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What Parents Can Do When Their Teen Has a Break Up
A break up a dating relationship is one of the most emotional events that can happen in a teen’s life. Parents, learn how to handle it if your teen has a break up.
Parenting Teens Contracts: Teen Dating
A parenting contract for parents of teens who want to set clear communication with their teen about teen dating.
Teens and Dating
Teens and dating Five Truths about Your Teen and Dating
Individual Treatment Plan
An individual treatment plan is developed for a troubled teen in residential treatment. It identifies specific problems the teen is having and sets measurable goals.
How Do I Know if My Teen Is Engaging in Self-Harm?
What are signs that will tell me if my teen is hurting herself?What are signs that will tell me if my teen is hurting herself? I just learned that a close friend of hers is in counseling for cutting. My daughter now spends most of her time alone in her room. Could she be deliberately hurting herself?
Why do Teens Hurt Themselves with Self-Harming Behaviors?
Understanding why teens would want to self-harm is difficult. Learn why here.
When Teens Self-Harm: How Dangerous Is It?
Article on self-harm and how dangerous it is for teens to use cutting as a coping behavior.
Printable Chore Charts for Teens
Teen chore charts are a useful way to keep teens from getting frustrated. When a teen is dealing with high school issues, homework to do and friends to stay up-to-date with, adding one more thing to remember can be the breaking point and create a stressed-out teen. Chore charts not only help your teen from getting stressed, they aid your teen in getting the chore done, which will keep you from becoming stressed.
Consequences of High School Senioritis
It is important for high school seniors to understand the consequences of high school senioritis. Here is a list of them for you to share with your teen. Hopefully it will help you prevent your teen from getting senioritis.
Senioritis: Signs and Symptoms of High School Senioritis
Article for parents of teens on the signs and symptoms of senioritis. Parents will begin to notice the signs and symptoms of senioritis about mid-year of their teen’s senior year, read more.
Programs for Troubled Teens
Here is a listing of programs for troubled teens. Even when you know your child needs it, the decision to seek professional help for your troubled teen is still a difficult one. Learn more about these programs here.
How a Psychological Evaluation May Help Your Troubled Teen
A psychological evaluation may be an important step in getting the right help for your troubled teen.
Day Treatment Programs for Troubled Teens
Day Treatment Programs offer intensive therapy and educational services to troubled teens. Learn about the services available and the emotional or behavioral problems that are most effectively addressed in this setting.
Parenting Teens Contracts: Teen Chores
A chore contract for parents of teens who want to set clear communication with their teen about getting their chores completed.
Parenting Teens Contracts: Teen Spending
A parenting contract for parents of teens who want to set clear communication with their teen about teen spending.
Chores List for Older Kids and Teens
Over 50 chore ideas for parents of older kids and teens. Here is a list of task ideas and chores for your teen. You can use it to fill out a printable chore chart or to make a list. This list is made to give your teen a clear idea of what you expect from them. It is a good idea to break these jobs down even further and explain what you want done.
Prevent Senioritis
Senioritis has been known to infect even the best of teens. If you have a teen who is a senior this school year, you can prevent the worse of this illness by using these parenting tips.
Help for Parents of Teens with Senioritis
Article for parent of high school teens who are suffering from senioritis. While senioritis is often discussed with a half of a chuckle by parents, teens and teachers, it is a real problem teens face that will cause legitimate consequences of not kept in check.
Diversion Programs: A Way to Help Teens Who are Arrested
Teens involved in illegal activity can benefit from juvenile diversion programs. DIversion programs help troubled teens who have been arrested.
What is Group Therapy?
How group therapy can help troubled teens with specific problems.
5 Tips To Get Your Teen To Help With Spring Cleaning
5 Tips To Get Your Teen To Help With Spring Cleaning
How To Set a Table
How to set a table, five things to remember when setting a table. Setting a table properly for a family or holiday meal.
Change Your Teen's Attitude About Chores
If your teen is grumbling about getting his chores done, or worse use these practical tips to help change your teen's attitude about his chores.
Causes of Senioritis in High School Seniors
To parents and teachers, senioritis is a true disability for high school students. It can cripple a teen's ability to learn and has some terrible consequences - many not unlike the consequences of risk-taking behaviors. Here is a list of causes that can lead to senioritis.
What Is Individual Therapy?
Individual therapy is a good initial step in getting help for a troubled teen. The advantages and disadvantages of individual therapy for helping troubled teens.