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Progressive Christian Churches Offer Acceptance
More people are flocking to the pews of United Church of Christ and other denominations with more progressive Christian thinking about God's love and acceptance.
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Essential Planning for Going Back to School
Preparing for the end of summer and the transition back to school calls on teens to equip themselves with planning and preparation.
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The Effects of Gossip on Teenage Girls
Teenage girls carry certain social labels including the image of the circle of girls sharing small scandals of each others lives.
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Balanced Parenting of Gifted and Normal Siblings
Talented and gifted children may receive more social and educational attention, but it's a parent's job to balance things to give an equal family platform.
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Classroom Management for Eighth Grade Teachers
The style and mood you set the first day sounds the tone for the entire year. With eighth graders, teachers may find more of a need to apply a unique style to traditions
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Getting to the Point of Issues in Teen Arguments
If parents and teens are clashing more and more frequently, there is likely to be one issue at the root of the increasing anger.
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IANDS Takes Aim at Placing Science in Faith
The International Association for Near Death Studies (IANDS) is a resource for people who have questions about life after death as well as near-death resources.
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Summer Camps Taking Christian Focus
Summer camp for teenagers is almost a right of passage. But, parents need to be aware of the full content of the curriculum matching or missing beliefs of the family.
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Frustrated Parents Find Relief in Communication
Parents become frustrated with their teenagers on a daily basis, but better communication skills hold the answers to lowering anger level.
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Teens and Financial Responsibility
From credit cards to savings accounts, the basics of financial responsibility should begin early in the teenage years.
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Teenage Fathers' Duties and Rights
Teen pregnancy issues generally focus on the girl; however, the boy may experience confusion and depression. Duties, expectations and rights should be explored.
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Problems of Age Differences Between Teenagers
Any parent knows there are significant differences between 15 year olds and 18 year olds. These small age differences can mean important stresses in peer values.
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Awareness Important in Reducing Girls Having Sex
Although sexuality is an important part of adolescent development, no parent wants a teenager to have to face consequences that come with early sex experiences.
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Establishing a Safe Ride Rule with Teenagers
One of the most difficult challenges in parenting is balancing the need for the safety of teenagers who have been drinking versus the need to provide consequences.
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Authoritative Parenting & Increased Alcohol Use
While more parents are embracing authoritative parenting styles, some modifications are needed to reduce risk of teenage drinking.
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Teenagers' Deaths Leave Friends Shaken
While the stages of grief first identified by Kubler-Ross remain steady across age groups, adolescents experience peer deaths more acutely and personally.
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Teenage Girls Dressing Too Sexy to Fit In
Teenager girls often dress in ways which distress their parents. But, rather than trying to be sexually attractive, the main drive seems to be for peer acceptance.
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Why Teenagers Smoke and What to Do about It
Teenage smoking is reaching epidemic proportions even under the current campaigns to stop smoking. There are some things parents can do to decrease the use of tobacco.
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Boy Scouts of America Offers Values Development
The Boys Scouts of America has been shrinking in membership, however, the organization continues to set the gold standard for values training and member safety.
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Dangers of Teen Binge Drinking in Mexico
Images of cerulean seas and white sands come to mind when one dreams of the Caribbean coast of Mexico, but for teenagers, dangers lurk just beyond the hotel room.
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Powerful Ways for Teens to Volunteer
The need to advocate teen volunteering is clear as a study shows dropping rates of volunteer undertakings by those aged 15 to 18.
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Teenagers Need Summer Jobs with Meaning
Adolescents may fantasize about a lazy, relaxing summer as the ideal. However, the values of the right summer job can impact lives forever.
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What to Do when Teenagers Say They are Gay
When gay and lesbian teenagers come out to their parents, the parents' initial reaction is crucial to their teenagers well being. Parents must express acceptance.
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Parenting a Mixed-Race Teen
Teenagers of mixed-race or multi-races face special challenges in life. Parents need to add to the solution and not the problem.
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Balancing Risk Taking in Your Teenager
Today, as in this very moment, sounds new threats for teenagers. Parents need to be ever vigilant of their teens' risk-taking behavior.
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The Threat of Gangs to Rural Teenagers
There was a time recently where Americans thought of teenage gang involvement as being something belonging in large cities. However, small towns are now harboring gangs.
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Parents Help Kids Achieve Financial Skills
Younger teens may lack the ability to appreciate the concepts of savings, but as children age parents can help them develop good financial skills.
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The Advantages of Raising a Teenager of Faith
Teenagers raised with a faith in a Higher Power show higher resilience, more supportive peer groups and a better emotional outlook than teens without religious beliefs.
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When Your Daughter is the Victim of Date Rape
Very few events compare with the trauma of surviving date rape. Parents of the victim need to take steps to minimize victim impact and maximize healing.
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The Five Answers Parents Should always Know
Parents have many challenges in raising teenagers. Many problems can be avoided by being more aware of your teens actions and behaviors.
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Selecting Your Wedding Officiant
One of the selections the bride and groom often grapple with is the decision of whose pastor to use. A professional wedding official can be a good choice.
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Setting Goals in the Counseling Process
People often enter counseling without a clear goal in mind. The person simply knows they don't feel well, are confused or are suffering in some way. Goals come next.
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P.O.W.E.R. Strategy for Parenting Teens
P.O.W.E.R. Parenting Style encourages a five point action plan incorporating different modules designed to make overseeing the growth and development more effective.
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Parent Involvement Key to Stopping Drug Abuse
One of the most important factors affecting early drug use and the likelihood of ongoing addiction problems is that of the parenting style.
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Self-Esteem of Youth a Major Factor of Drug Use
Adolescents who report feelings of low self-image and lack of self-love are highly likely to engage in drug use. Parents need to make positive self-esteem a priority.
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Helping Your Teen Go Green
The Green Movement is almost reaching the level of a lifestyle. Regardless of the level of commitment, simple steps can help adolescents embrace a love of green thinking
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When Your Teen is Having Sex
About 75% of American teens will be sexually active by the time they 17. Parents should be prepared to guide their teens in face of social truth.
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The Personal Fable of Adolescents
One of the developmental phenomenon widely observed in youth is the personal fable. This concept holds that adolescents believe themselves to be special and unique.
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Effects of Estranged Fathers of Teens
Even if a father has not been present in a teenager's life, the youth is likely to manifest ideals about the absent father which are problematic in family normalcy.
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Parents Can Help Teens Who are Afraid of Moving
Of all the concerns one faces when changing homes, teens' emotions and ties should rank high on the list. Parents should focus on maintaining family continuity.
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Parenting Advice over Teens Leads to Tension
When it comes to parenting teenagers, a parent's friends and relatives often offer advice. When it's not welcome, simple communication skills can help.
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Factors Affecting Readiness in Teenage Drivers
Before putting a teenager on the road, parents need to consider developmental readiness, social functioning and ecological awareness.
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The Importance of Sibling Relationships
One area often overlooked in considering a teenagers' well-being is the quality of their relationships with their brothers and sisters.
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Concerns of Emotional Impact after Discipline
Having to provide punishment is a duty of parenthood. However, parents can make certain the after effects focus on the behavior, not the teen themselves.
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Points to Consider before Discipling Your Teen
The emotional impact of discipline on teenagers can have unintended side effects. Parents can take steps to reduce negative self-image, anger and other problems.
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Corporal Discipline Not an Effective Strategy
The link between corporal punishment of teenage boys and those boys going on to be physically abusive to their wives and children has been established.
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Good Influence from Peers is Essential in Teens
In educational psychology, the causal model for maladjustment in adulthood shows the critical need for youth associating with supportive peers.
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Reducing Bullying of Teenagers at School
More and more teenagers are being affected by bullying. Reducing the prevalence of aggressive behavior depends on a united effort.
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When Role Models Fail Your Teenage Son
Teen boys are strongly attached to role models proffered up by the media and popular culture. When those people fall, youth may experience hard feelings.
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Lies Teenage Boys Tell Can Signal Serious Trouble
Parents should take warning if boys lies become more frequent as they become teenagers. They may be headed toward more covert behavior such as shop lifting and fraud.
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Three Steps for Diffusing Rage in Teenage Boys
Teenage boys can find anger a difficult emotion to handle. When it moves beyond anger to rage, however, young men require immediate intervention.
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When is a Teen Ready for a Puppy?
Taking charge over another living creature teaches incredible new life lessons. Before you commit to a puppy, teens need to show certain levels of responsibility.
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Teen Curiosity Over Salvia Can Lead to Addiction
Salvia is a legal hallucinogenic herb available through health food vendors and online resources. Youth experimenting with the drug may find themselves unable to stop.
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Clues to Teens' Depression Can be Found in Peers
Parents often worry about depression in their teenagers. The difference between being sad and being clinically depressed can be measured by comparing teens to peers.
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12 Step Program for Teens Needs Other Elements
When parents are faced with alcohol addiction in their sons or daughters, many turn to traditional AA programs for the answers. This may not be the best choice.
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An Effective Strategy for Adolescent Discipline
A simple time out is less effective as children age to teenagers. Making an active time out strategy can have a much more powerful effect in changing behavior.
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Focus on Friendship with Your Teenage Step Child
Step parents have a unique position in blended families. Bonding with teenage step children should focus on building friendships with teenage step child.
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Helping Your Teenage Son Express Anger
Emotions are in flux during adolescence and anger can be the most troublesome for boys. Inserting the concepts of contemplation and choice in behavior is essential.
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Making Your Wedding Vows Memorable
The words spoken at your wedding or holy union should convey unique references to make them memorable to you and your loved one.
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Sexting Prevention, Education and Intervention
Sexting is the act of sending nude or partially nude photos using cell phone cameras and messaging features. Prevention, education and intervention are parental duties.
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Schools, Coaches and Peers Mean Deadly Pressure
With the latest death of a teenage Athlete in Plano, Texas, parents need to be aware of the demands from schools, teachers and classmates on their teenagers.
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Unusual Outings Improve Relations with Teens
Parents often feel distant from their teenagers. One strategy for improving quality time between the two involves a consistent commitment to doing unusual activities.
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Emotional Support Animals Are ADA Protected
For those dealing with the overwhelming challenge of severe mental health issues, a pet becomes a required companion.
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Three Things That Make an Employee Essential
Layoff concerns loom large in the current economy. Ward off job loss by making by appearing to be the most valuable employee in the firm.
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Feeling Guilty after Punishing Your Teenager
Good parenting involves appropriate punishment. When parents feel guilty afterwards, they should take the time to review their discipline responsibilities.
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Making Contracts for Teenage Behavior
Behavior of adolescents can be tumultuous during the best of times. Making point by point contracts for your teens actions and reactions helps to level acting out.
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What Happens During the First Session of Therapy
The first psychotherapy session with a mental health provider can be more unnerving than the issue bringing you to therapy. There are a few common elements to expect.
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Teenage Boys' Anger at Discipline
Developmental changes in your teenage boy may bring raging responses to discipline of any kind. Parents can prepare by helping him understand and control his anger.
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Improve Your Day in Just One Minute
Use the actions in the acronym O.A.SI.S. to enjoy a moment self improvement with Oxygen, Affirmation, Self-Insight and Self-statement (OASIS.)
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Three Self Affirming Steps After a Layoff
Getting bad financial news can be very stressful. Successful strategies for dealing with depression, self-care and re-centering are helpful.
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Types of Drug Treatment Centers for Teens
Once the family has decided to make an intervention in a teenager's abuse, different programs include medical, mid-level behavioral, residential and correctional.
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The Economy Reduces Teen Allowances
As the economy continues to trouble America, many parents are having to dig deep to keep allowances going to their teenagers. Educate your teens about the choices.
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Five Minutes to Change Your Day
Changing the way you approach the beginning of your day can make a powerful difference in your enjoyment of it. In just a few moments, you can make your day a good one!
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The Four Components of Successful Prayer
The P-R-A-Y acronym stands for Praise, Repentance, Asking for others and asking for Yourself. It is a simple way to remember a powerful prayer technique.
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Fears Young Teens Have at Funerals
Once children enter the teenage years, they are likely to have concerns about the death of a loved one. How you respond to their fears will help them resolve them.
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Teenage Girls Need to Challenge Roles
The roles of mother and wife are still the primary encouragement teen girls receive. It is important to reinforce their potential as professionals as well.
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When a Teen Says It's So Gay
It's been the ultimate damaging cut down, cop out and insult in recent years: so gay! Breaking the prejudicial cycle requires immediate, intelligent parent reaction.
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A New Drug in Middle and High Schools
Cheese is a heroin-based drug which began invading middle and high schools in 2006. Now, thousands of teens are addicted.
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Good Questions to Get Teens Talking
It is all too common to receive one word answers from teens. Parents can learn to extend conversations by phrasing their questions to get more verbose answers.
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Making Funeral Plans for the First Time
When a family member dies, there are certain steps that must be taken. These include contacting the funeral home, the florists, obituary publishers and the church.
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