Do you sometimes look at your teenager and wonder what happened to the sweet, playful child who talked non-stop such a short time ago? Parenting your teen can be a challenge, yet he still needs the same love and support you’ve always given.

Tips

• Advocating for Your Child
• Age Appropriate Tasks and Chores
• Allowances
• Discipline
• Early Childhood Special Education
• Helping Your Child Manage His or Her Anger
• Single Parent Success Strategies
• Staying Home Alone
• Successful Stepfamilies
• Teaching Your Child Tolerance for Others
• Teen Tips

Quick Tip Cards

• Celebrating Culture, Teaching Tolerance
• Exploring the Teen Brain
• Going "Unplugged"
• Helping Teens Manage Money
• Helping Your Child Succeed in School
• Helping Your Teen Stay Away From Drugs
• Keeping Your Teen Safe Online
• Managing Media Messages
• Protecting Your Child From Bullying
• Setting Limits for Your Teen
• Staying in Touch With Your Teen 
• Surviving the Teen Years
• Talking With Your Teen About Sex
• Understanding Changes in Your Teen
• Understanding Teen Depression

• Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
• The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
• The Cay by Theodore Taylor
• The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

Parent Education
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