Teens

Part of your responsibility as a parent is to teach your child financial responsibility.

Your stepdaughter's obsessive relationship with food is obviously not about food.

When your teen's "friend" is making cruel remarks, don't be afraid to step in and seek a meeting with his parents.

A parent plans to meet her daughter's boyfriend, as well as his parents. She wonders what questions she should ask them.

Advice on how to deal with breast development and puberty signs in girls.

Young women and adolescents should start having gynecologic examinations when they turn 18, or when they first become sexually active (if that occurs before the age of 18).

The purpose of the first gynecological exam is to evaluate the size and shape of the uterus (womb) and ovaries, to do a Pap smear to detect early signs of cervical cancer, and to screen for sexually transmitted diseases.

Has your teenager suddenly become mono-syllabic? Find out what's typical behavior for a 13-year old.

By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

This is a crash course on Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs).

Teens aren't equipped to deal with the attention and sexual pressure from boys that their sexual dress invites.

It's not normal insecurity for a healthy, developing teenager to be disgusted by her physical appearance.

By Sharon Greenthal

Everything you need to know about sex ed for boys and what to do if you find out your child is watching pornography.

Parents ask what they should do after finding evidence that their son may have had sex in their bed with his girlfriend.

Shaming and threatening a teen for associating with other ethnic groups will only create emotional distance between her and yourselves.

Don't punish your child for smoking.

By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

Learn why the mixed messages that parents send to teens when they allow them to drink at home may actually be to blame for excessive teen drinking.

Find out when menstrual pain calls for a visit to the doctor.

Find out what potential health problems body piercings can cause.