Teens
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TeensTeen Dating
Whether or not your 17-year-old daughter is "ready" for dating is best determined by your daughter.
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TeensTeen Values and Responsibilities
A parent seeks advice on how to get her 23-year-old son to move out without damaging their relationship.
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TeensChanges During Puberty
A single dad gets some advice about girls and puberty.
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TeensTeen Values and Responsibilities
What can be done when homophobic slurs become commonplace in the classroom?
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TeensChanges During Puberty
Our expert addresses some common questions about menstrual flow and tampon use in young teens.
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TeensTeen Mental Health
Our expert advises a child that her suicidal friend must get adult help as soon as possible.
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TeensChanges During Puberty
It's important to have an open dialogue with your daughter and her physician about all aspects of her medical care, particularly as she transitions into adulthood.
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TeensDrugs and Alcohol
The best teaching a parent can provide is to show her own values surrounding alcohol and cigarettes by your day-to-day behaviors.
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TeensEating Disorders and Nutrition
An expert tells a mother what steps to take to determine why her teenaged daughter isn't eating.
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TeensDrugs and Alcohol
Realistically, teens will more likely quit smoking because a potential boyfriend or girlfriend frowns on it than if you threaten to take the car.
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TeensTeen Dating
A certain amount of Sex Ed is appropriate for elementary school students. Learn what content is appropriate.
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TeensTeen Behavior and Discipline
Our expert advises a parent that attempts to "have the upper hand" with a teenager are not going to work anymore.
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TeensChanges During Puberty
A mother finds a breast lump on her 11-year-old boy. Our expert weighs in on how normal this is.
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TeensTeen Social Development
It's very easy for teenagers to be swayed by strong-willed, exciting peers.
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TeensChanges During Puberty
Is a female doctor a better choice for a girl, once she begins menstruating?
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TeensDrugs and Alcohol
Since alcohol will probably enter all our children's lives, we must provide alcohol education long before high school or college.
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TeensChanges During Puberty
A mother is concerned about her daughter's severe acne and asks what treatment is best.
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TeensTeen Behavior and Discipline
An expert advises a parent to give her children the responsibility and trust that being 15 and 17 should command.
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