I was a teen.

While we had alcohol, we didn't have to deal with it because we knew our parents would deal with us if they found that we were even in the presence of the devil's brew. Growing up a...

We’ve all heard the saying, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.  This is especially true with teen suicide.  Once a teen is suicidal  the problem is too far in its development.  There is a better way to identify and prevent teen suicide. The key here is early diagnosis, before the problem is life threatening.
Screening for depression and other mental illnesses– There are a number of pre-emptive screens available to identify depression in...

Although considered by many that the rubber band ball is an act of boredom, it can be a great way to shake off the stress along with the fact that it is a unique way to store all of your rubber bands until you need them. These rubber band balls come in various sizes and colors, it depends mainly on your imagination, your time and of course, your stock of rubber bands. In the following, we will present you a simple way of creating a rubber band ball.

1. You will need a bag of...

There's a big difference between discipline and punishment. The ideal situation for any parent with a teen who is engaged in deviant behavior is often to make a clean break. Stuck in the same environment with fights and silences and general ill-feeling, only makes a bad situation worse. Getting away from that bad vibe can be the necessary circuit-breaker. The parent can sleep easily not worrying where their troubled teen might or what they are doing. And the teen is away from the...

There are two decisions faced by the parents of a troubled teen. Should I send my kid to a boot camp? If I do send my kid to a boot camp, which boot camp will it be?

Now the first question is usually much easier than the second. If your son or daughter is in trouble, if they are losing interest in school and their grades are falling or if they are mixing with the wrong crowd and need some strong discipline in their life then yes, your child most probably needs to go to a boot...

If you want to benefit from limousine competition, plan now for prom, graduation and weddings in Orange County, CA. Spring is the start of a booming limousine business thanks to formal dances, upcoming graduations and the popularity of spring and summer weddings. This is great for the limousine companies, and great for consumerS who can enjoy budget packages and lots of perks because of limousine competition.

Many companies plan for this busy season with a number of discounts and...