Your Teen's Social Life

Very often teenagers will suddenly feel strange around their friends of the opposite sex, even if they have lived next to each other for years or used to spend hours at a time catching bugs/playing ...

One thing in life that you can’t stop is your teens growing. Yes, part of that means them growing away from you, but it’s inevitable, it’s the way of becoming an adult. It might hurt to see it ...

A number of teens do take drugs in Britain, and it’s true that the country does have a drug problem among its young, whether it’s using cannabis, sniffing glue or solvents, or taking pills of ...

It’s as if it’s programmed into them. As they become teenagers, suddenly kids are staying up later, usually a lot later, and don’t want to get up in the morning. Give them half a chance and ...

You might as well face the fact that at some point in their teenage years, your child will drink. It's part of growing up, becoming adult and testing boundaries. After all, most adults drink in ...

Gangs, everyone will agree, are a blight on modern life. Originally an American problem, they’ve mushroomed over here, especially in the inner cities. According to a Channel 4 study, there are ...

Teen wardrobes can be an inflammatory topic, one that can cause passionate disagreements between teens and their parents. This article offers parents advice on setting house rules, understanding ...