Article by ALA Helping Your Struggling Teen – Family – Teenagers Every teen is approached and struggles with the ever increasing pressure of peers to “do” alcohol, drugs, and sex. Teens struggle with this because of the need to ‘fit in’ and be accepted among others. Your teen could be faced with this pressure [...] Read more »
Helping Troubled Teens
At times, even when using the best parenting tactics, teens may need outside help in order to get over their problems. It’s important to know that there are many useful resources in your community that can be called upon when your teen’s depression or anger issues become out of control and more than what you [...] Read more »
Turning Winds – Helping Parents With Troubled Teens
Parents of troubled teens will realize soon enough that their children are not faring well in traditional schools. They probably have difficulties making friends, or hang out with the wrong crowd, or they may have grades that are barely passing. They may even struggle with their relationships with the people at home. Counseling or therapy [...] Read more »
10 Tips for Helping Your Child Learn to Read
Leading child development authorities often report that much of a child’s early reading success depends on the level of support given at home. Children who are given the opportunities and tools for learning to read both at home and at school have a better chance of success. The following are ten tips that can help [...] Read more »
Teen Depression – Helping Your Teen Out of the Jungle
Up to now most depression in adolescence was associated with girls. But nowadays, at least in America, teen depression is just as common in boys. Another case of sexual equality! Leaving teen depression untreated or thinking it is just a phase is no longer justified as the consequences are serious. There is now growing evidence [...] Read more »