Do you ever want to shout “Amen!” after reading an article that “nails” an issue perfectly? Well, at least according to your view on the topic. Yet I think few parents of teenagers would disagree that the constant hue and cry for teen crisis intervention is just not quite right. The Boomer generation especially has […]
Teens at risk that come from a home where one, or both, parents suffer depression are vulnerable to more stress and, not too surprisingly, weight gain.
A couple of factors play into this and, divorcing this information from the psychological jargon, it just is common sense. A parent fighting depression is often too fatigued and stretched […]
You can’t blame a parent for becoming utterly confused with the whole list of acronyms available to label their troubled teenagers. There is Oppositional Defiant Disorder, ADD, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. There is bi-polar and conduct disorder and teen depression, all of which increase the liklihood of teen age drug abuse. It takes a heap […]