Teens & Tweens Article Listings

Clean Slate Giving in School Discipline Efforts
22December

Clean Slate Giving in School Discipline Efforts

Got to Have a Clean Slate Baby  I got to have a clean slate baby, I’m goin’ to wipe away all my mistakes -Tower of Power When looking back over your life, or even a season, have you ever even once wished you...

Modern 'Tweens' Have it Harder than Ever
08December

Modern 'Tweens' Have it Harder than Ever

Modern 'Tweens' Have it Harder than Ever Although it has never been easy being a teenager, the breadth and intensity of what teens face these days compared to a century ago are staggering.  Forced child labor, nation-wide poverty,...

Teen Mental Health Care Lacking in Southern Utah - and most likely - Your Hometown as Well
05October

Teen Mental Health Care Lacking in Southern Utah - and...

Editor’s Note: The following article is a case study pertaining to the lack of mental health opportunities in Southern Utah’s largest city, St. George. The following Article describes a lacking mental health assistance that...

Do Schools Have a Hand in Causing Mental Illness in Teenagers?
12September

Do Schools Have a Hand in Causing Mental Illness in...

Do Schools and Schooling Have a Hand in Causing Mental Illness in Students? Recent studies in epigenetics and psychiatry aside, how about drawing conclusions regarding the root cause of student mental disorder from watching schools...

Why It's Important to Read Between The Lines When it Comes to Teenage Depression
05July

Why It's Important to Read Between The Lines When it...

Coming into the 21st century, America has made tremendous progress regarding its treatment, appreciation, and understanding of mental health and mental illness. Nevertheless, the "land of the free" still has quite a ways to go regarding...

ATTENTION HELICOPTER PARENTS: It's Time You Land on A More Effective Style of Parenting
31March

ATTENTION HELICOPTER PARENTS: It's Time You Land on...

Are you a parent guilty of ‘helicopter parenting?’ In other words, do you tend to hover over your child while finding it difficult –if not impossible- to let them make their own decisions? If so, it’s...

To Parents of An Angry Troubled Teen or Young Adult: Here's Some Advice
31March

To Parents of An Angry Troubled Teen or Young Adult:...

Anger in Troubled Teens and Young Adults Everyone feels anger. Whether it stems from standing in a long line behind a senior citizen whose attempting to pay with expired war-bonds, or finding out you're highly underappreciated, sci-fi...

To Parents Who Are Sick and Tired of Your Troubled Teen : Don't Feel Guilty
23November

To Parents Who Are Sick and Tired of Your Troubled Teen :...

Are You Tired of Your Troubled Teen? Here's What to Do Some cold hard facts about Parenting: Raising a child is hard. Raising a teenager is harder. Raising a troubled teen is hell. If you are the parent of a troubled teenage boy or...

How Two Teachers are Combating The Epidemic of Teenage Heroin Abuse
17November

How Two Teachers are Combating The Epidemic of Teenage...

Epidemic of Heroin Abuse Among Teens and Young Adults  Our nation's young men and women are getting hooked on heroin and opiates in record numbers. While heroin's usage has declined overall, a significant portion of young...