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The Road to Hell: Getting Past Good Intentions and Offering Help That Works to Your Troubled Teen
18January

The Road to Hell: Getting Past Good Intentions and...

Unfortunately, good intentions are not always enough to make a difference in this world. This is particularly true of seeking assistance for troubled teens. To really bring about a change, you must find a program...

14 Reasons Teens See Suicide As The Answer To Their Problems
18January

14 Reasons Teens See Suicide As The Answer To Their Problems

  Copyright Wikimedia Commons 1 - Therapy is stigmatized - A teen who is feeling depressed and needs help will still often fail to seek out assistance due to the cultural stigma attached to therapy. Because they feel like they will...

Does Violence in the Media Actually Make Kids More Violent
18January

Does Violence in the Media Actually Make Kids More Violent

The question of how violence in the media affects young people has become an increasingly important issue for parents to consider in recent years. The main reason or many parent's concern is the fact that young children and teenagers are...

How the Fear of Failure Can Keep Your Young Adult Child at Home
15January

How the Fear of Failure Can Keep Your Young Adult Child...

Getting help for a teen that is struggling is an incredibly difficult choice and one that parents are often reluctant to make. Regardless of the reasons you have chosen not to seek out professional assistance,...

The Road to Heaven: Putting Teen Struggles into Perspective
15January

The Road to Heaven: Putting Teen Struggles into Perspective

One of the most difficult things for the parent of a troubled teen to do is put the struggles their child is experiencing into perspective. When you have a son or daughter experiencing difficulties, it...

Young Adults Who Avoid Failing By Avoiding Challenges
15January

Young Adults Who Avoid Failing By Avoiding Challenges

I remember as a high school kid watching my friends join different sports. I always wanted to play, but was too afraid to fail. It was hard for me to just be average. I was even more fearful of being horrible. I envied...

Where Theres No Will Theres No Way Young Adults with No Motivation
15January

Where Theres No Will Theres No Way Young Adults with No...

My father had an old southern saying to solve just about every problem. One I remember well was, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." That was exactly how I felt about my young adult daughter. She had...

Cheating is the New Teaching
15January

Cheating is the New Teaching

“We are told that cheating is wrong because we are attempting to earn a grade that we do not deserve,” a student wrote. “A grade earned by cheating is not a grade reflective of our true achievement. But my contention...

Weed: The Man Says Its OK and Teens Are Like Whatever Dude
15January

Weed: The Man Says Its OK and Teens Are Like Whatever Dude

  Maybe not for you or the hippie guy strumming away on his guitar in the park, but it seems as if the younger generation isn't finding marijuana as "cool" as they once did. In a recent article, Motherboard comes...