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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…

Parents

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…

Parents

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…

Family & Home Life

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…

Parents

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.…

Parents

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…

Parents

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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When Mom Smokes: How Smoking Affects Your Newborn

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) identifies nicotine as one of the most addictive substances on earth. For some…

Parents

Adderall Misuse and Abuse in Teens and Young Adults

Adderall is a powerful central nervous system stimulant used primarily to treat ADHD and ADD in children and adults. It’s…

Parents

I’ve Met Someone Online. They Want to Meet in Person. Now What?

So, you met a guy online. Or a girl. (For purposes of stylistic ease, we are using the male pronoun…

Getting Help

Can a Teen Be Diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder?

Diagnosing a teen with Borderline Personality Disorder, or BPD, is “tricky,” says Alyson Orcena, LMFT, Executive Clinical Director of Evolve…

Parents

Teens and Prescription Drugs: A Growing Problem

Prescription drug abuse among teens is a concern across the country, and the results can be tragic. All too often,…

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