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Tweens & Teens

Hormones, independence, and peer pressure are just a few of the challenges tweens and teens face. Let us help you on this journey.

It's normal for your child to have mood swings as a teen and every parent goes through it.

It may not seem that long ago that you were dropping your child off for the first day of school. Now as a tween or teen parent, you face new challenges with kids finding their own voice and independence. As a parent finding the right balance of when to let go and when to stand firm is not always easy.

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Articles about Tweens & Teens

How to support your teen during difficult emotional changes
Tweens & Teens

Managing Your Teen’s Ups and Downs

How to support your teen during difficult emotional changes

Keep your teen and other drivers safe on the road
Tweens & Teens

8 Teen Driving Danger Zones (and How to Avoid Them)

Keep your teen and other drivers safe on the road.

Parents and teens don’t always agree but understanding your teen’s challenges can help everyone.
Tweens & Teens

Co-Parenting Tips for Parents of Teens

How teamwork and a parenting plan can help your teen

Tools to help your teen’s brain best develop
Tweens & Teens

How You Can Help Your Teen's Brain Development

Tools to help your teen’s brain best develop.

Parents and teens don’t always agree but understanding your teen’s challenges can help everyone.
Tweens & Teens

Understanding Your Teens

Parents and teens don't always agree but understanding your teen's challenges can help everyone.

How to be a screen-savvy parent.
Tweens & Teens

Setting Healthy Screen Time Limits for Teens

How to be a screen-savvy parent.

Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Tweens & Teens

Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents

Understanding and identifying eating disorders.

Peer pressure is a normal part of childhood.
Tweens & Teens

Children and Peer Pressure

Peer pressure is a normal part of childhood.

Know the signs and symptoms of mental health and having a sense of suicide awareness is the first step.
Tweens & Teens

Talking to Your Teens About Mental Health and Suicide Prevention

Knowing the signs and symptoms is the first step to developing suicide awareness.

Teach life skills that will prepare your teen for life after high school.
Tweens & Teens

Helping Your Teen Become an Adult

Teach life skills that will prepare your teen for life after high school.

Drug and alcohol abuse can happen in any family.
Tweens & Teens

Teen Substance Abuse: What Parents Need to Know

Drug and alcohol abuse can happen in any family.

Vaping continues to become more and more popular with teens.
Tweens & Teens

Talking with Teens About Vaping

Learn how to talk to your tweens and teens about vaping and smoking.

How to Stop Bullying and Cyberbullying
Tweens & Teens

How to Stop Bullying and Cyberbullying

What to do when your child is being bullied - or is a bully.

Making a Family Calendar for Teens
Tweens & Teens

Making a Family Calendar

Keeping up with teen schedules can keep the entire family busy.

How to stop rude tween behavior
Tweens & Teens

How to Stop Rude Tween Behavior

Tired of rude teen behavior? Here's how to stop it!

Positive Parenting Techniques with Teens
Tweens & Teens

Positive Parenting Techniques with Teens

What can I do about my unruly teen?

Hygiene Tips for Teens & Tweens
Tweens & Teens

Hygiene Tips for Teens & Tweens

Help keep your kids on track with their personal hygiene.

Setting Boundaries for Teen Behavior
Tweens & Teens

Setting Boundaries for Teen Behavior

Ten tips to stop rude teen behavior like backtalking, slamming doors, and more.

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