10 Ways To Help Keep Your Teen Off Drugs
Parents everywhere are worried about teen substance use, but there are proven ways to help your child make healthy choices and stay on track throughout...
Youth
This category contains a wide variety of articles on teen health and relationships. Here parents will find tips on how to talk with their teens about difficult subjects, including substances and making healthy choices and recovering from trauma.
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Alcohol Math For Girls
Did you know when it comes to alcohol math girls may not be safe at any level of drinking? It’s biology. Girls are impaired after...
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5 Factors Predict Teen Addiction
Who get addicted and who doesn’t? Teen addiction is fact of life for 15% of high schoolers, and it’s important to take any teen use...
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25 Tips To Help Teens Coping With Grief
Most teens know someone who passed away do to drug or alcohol use. The loss may be the friend, or sibling, who is no longer...
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What To Do About Lying
I hate being lied to. I grew up in a den of liars, so as a parent, I refuse to tolerate lying, but that’s easier...
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How To Talk To Teens About A Parent’s Substance Use
Talking to teens about family substance use is difficult, especially when it is a parent’s. Without the full understanding of what is happening to a...
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Kids And Addiction: What To Tell And When
We often think we need to protect kids and addiction shouldn’t be discussed. We think they’ll be too young or immature to understand this, but...
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Can A Natural High Prevent Addiction
For some, the natural high is found on the top of a cliff, 33 feet in the air, peering over their toes down to the...
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Parents: 7 Things NOT To Say To Your Teen
Our teen’s choice in partners, schools, work, and recreation will at some point rock the boat. As parents, we want what’s best for them. If...
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What Are Date Rape Drugs
Any drug that alters a person’s consciousness in a way that makes self-defense or sound decision-making difficult can be a date rape drug. Most estimates suggest...
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What Parents Need To Say About Teens And Pot
Afraid your teens are smoking pot? Here are four ways you can help your teens to say “No” and look at the facts together. Kids...
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Is My Son Addicted To Porn
It’s the question this God-fearing, church-going Mom doesn’t want to face, but I can’t deny the truth any longer. In August, my teenage son, Keith,...
