Have an Underperforming Teenager?
Take a deep breath./Stop reacting from your frustration/and read what follows below.../Does it sound like someone you know?
Take a deep breath./Stop reacting from your frustration/and read what follows below.../Does it sound like someone you know?
Walter Dean Myers | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics
We have even stronger numbers than we did with the sub-prime mess to know that far too many of our children are headed into the world totally unprepared to become productive citizens.
Margot Rogers | Posted 12.17.2008 | Living
Sure, we'd all love to have a book published. But few of us really want to expend the energy. And even fewer are lucky enough to have afflatus!
Aimee Liu | Posted 12.12.2008 | Living
Frustratingly few media accounts of self-injury ever address the fundamental reason why people hurt themselves when they're distressed.
Marianne Schnall | Posted 12.02.2008 | Entertainment
AP: The idea came out of us wishing we could go back in time to the younger versions of ourselves and let them know it was gonna be ok. My goal is to be the Edward R. Murrow of girls.
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 11.12.2008 | Living
A new study shows that sleep makes for a proper balance of hormones related to appetite, hunger, metabolism, and even fat retention.
Abigail Jones | Posted 10.24.2008 | Living
Normandy High School officials should have come out strongly, advocating openness, pushing sex education, and acknowledging the problems and pressures of teenage life.
Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 10.07.2008 | Living
Allstate, which called the Posit program "potentially the next big breakthrough in automobile safety," said it expects software exercises to reduce risky driving maneuvers by up to 40 percent.
Alyssa Best | Posted 10.06.2008 | Entertainment
My love for New Kids On The Block translated into a powerful feminist experience and brought together an amazing community of women all over again.
Cheryl Saban | Posted 10.04.2008 | Living
Are your children learning life skills at school? If not, time to wise up and integrate those lessons into your home life, because many kids are grad...
Mitchell Gold | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics
The Religicals took John McCain into the back room and gave him a good thrashing. They broke the man that claims to be a maverick and a reformer. Jo...
Amy Nathan | Posted 09.30.2008 | Living
On a daily basis, when we used to talk about the school day or the towels left on the bathroom floor, as a family, we've tackled the issues of teen pregnancy and the right to choose.
Michelle Renee | Posted 09.19.2008 | Living
As a 17 year-old abused homeless runaway, getting what I needed to survive sometimes meant hurting those that I loved and those that loved me most.
Donald Liebenson | Posted 09.18.2008 | Living
My son made me a mixtape. Caught me completely by surprise, and I was oddly moved. How cool that he wanted to share these songs with me.
Donald Liebenson | Posted 09.15.2008 | Living
At parent orientation for incoming high school freshman, the principal encouraged us to get involved with our kids, to ask questions. So I sat my son down and, bracing myself, asked about the mixtape.
Don Ringe | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics
Some will go across the border, consider self-abortion, suicide, and some will suffer serious injuries or die.
Abigail Jones and Marissa Miley | Posted 09.10.2008 | Living
High school will be a whole new world for your daughter, including a changing social scene where partying, drinking, and hooking up may seem suddenly expected. You--her parents--can help her safely navigate all of it.
Lee Stranahan | Posted 09.05.2008 | Media
This controversial report from a former student at Walter Reed Middle School rips the lid off of the scandal that left America asking "Seriously, WTF ...
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 08.27.2008 | Living
Bottom line: if your healthy kid is getting poor sleep, he or she is at risk for elevated blood pressure.
Sarah Seltzer | Posted 08.09.2008 | Entertainment
If you've been spending time in proximity to teenage girls this week, there's a strong chance you've heard about Edward Cullen. Cullen is the undead hero of bestselling young adult fantasy/romance series The Twilight saga.
Olivia Zaleski | Posted 07.23.2008 | Green
Miley's recently released album, "Breakout," breaks the sugar mold with the synthesized call to environmental action, "Wake up America." The song is an eco-anthem ode to mother earth.
Rosalind Wiseman | Posted 07.03.2008 | Entertainment
The irony is that the premise of the N's new show, Queen Bees, doesn't even make sense. Offering someone money to be nice is antithetical to what it means to be a decent human being in the first place.
Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 06.19.2008 | Media
For all his reliance on social science research, in The Dumbest Generation Mark Bauerlein doesn't present any evidence to justify his assertion that this generation is the dumbest in American history.
Donna Fish | Posted 06.04.2008 | Home
Anyone out there deal with this one yet? Just as you finally stop asking that question out loud as you realize that you want your daughters to feel...
Bil Browning | Posted 05.24.2008 | Living
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Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 12.31.2008 | Living