The teenage years are a critical time of examining sexuality and beliefs regarding sexuality. As parents and adults, are we promoting the right environment for our teens to successfully answer these difficult questions for themselves?

Prevention is the obvious goal when it comes to teen suicide. But what can we do once it happens to help our teens deal with the aftermath?

A childhood experience that has stayed with me all my life has also been helpful in raising my daughters. Teaching relaxation and balance through nature has amazing effects!

Richard Louv´s Last Child in the Woods illustrates a revealing perspective on the importance of nature in the lives of our children and how the role of nature has changed over the past few decades. He provokes us all to consider the changes we should make for the health of our children and society.

Abandonment is a feeling that never goes away. A person simply cannot "get over it" without first walking through it and thoroughly exploreing it. What does happen when our children face abandonment and decide to deal?

Prejudice comes in many styles and forms: gender, race, sexuality, religion, ethnicity and socio-econmic status. We are all "different" in some way. How do we teach our children not to be harmed by prejudice they may face and how to respond without resorting to prejudice themselves?

Our society, which once depended upon nature, has been slowly losing touch with nature. Perhaps modernization has resulted in a loss of balance that can only be restored through the "great outdoors."

The nation gasped when they received the news of the injuries of ABC´s Bob Woodruff as he rode with U.S. troops in Iraq. Their story will bring light to the pain and triumphs of all U.S. families who deal with the injuries and deaths of their loved ones who bravely fight this war.

Statistics state that teenage pregnancy is on the decline. But statistics do not ease the concerns of parents of teenagers. How can parents help in the quest to lower teenage pregnancy rates?

We often spend too much time worrying over concepts - like Empty Nest Syndrome - over which we have no control and which are natural occurences. If allowed to take their course, they usually remedy themselves.