How To Offer Help For Troubled Teens

Which teenagers are at high risk for such behaviors as drug or alcohol use, dropping out of school, pregnancy, violence, depression, or suicide? And which teens really need help for troubled teen programs? One of the difficulties parents of teens face is how to recognize the more subtle indicators of such behavioral problems and when [...]

Conduct Disorder Is That What My Teen Has?

So what you may ask is adolescent conduct disorder? You might even be thinking “Don’t all teens have some sort of conduct disorder? No, conduct disorder as a mental health diagnosable disorder is more severe than just everyday adolescent misbehavior, difficult teens or rebellion. Here is a working definition. Children and adolescents with conduct disorder [...]

12 Step Programs: Helping Adolescents Find Recovery

Many treatment programs for adolescents with alcohol, drugs and other addictions will use what is well known as the ’12 Steps’. How can 12 step programs help those teens seeking recovery? First let’s take a look at where it all began. The 12-step program is synonymous to Alcoholics Anonymous, which is where it originated. The [...]

Parenting Help For Your Out-of-Control Teen

Parents need to be involved with their teen’s life in order to prevent normal teenage pressures and issues from ballooning into severe emotional problems or abuse. If you are a parent looking for help for an out of control teen, you might find the following interventions useful in bringing your teenager back into control. Be [...]

Low Self-Esteem Can be Detrimental to Teen Development

The developmental years of teenagers are rife with change. This can be a very difficult time for many teens as they struggle to learn how to express their individuality as separate from parents and society while fulfilling a deep desire to be accepted by their peer group. Your teenager faces pressure every day with sex, [...]