Some parents are comforted by the fact that their teen is always home. They only have a few friends and they never speak back to you. Easy breezy right? Well, sure if you want them to live with you for the rest of their lives. You can always knock a wall out to fit their [...]
Thanksgiving is over, leftovers are being eaten and the wish lists are being developed for the various holidays. It is always better to give than it is to receive, but teens are not always aware of that. They like to get the gift and this is understandable, we all do, but there is never a [...]
On your worst day with your teen, you can still be grateful to be the parent of a teen.
This sounds crazy, I know, but on your worst day with your teen, you have your teen. You can still make a choice to stop arguing, or stop giving the silent treatment and change something to make [...]
The holidays, a time of over indulgence and over eating. There are treats at work, treats at home, holiday parties with more treats and finally Thanksgiving dinner with, more treats. Sure this is an exercise in self-control for the average person, but for the anorexic or bulimic this time can trigger an exceptional kind of [...]
You hear a lot about depression, but what if your teen seems to always be depressed? They seem to always feel down, like this is their normal state. The chronic and milder form of depression is called dysthymia.
Stereotypically this is your goth teen. The sad appearance, low energy, poor concentration, over or under eating, feelings [...]
You’re excited to pick up your college freshman for the holidays. Still you can’t keep from wondering, “How have they changed after their first semester of college? Freshman ten, freshman maturity, freshman attitude?”
Although you grieve the loss of your teen when you drop them off at the airport or campus, when your college freshman returns, [...]
This is National Adoption Month and tomorrow is National Adoption Day. Although the number of babies placed for adoption has decreased the need for adoptive parents has increased.
Teens thrive when they have a connection to others and a nurtured sense of self. They develop these connections to people that are closest to them whether they [...]
