No parent wants to hear that their child was raped. I have seen my parents cry over it and know that I have caused them sadness. I don’t feel responsible for what happened to me but knowing that the people I love and the people who love me are hurt by my coming out with it make...
As a parent or legal guardian, you can request that your teen’s counselor only share with you what your teen wishes to have disclosed, except in instances of immediate danger or risk to the well-being of others. Examples include expressing plans related to self-harm or suicide, or expressi...
This guide provides teen drivers and their parents with useful resources, such as defensive driving courses and driver’s education programs.
During childhood and adolescence, it can even seem like the body is constantly in flux. The changes come so rapidly that it may be difficult to monitoryour child’s health—both physical and mental. Whether you’re a parent searching for facts and tips about your child’s health or a tee...
Here’s a case where the parents were proactive and did what any good parent would do to protect the welfare of their child. It wasn’t enough. The school system at least appears to be one of the few proactive systems that actually takes bullying very seriously and takes action when they...
“Whether a parent doubts the legitimacy of a child’s transition has zero relevance to whether transitioning is best for their child. Humoring this doubt is exactly what makes the story so harmful.” Read that quote again. Read it several times to see just how dismissive it is of parents...
ground, Zoe’s father has just been laid off and the family is struggling to make ends meet. Coming out later in the fall, it is one of the few titles I have read recently that shows a teen facing what many families have been coping with these past few years: a laid off ...
every grandparent and grandchild, every professor and student, every aspiring engineer and passion-driven child who dreams of a future that is not crippled by a lack of water needs our help to give them the opportunity of life they deserve. It is time to make waves in the lives of countle...
because they don't have the funds to pay for it. So Abercrombie & Fitch Co. launched Share2Pay on the Hollister app, giving teen shoppers — the brand's target demographic — the ability to text their parents a link to their carts. Just the kind of text every parent wants to receive...
TEEN ZONE RESOURCES Look to the Teen Zone’s “Ready Reference” comer for all the help you need to locate information on the Internet. Ms. Frye, the librarian, will share tips on keyword searches to find interesting information about certain books. You must have a signed parent permission ...