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Help For Single Parents With Teenagers
One of the toughest roles anyone can have in today’s culture is that of a single parent. It’s hard enough to rear a child—especially a teenager—with two parents; but with one the burdens and pressures...
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Teen Intervention and Recovery
We received an email recently from a desperate mother who wrote: “My son has been deeply depressed and is refusing to go to counseling. The school suspended him because the counselor there deemed him...
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Balanced Parenting
The “Baby Boom” generation was so anxious to have good relationships with their children that they tended to set aside their primary role as parents. Their desire to be their child’s best friend...
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When It’s Time to Act
For parents, there is no worse feeling than watching your child spin out of control while nothing you do seems to make any difference. If your teenager’s behavior is giving you feelings of...
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What if My “Ex” Won’t Hold the Kids to the Same Rules?
When families go through a divorce and the kids end up splitting their time between parents (often called co-parenting), it changes the dynamics of the family, as well as the basic interactions between...
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When Christmas Joy is Overshadowed by Struggle and Pain
With Christmas just around the corner, you’re probably thinking about last-minute shopping or getting your final preparations done. And then, maybe once those pressing to-do’s are complete, and...
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Has Your Child “Boomeranged”?
Most of us think adolescence ends at the age 18, but the American Medical Association has defined adolescence as going all the way to age 23. What used to be a period of seven years is now fourteen...
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Setting Aside Traditional Parenting
Ever catch yourself using the same phrases your parents did? In the heat of the moment, when your son or daughter is giving you fits, you find yourself mimicking the same stuff your parents used with...
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Pick Your Battles
Messy bedrooms drive me crazy. I’m a bit neurotic in this regard because I like keeping my living spaces neat and orderly. But, apparently, most teenagers don’t share my convictions. Very few kids...
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Crime, Punishment, and Grace
In high school English, I was forced to read the book Crime and Punishment. Let me tell you, this is no short story. It was a crime and a punishment that I even had to read it! But I have to...
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Helping Your Teen Deal with Divorce
“I had a really good childhood until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me.” – Kurt Cobain These days, divorce is more and more a common occurrence. A recent survey shows that...
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