Mental Health

When your child gets into the teen years, most pediatricians and family doctors like to see them privately. At that age, it’s time for kids to start taking control of […]

The relationship between you and your teen might be strained at times; this is often a normal part of the growing up process for adolescents. In some cases, however, parents

It may go without saying that teens who are involved in gangs are going to have some type of mental health problem. Due to the violence that members of gangs

You already have a lot on your plate, and if you are busy with work, kids, school, household obligations, volunteer opportunities, and various relationships in your life, getting a pet

If you have a teenager, you’re likely used to seeing him or her interact via electronic media with friends. Just as you may have talked on the phone incessantly as

Mental illness is one of those subjects that many families don’t talk about. It’s a type of problem that members of other families get. It’s the type of illness that

If your teenager is dating, you probably have a lot on your mind. You might be concerned about unintentional pregnancy or sexually transmissible infections. You might also worry about how

One of the biggest challenges for parents of teens is how to discern what’s normal for adolescence and what may be a teen mental illness. Sure, teens can get moody,

Although the birth rate among American teenagers has been dropping since the 1990s, there are still about 750,000 teenage girls who get pregnant each year. While most parents assume that