Behavioral Issues

The Self-Harm Epidemic: Keeping Your Teen Safe from Self-Destruction


Being the parent of a troubled teen is a never-ending sea of worry and distress. The thought of a child wanting to hurt themselves is very hard for any parent to understand. Across the nation, teens are committing acts of self-harm every day. As a concerned parent, of course you need to know why this is happening and how you can prevent it from even entering your teen's mind.


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Combating Peer Pressure: Effective Techniques To Help Your Child Stand Up Against Peer Pressure

It is normal for parents to be concerned about the kinds of friends their kids have. Who your child is hanging out with directly influences the way your kid acts, talks, and thinks. By the time your child becomes a teenager, it is usually peers that influence your child more than parents - friends that have the top role in their decision-making practices. That's why it is so important to stay connected with your child.


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Depression in Tweens: A Guide For Parents Seeking to Help Their Child Overcome Their Struggles With Depression


It's hard to imagine that a tween (a child between the age of 9 to 12) who is supposed to be happy and enjoy their childhood can be depressed and feel overcome by burdens and pressures. Parents many years ago were not faced with quite the same trials and tribulations when they were kids that kids are confronted with today.

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Bad Attitudes Not Bad Kids: How Parents Can Recover the Good Child Behind the Bad Attitude

Raging hormones, bad skin, relationship problems and peer pressure: that's the life of a teen. The life of a parent of a teen - it's not any easier. What do you do with an adolescent who talks back, is disrespectful, ignores you, prefers spending time with friends rather than family, doesn't follow the rules or is just plain difficult? The parenting strategies that worked when your child was younger may not work so well anymore, not now when you're dealing with an adolescent who seems to know everything!


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Overcoming Childhood Agression: A Parent´s Guide



Periods of aggression are a normal part of growing up and can be expected in certain forms at various stages in your child's life. Preschoolers may communicate frustration and anger by:


  • Throwing things
  • Trying to hurt themselves
  • Biting
  • Screaming
  • Kicking

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The Teen Years: The Good, Bad & Ugly - A Parent's Survival Guide

Raging hormones, bad skin, relationship problems and peer pressure: that's the life of a teen. The life of a parent of a teen - it's not any easier.  What do you do with an adolescent who talks back, is disrespectful, ignores you, prefers spending time with friends rather than family, doesn't follow the rules or is just plain difficult? The parenting strategies that worked when your child was younger may not work so well anymore, not now when you're dealing with an adolescent who seems to know everything!

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The Bully and the Bullied: How to Help Your Child

Kids can be so sweet...kids can also be very mean. As a parent, it’s your natural instinct to protect your child – to keep him or her from getting physically and emotionally hurt. It’s a difficult enough challenge at home, but as soon as your child walks out that door, his fate is often in his own hands. You can’t be there when your child is taunted on the playground, talked about behind her back, or tricked and pushed around by older kids, but you can prepare your child to defend himself or herself emotionally against bullies.

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