Listening is a skill that helps everyone. Heartfelt listening helps you communicate better with anyone, but especially with an adolescent. Learning it takes only a few minutes and a few steps.

Some may feel that stealing and/or shoplifting is a rite of passage, but parents must decide what it means in their family and how to restore trust between themselves and the adolescent.

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Saying no and setting limits can be difficult for anyone, but especially for a parent. Adolescents need limits, find out how this helps them mature and grow as people and prepares them for adulthood.

Teaching thankfulness to children and adolescents is not just knowing when to say thank you. It is about developing deep feelings of compassion and gratitude and then expressing that through activities that encompass thankfulness.

The responsibility of raising adolescents can be intimidating. This article helps you put it all into perspective. This perspective includes taking care of yourself to take care of them and above all, keeping a sense of humor.

Almost 2 million U.S. children have a parent in the military and one-fouth of these are adolescents. This article describes unique services for them and how to help them cope with military deployment of loved ones.

Catching adolescents doing good things is as important as catching their mistakes. Sometimes we look harder for the mistakes than the good deeds.

Adolescents are crazy for the vampires in the Twilight Saga and eagerly anticipate the release of new movies. This article discusses why these movies and vampires are so popular with adolescents.

Adolescents have to learn what truth means just as they do other things, by playing with it, manipulating it and being accountable for it. this article examines ways they might do that and informs parents about what is normal and what is not.