Teen Health

Our expert advises a child that her suicidal friend must get adult help as soon as possible.

The best teaching a parent can provide is to show her own values surrounding alcohol and cigarettes by your day-to-day behaviors.

An expert tells a mother what steps to take to determine why her teenaged daughter isn't eating.

Realistically, teens will more likely quit smoking because a potential boyfriend or girlfriend frowns on it than if you threaten to take the car.

Children normally grow out of the extreme reactions they exhibit when in a medical setting, but will do so on their own timetable.

A mother wonders what she can say or do to stress to her daughter that drinking and drugs will hurt her.

A mother asks how to go about finding a good therapist for her reluctant daughter.

Since alcohol will probably enter all our children's lives, we must provide alcohol education long before high school or college.

A mother asks how she can offset the beating her son takes from relatives, who believe that one "B" on a report card is the same as "failing."

The best strategy for achieving and maintaining a healthy weight in otherwise well teens is to eat a variety of foods, including fruits and vegetables, and to get lots of exercise.

Advice on how to help a depressed adult daughter improve her self-esteem.

Learn how to react when your child seems to have an unnatural fear.

Frequent anger, experimentation with drugs, and complaints of having "no life" are all certainly normal for a 15-year-old.

By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

These tips will help you to get a handle on substance abuse on campus.