Teen Health

Your stepdaughter's obsessive relationship with food is obviously not about food.

When your teen's "friend" is making cruel remarks, don't be afraid to step in and seek a meeting with his parents.

It's not normal insecurity for a healthy, developing teenager to be disgusted by her physical appearance.

Don't punish your child for smoking.

By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

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.

Our expert advises a teenager who has been experiencing periods of sadness.

Teen wants to know how to help her bulimic friend without telling anyone.

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.

Our expert advises a teenager to try exercise, rather than dieting.

When parents behave like this, it can make a kid feel that the only time she is appreciated by her parents is when she gets high grades.

Eating disorders are showing up in kids as young as elementary school ages. Learn to recognize the warning signs.

By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

Personality, genes, the pressures of a celebrity-crazed culture can all add up to food and weight-obsessed kids.

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

Relentless criticism can cause emotional harm to a child.

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.