July 19th, 2007 by Ann Walker
Troubled teenagers typically spend an inordinate amount of time plugged into some kind of media. As many public school institutions have dropped gym programs, fewer and fewer teenagers get regular exercise or ever go outdoors except to get into cars and buses and go indoors somewhere else.
One parent was amazed to find children at his […]
July 19th, 2007 by Ann Walker
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder appears to have different ramifications for girls than for boys, new studies suggest. Both teen boys and teen girls are beset with hormonal changes and standard teen age confusion and angst. But researchers feel that teen girls react differently than their male counterparts.
“Through these new studies about teen girls with ADHD, […]
July 19th, 2007 by Ann Walker
Teen crisis intervention is most affective when it is delivered from a person who has walked in the shoes that their teen audience is presently walking in. Former addicts intimately know the territory that a teen drug addict must navigate . They quickly recognize excuses and rationalizations because they have made them all themselves thousands […]