Drugs and Alcohol

If you catch your child smoking pot in his room, should you call the police?

Don't punish your child for smoking.

Learn why the mixed messages that parents send to teens when they allow them to drink at home may actually be to blame for excessive teen drinking.

A teen wonders if she should break up with a boyfriend who drinks and does drugs.

When a parent discovers that her son has been drinking with his friends, should she tell his friends' parents?

A mother seeks advice on how to help her daughter with a drinking problem.

An expert calls it "shameful" when parents not only tolerate but also encourage teens' abuse of alcohol.

Parents do not have to abstain from drinking alcohol to set a good example for their children.

A person of any age can become addicted to cigarettes -- all too quickly.

Read the following tips to help teens kick their smoking habits.

Teenagers need good parenting to help them make healthy decisions regarding drinking.

How to keep kids from smoking and deal with a teen who does.

Recurrent headaches are very common complaints in both children and adolescents.

Learn how to prepare your teen for prom night.

Our expert tells a teen, "I am here to tell you that you can feel a lot better about yourself and your life."

Your role as a caring parent is to advise your child against any potentially dangerous activity -- whether or not you yourself have engaged in it.

An expert reassures a guilty teen that he can learn from this experience and become a wiser, healthier, and more self-respecting young man.

A teen seeks advice because he is overwhelmed and confused by his drive to keep doing the things that aren't healthy for him.