Parenting Styles With Teenagers – 4 Basic Types

There are about as many parenting styles as there are parents of teenagers. Some experts have distilled the different parenting styles into four parenting concepts; namely indulgent, authoritarian, authoritative, and uninvolved. But don’t look at this as parenting advice set in stone. Most parents fall somewhere in between or a combination of two or three [...]

Advice On Parenting Teenagers – Tips You Can Use

When families are having problems with teenagers, everyone they meet offers advice on parenting teenagers. However, what they have to say may not be any more helpful than what you already know. And the problem actually is that although parenting teens is arguable the most important job in the world, it’s, ironically enough, one of [...]

Obesity In Teenagers: Causes And Finding Relief

Obesity in teenagers is an increasing problem nowadays. And this can add to the other adolescent problems that most teens experience. With puberty comes many physical changes that makes teens even more conscious about their appearance. And as we all know, being overweight is definitely harmful to one’s health. That is why obesity in teenagers [...]

Teenage Runaways: What Parents Need To Do

Do you know why the number of teenage runaways is rising? Unfortunately, troubled teenagers from different social class, race and religion run away from home. And this might be because they want to escape the rules and regulations at home, as a sign of rebellion or an inability to handle the pressure from the various [...]

Stress Reduction Techniques for Parents of Troubled Teens

Being a parent is not easy, but being the parent with cancer of a troubled teen can be overwhelming. Studies have shown that parents in today’s society have a much smaller social support group. A diminished amount of support creates higher stress levels for parents, friends, family, and children. A cancer diagnosis only complicates this. [...]