teens
Choosing good Friends
Friendship is an important part of your child’s healthy development. Companionship helps children mature emotionally and morally and also teaches them social skills such as …
Healthy Eating Starts at Family Meals
All parents want their children to grow up to be fit, healthy, and strong. One way to ensure their well-being is to encourage your teenager …
4 Tips for Your Child’s Academic Success
Academic success is important in a child’s life as it will help to shape their future. There are many things you can do to help …
13 Safety Tips for Teen Drivers
As soon as a child enters their pre-teen stage – or maybe even before – they begin counting the days until they’re old enough to …
School Issues: How to Keep Your Teen Motivated
Sixteen years seems like a long time to spend in school. Teens often lose their motivation to keep trying and excelling. As a parent, you …
How to Deal with Learning Challenges of All Kinds
We usually think of learning problems or disabilities as referring to school or academic problems. However, many children who do well in school have learning problems when it comes to getting along with peers, learning various types of sports, learning how to regulate their appetites in order to reach their ideal weight, learning how to regulate their moods in order to enjoy life more, or learning how to get organized and make their lives more manageable and require less parental supervision.
5 Manners to Teach Your Kids
Everyone wants a well-mannered child. But with all the responsibilities that parents are already juggling on a daily basis, teaching your child right from wrong …
Heroin Abuse and Students
Last month I ventured into the non-clinical realm and discussed sports psychology and the, if you will, lighter side of the profession. This month I …
Taking Your Teenager on Vacation
As we raise our children, we face differenct obstacles as they go through different developmental, shall we say, “challenges.” At no time are these challenges …
Teens: How to Conquer Boredom
Do your teens whine about being bored? As a parent, that can certainly get on your nerves – you probably don’t remember the last time …
Risky Teen Driving Habits Predicts Future Crashes
Teen drivers are typically involved in more accidents than more experienced drivers. A recent study seems to point out the causes of these teen driver …
Teens: Smart Ways of Organizing your Study Time for Maximum Efforts
Many teens, like many adults, don’t understand about time management. They struggle to meet their daily obligations – time with family and friends, homework, extracurricular …
Having the Puberty Talk
Puberty is one of the most dramatic periods a person undergoes in his life. It is the transition from childhood to adulthood. Our bodies go …
Why Sports Are Great for Teens and How to Get Started
Teens get involved in a lot of things in high school. Some are involved in clubs and others are part of the band. There are …
Adolescent Health Visit
This fall thousands of adolescents and young adults are starting middle school, high school and college. Before they start school, they should visit their Pediatrician …
Simple Steps to Protect Kids Against Media Influence
Children and adolescents spend, on average, more than seven hours a day with media, including television, the Internet, social media, texting, movies, music and video …
