Picture Books and Adolescents - Adolescence
When we think of picture books , we typically think of young children. Perhaps reading them a bedtime story or sitting in a circle at the feet of a librarian or kindergarten teacher for "story time". Using picture books with adolescents and [... more]
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The Cognitive Errors of Adolescence - Adolescence
Anyone who has ever lived in close proximity to a teenager for any length of time instinctively knows that adolescents think differently while they are progressing through the specific stages of their development. David Elkind identified ... [... more]
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What Parents Should Know About Body Image - Adolescence
As boys and girls move from childhood into early adolescence, it is easy for them to find fault with their bodies. The developing adolescent undergoes more physical changes than at any other time in his or her life except during gestation in the ... [... more]
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Adolescents and Mistakes - Adolescence
It's natural for us as parents to want to protect our teens from disappointments and mistakes - to save them from the difficult lessons that we learned ourselves the "hard way" when we were their age. But part of letting go means allowing your . [... more]
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My Flower Child - Adolescence
It has been said that a child hears seventeen negatives for every positive. Can this be true? The very children we bear through great effort, sacrifice for, pick up after, and serve are the very ones we destroy verbally? And yet perhaps it is ... [... more]
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The Hurricane-Teen Years - Adolescence
What does the game of Risk have to do with Hurricane Wilma have to do with the teenage years? When a person plays the game of Risk, they play to win. They also understand there is risk involved in each choice. When a person lives through a ... [... more]
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Trying to Find Their Note - Adolescence
I obliged without comment. This was a common scene in our household whenever my husband worked on learning a song for the church choir. Without effort, melodies (or harmonies, for that matter) did not come easily. Just as my husband demonstrated ... [... more]
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Wondering If Your Adolescent Is Gay? - Adolescence
So, you think your teen is gay. Are you asking yourself if you should do anything? Or worse, is this turn of events something that you that fostered? Should you confront him/her or wait until sexual orientation is brought up in a discussion? ... [... more]
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Bullying Or The Madness in Middle School - Adolescence
Well it looks like the summer is behind us and school is back in session. I recently spent time with my nephew as he prepared to move on to middle school. Middle school, that place where I have memories of learning how to make friends, deciding ... [... more]
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What is Adolescence? - Adolescence
While the beginning of puberty is relatively easy to decipher, the end of adolescence-the transition to adulthood-is much more difficult to pinpoint. Some consider adulthood to begin when legal "rites of passage" are met, such as legal drinking [... more]
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Stay Positive
The following ideas are presented to help you adopt new and healthy ways of relating to your adolescent. Accepting that you can't control every aspect of his or her life, encouraging communicating honestly and negotiating fairly may help you find ... [... more]
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Staying Involved Without Being Overbearing - Adolescence
One of the key elements of surviving adolescence for both you and your teen is for your teen to develop his or her identity. Often it can be difficult to balance your need to guide and protect your adolescent while allowing him or her the freedom ... [... more]
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