Because adolescence is a time of mood swings and angry outbursts followed by tearful withdrawals, it is very difficult to tell if your teenager is just being a typical adolescent or if their behavior is indicative of a bigger problem. Quite often, anxiety disorders in children and teenagers are overlooked. This can be a dangerous oversight as overly anxious teenagers turn into overanxious adults, or even more seriously, the specter of depression and suicide loom large.

Why is it...

If you have a decent sized yard then you actually should take a look at some children's playground swing sets. It would be astonishing for your kids to have their own playground swing set installed in their own garden or back yard. This does not just benefit your kids but it will benefit you as well knowing that your kids are playing safely at home rather playing in some local park.

Now that you have determined to add an outdoor swing set to your back yard you might...

Are you someone looking to volunteer somewhere in your community? Volunteer work is a wonderful way to meet new people, experience new fields of work, and give back to your neighborhood. Most people start volunteering when they are in middle school and high school. For some, this period is the only period of their lives that they have time to spend volunteering but others find a calling in this field and dedicate all their time working for non-profit organizations.

Many...

Peer pressure has a significant influence on teenage smoking. Many anti-smoking organizations claim that teenagers begin their smoking habits due to peer pressure, and cultural influence portrayed by friends. However, one study found that direct pressure to smoke cigarettes did not play a significant part in adolescent smoking. In that study, adolescents also reported low levels of both normative and direct pressure to smoke cigarettes. A similar study showed that individuals play a...

Every month or so I read about the predicted demise of new media of some sort because our kids have short attention spans and only communicate by text-messaging. The theory goes that when our kids grow up, those mediums will be the primary way of communicating so we should prepare now.

This is a false assumption.

My son is a sophomore at a local University. My son recently grew a beard that looks a lot like Wolverine on X-Men. He rarely uses email and sticks to...

It’s wonderful having plush toys around, and most of us have a quite a stuffed animal collection. However, taking care of these toys can sometimes be a real bother. When they’re out in the open they can get dusty and dirty, and then what do you do? Many people just wind up boxing their stuffed animals away and locking them in the closet to avoid the hassle. But there are better ways. Read through this advice and you will find great ways to take care of your stuffed animal...

The call is from a flustered parent rhyming off a litany of complaints about their teenaged son or daughter; drugs, alcohol, truancy, sex, smoking, shoplifting, vandalism, hanging out with the wrong crowd. The parent is focussed and organized by the youth’s misdeeds. The parent is seeking the magical solution: someone to speak with his or her child, such that the egregious behaviour is instantly curtailed. Typically, the belief is that the counsellor can...

When you are a teen who has weight problems, we have the solution for you, with the easy to follow weight loss plans for teens.

The most important thing for you is to stay away from all these unhealthy ways to reduce weight, like weight loss pills and stackers.

We will introduce you to some simple tips to follow weight loss plans for teens now:

Activities:
Most teens might not have the money to join a fitness club but what you can do is take part in...

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...