Parenting: The Challenge

It’s fairly normal for teens to experience angst but when is it considered depression? I recently read that an estimate 20% of teens will experience depression at some point before they reach adulthood. 20-40% will experience more than one depressive episode within two years and 70% will have more than one depressive episode before they [...]

Privacy among the younger generation could be a different version than yours. With all of the social media outlets and cell phones teens and even tweens are posting candid photos and private messages. many times it’s posted publicly for friends which means strangers may have access to them as well. Many times children don’t understand [...]

There isn’t much instruction in schools for how to manage money. This is an important skill for teens to have to prepare them for the real world. Many just get credit cards and many haven’t learned about personal finance management and can end up with a credit score that could hurt them for many years. [...]

Anyone that’s ever had more than one child or has siblings knows they can have a hard time getting along. There are a few things that you can do to encourage them to play nice and get along., Treat them fairly don’t ever lead them to believe that you like one better than the other. [...]