Teens experience a lot of transformation and changes during their adolescent years making it difficult for parents to guide their teens. Therefore, the nick name of the “troubled teens” is often used.
Most people say that the “teenage years are the toughest.” Not only for the young ones but also for the parents. Growing up [...]
Many people communicating on parenting message boards these days are in agreement that parenting is the toughest job there is. But it can also be the most enjoyable.
Many parents get mired down in the day-to-day difficulties of raising children especially during the teenage years and lose sight of the joy and the wonderful moments of [...]
Many self-cutters have claimed they turned to self cutting because they felt isolated or alone, as though they couldn’t talk to anyone or fit into their own peer groups. For some teens, self-cutting is seen as a method of self-control or a way of relieving stress, tension, anger or many other negative feelings.
In other cases, [...]
When we recognize that our teens maybe having feelings of low self worth or other destructive issues with low self esteem there are many things we as parents or caregivers can do for our adolescents.
First, work with your teen to identify the reasons for any feelings of low self worth. Is it because they have [...]