July 24th, 2006 ,Teenage rebellion can be a sign of health, especially in girls. In an essay contributed to Catching a Wave: Reclaiming Feminism for the 21st Century, Nancy Gruver has written that girls are understandably outraged by injustices. However, the p...
According to a survey 20 percent of teens will experience teen depression before they reach adulthood, 10 to 15 percent of teenagers have some symptoms of teen depression and 5 percent of teens are suffering from major depression. One of the most alarming fact...
However, teens can also experience feelings of doubt and may lack self-esteem. For these reasons, they are particularly susceptible to peer pressure: an overwhelming desire to fit in and do “what everyone else is doing,” even if it means participat...
Truancy is something that was easier to deal with in our parent’s day. It is define as the dictionary calls ‘the act or condition of being absent without permission’ were standard. A good lashing helped clear up any doubt as to the relevant a...
A boot camp for troubled teens can be a lifesaver in more ways than one. There are millions of households where a teen, or teens, cause grief to their parents. The teen is unhappy and the parents are stressed. Placing the troubled teen in the appropriate boot ...