“You can push too much and that’ll shut the child down. So it’s a fine balance: Be available, be a good listener, and also know when you do need to push in case they’re into some things that they shouldn’t be.” – Gloria Meaux, Ph.D., psychologist Between a parent and a teenager, this might be […]
“(My sons are) scared and you’re nervous and you want to fit in. And hopefully they’ll come home and talk about it. And I know Kyle was worried about getting beaten up…and that’s the first time he’s mentioned that.” – Carrie, mother of teens According to a survey of 6,500 teens by the Partnership for […]
“I started drinking when I was 13.” – Christine, Age 17 The Princeton Review just released its ranking of the nation’s biggest party schools – billed as the list of colleges where students really know how to have a good time. For some kids, those times are starting way before college. CDC research reports that […]
“The more ads [teens] get to see, the higher the probability that they will try alcohol at an early age.” – Dr. Pierluigi Mancini, Ph.D., Addiction Specialist Drugs, smoking, alcohol. They are concerns parents have for all teens, but new research in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs reports that Hispanic middle school […]
“A lot of teenagers will use (the word) ‘gay’ to mean ‘stupid’ or ‘dumb’… which is not true.” – Jordan, 14, whose mother is a lesbian Yes, the kids are alright. New research on the behavior of children of gay parents, published in the journal Family Process, reveals that the kids are not only psychologically […]
“I’d block them, but then they’d have another screen name and they’d be like ‘you’re a whore, you can’t get away from this’… It would just bring me to tears and I would cry because I couldn’t get away from it as much as I tried.” – Erica, 18 years old Converge magazine for educators […]
“If you have dinner with your family, including your kids, five nights a week, you have amazing results.” – Nancy McGarrah, Ph.D., psychologist Taking time to talk with your children about current events, and adding in a little math, can help students develop better reasoning and math skills – and perform better at school, according […]
“I could not stand to look in the mirror one more day looking at me the way I was. I just couldn’t do it.” – Ashleigh, 18 years old Teens have always been concerned about their appearances. But recent research published in the academic journal Body Image links teen plastic surgery to watching reality TV. […]
“(In college, special-needs students) have to work twice as hard, maybe three times as hard. They can’t go out and do the social things because they have to study extra hard.” – Mike Nelson, special education administrator According to the U.S. Department of Education, students with learning and physical disabilities are far less likely to […]
“I would never want to look at one. I think that would be really depressing to tell you the truth.” – Mary, Age 14, about Internet pro-anorexia sites Millions of young girls and women struggle with the eating disorder anorexia. For some, the Internet has become a place of refuge… with websites that offer support […]
