How Grandparents Change The Relationships Within A Family
The advent of a new baby can bring family dynamics into full focus. Whereas your son was simply your son and your daughter-in-law was simply your daughter-in-law, relationships now become more important…
How To Cope With Pressures And Responsibilities
All parents, regardless of whether they work or stay at home with their children, will face pressure and stress at some point in their lives due to the responsibilities that child rearing…
How Family Life Has Changed In Recent Years
Some would say that families today are almost unrecognisable compared to say, 50 years ago; others would argue that much of the basics of family life remain the same. What is certain…
How Sports Can Make A Positive Difference In Teen Girls Life
Probably no greater culture shift has taken place than in the area of girls’ sports. Years ago a girl could only represent her school in uniform as a cheerleader. Today, nearly million…
How To Help Your Daughter Quit Drinking And Drugs
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) reports in “Alcohol Use Among Girls” that depression and substance abuse often occur together. It is often not clear which comes first: depression leading…
How Young Girls Become Drug Addicts And What Parents Can Do
Today, our children live in more dangerous times and with a higher state of anxiety than we did as teens. Studies also show that smoking is on the rise among young women.…
How To Deal With A Daughter Insecure About Her Looks Daughter
We baby boomers have questioned everything, except, for the most part, the standards and ideals of beauty and body image. If the amount of money and/or time spent on makeup, cosmetic surgery,…
How Teen Girls Try To Fit In The Modern Society
In addition to the tyranny of beauty and niceness, there are other standards of perfection teens are compelled to meet. Teenage girls are obsessed not only with how they look but also…
Why Your Daughter Might Be Hiding Her Feelings
Boys start to hide their vulnerability and mask their feelings at the age of four or five. Girls start to hide their (controversial, messy) feelings and lose trust in what they know…