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After a School Shooting, Some Teens May Refuse to Go Back to School. Here’s Why, and What You Should Do About It.

Just this week, there was a tragic school shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, a city in Los…
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A New Approach to Improving Problem Solving Skills for Kids

When you ask an adult what they do, whether it’s at work, home, or at play, one answer you often…
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Adoption Awareness Month: Adoption and Early Trauma

This is the fourth article in our series on adoption and teens for National Adoption Awareness Month. You don’t have…
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Physical Activity Improves Physical Health: Does it Improve Mental Health, Too?

Over the past twenty years, there’s been a revolution in healthcare. Not an overnight, French Revolution style revolution, though. One…
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November is Child Safety Protection Month

Every year in November, child health and welfare advocates organize resources and spend the month raising awareness about childhood safety.…
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How to Help an Adopted Teen Navigate Adolescence

This is the third article in our series on adoption and teens for National Adoption Awareness Month. You don’t have…
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Adoption Awareness Month: The Challenges for Adopted Teens

This is the second article in our series on adoption and teens for National Adoption Awareness Month. You don’t have…
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November is Adoption Awareness Month: A Focus on Adopted Teens

Adolescence is a challenging time for any teenager. Puberty launches their bodies and brains into a radical series of changes…
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Family & Home Life
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My Teen Is So Impulsive…Do They Have BPD?

Your daughter goes on shopping sprees, ordering piles of clothes or accessories she really doesn’t need. Or your son drives…
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Halloween: Tips for Teen Trick-or-Treating

So. Your super-mature, mom-and-dad-I’m-almost-an-adult- stop-treating-me-like-a-child! teenager wants to go trick or treating this year, and you’re skeptical. With good reason.…
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National Poll: Should Teens go Trick-or-Treating?

Here’s a practical question for parents: Should you let your teen go trick-or-treating this year? For most people in the…
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I’m Too Old For Halloween! (No You’re Not)

So, Mr. and Ms. Teenager. You think you’re too old for Halloween? Think all that fun Halloween stuff is for…
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