How Teenage Drinking Impacts Brain Development
Drunk driving isn't the only danger of teen alcohol abuse. Learn how teens' brain development can be affected by alcohol intake.
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Worries -- and what we can affect
If we're too obvious in our concerns about risky behaviors such as drugs, sex or violence, we signal a lack of confidence that our kids can handle challenges. obvious in our concerns, we signal a lack of confidence that our kids can handle challenges.
Books Can Help Parents Discuss Tough Topics with Teens
Reading the same book as their child can help parents discuss difficult issues such as date rape, drugs, alcohol and weight.
Meds That Mom Gives You… Worth It At All?
Blogger M.B. Sanok describes the difficult tradeoff parents face in medicating a child with special needs.
Teen Marijuana Use Is Up, Smoking Down
One in nine high school seniors has used marijuana in the last year,according to the annual Monitoring the Future study.
Drug and Alcohol Chats that Connect
Find everyday experience to discuss drugs, drinking and smoking — and start young.
Rebels with a Cause
Teen “rebellion” is really establishing an identity. Experts advise parents to remember their own adolescence.
Discipline and Disability
By law, schools can't expel students with disabilities if their behavior is the "manifestation of a disability" unless "special circumstances" are involved.