Whether teens are dating or not, it's a good idea to talk to them about what a healthy relationship looks like.

Recently a friend shared that her son had witnessed a classmate being mercilessly teased by another student. Although she said he obviously felt bad for what...

Suicide among teens within the United States were at a record high level in 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control. There are many hypotheses for...

The words were hard for the 13 year old sitting across from me in the counseling room. “i want to, but I can’t” she said in practically a whisper. This acade...

Recently I've been exploring wide-spread and enduring beliefs about teenagers. This month I was thinking about how we as a society often explain the risky be...

Recently I've been exploring the myths we tell ourselves about teenagers. Last month, I discussed why we perceive teens as selfish; this month I wanted to pu...

I love working with teens. I love their optimism, and their energy and their resiliency. I love their way of looking at the world and their ability to be fle...

This summer I wrote a post about how the delayed released of melatonin effects the sleep patterns of teenagers, and why this means all schools should have a ...

With Thanksgiving this week, I've been thinking a lot about gratitude. Gratitude can act as a bond between people. If someone has been kind to you, or done y...

Bullying is one of the most common discipline problems in our public schools. In the past year, 1 in 5 high school students reported being bullied on school ...

The CDC's latest Youth Risk Surveillance found that Arkansas was number one in the percentage of teenagers who were bullied on school property, seriously con...

As National Suicide Prevention Month comes to a close, I wanted to share this beautiful poem with you. It was written by a teenager who herself experienced t...

This month is National Suicide Prevention Month. Suicide is a growing problem in the United States, no less so among teens than among adults. A report releas...

In recognition of National Suicide Prevention Month, I wanted to share with you the National Alliance of Mental Health’s tips on preventing suicide. These ti...

All this summer I’ve been exploring the effects of the developing adolescent brain on adolescent behaviour. Recently I came across this article on NPR about ...

For the past two months, I have been exploring some of the effects that normal brain development has on adolescent behavior. In today’s post, I want to exami...

This summer I am exploring some of the effects that the adolescent brain has on adolescent behaviour, and today I wanted to look at what happens when melaton...

Over the next few weeks, I will continue exploring different aspects of adolescent development, and the ways in which these effect adolescent behaviour. This...

So much has been written -and read!- about the development of very young children, as if once we've got our kids sleeping and eating their vegetables, the ba...

It’s so easy to remind teenagers about what they are NOT doing and to tell them why they are not doing it. They don't respect their elders. They don't know h...