Teen Health

Read the following tips to help teens kick their smoking habits.

Is there any help for a high-school grad who had an IEP for SLD in reading, writing, and study skills?

Teenagers need good parenting to help them make healthy decisions regarding drinking.

A child who is thinking about suicide may send subtle warning signs. Here's a list of what to look for.

How to keep kids from smoking and deal with a teen who does.

Recurrent headaches are very common complaints in both children and adolescents.

An obsessive interest in gore, serial killers, rapists, suicide, and depression is definitely a cause for concern.

Learn how to prepare your teen for prom night.

Our expert tells a teen, "I am here to tell you that you can feel a lot better about yourself and your life."

Our expert surmises that a teen's depression is due to more than just problems with switching to a new school.

Your role as a caring parent is to advise your child against any potentially dangerous activity -- whether or not you yourself have engaged in it.

An expert reassures a guilty teen that he can learn from this experience and become a wiser, healthier, and more self-respecting young man.

Some of the side effects include an increased amount of sugar in the blood, ulcers, increased appetite, weight gain, high blood pressure, and fluid retention.

A teen seeks advice because he is overwhelmed and confused by his drive to keep doing the things that aren't healthy for him.

The long-term effects of steroids on a child's final adult height are not clear, but questions have been raised.

By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

Our teens need lots of rest before they can hit the books.

Just because a child is using drug culture terms doesn't prove that she is using drugs of any kind.

Our expert advises a parent on the type of school that will be most helpful to her troubled son.