TeenLife Blog

Getting Clear About Your Mission as a Parent

Posted April 2, 2014, 3:00 pm by Jill Greenbaum

As the summer approaches and families gather, it’s the perfect time to pause and reflect on our roles as parents in our children’s lives. It’s a time for us to...

Risky Pills Too Bitter: Prescription Drug Abuse Among Teens

Posted April 1, 2014, 8:23 pm by Marie Schwartz

With all that we cover here at TeenLife, we feel that teenagers’ prescription drug abuse to attain higher-level achievements is an issue that has become very relevant to our readers....

10 Tips on Choosing a High School

Posted April 1, 2014, 5:00 pm by TeenLife Blogger

Many parents whose children are approaching high school have asked me for advice on choosing a high school that’s right for them. I’ve developed this tip sheet in the hopes...

Teaching Your ADHD Teen Appropriate Computer Behavior

Posted April 1, 2014, 3:13 pm by Victoria Kempf

Is your child one of the 10.4 Million children in the U.S. diagnosed with ADHD? According to a recent study, the number of kids diagnosed with ADHD has risen dramatically...

A New Allowance System for Financial Literacy

Posted March 31, 2014, 8:37 pm by Jill Suskind

Parents are our teens’ primary financial educator. Yet, we do relatively little to support parents in this area. We don’t even have a contemporary collective agreement on what great parenting...

Helping Your Teen Through the First Semester of College

Posted March 31, 2014, 7:44 pm by Rebecca Joseph

I have spent the past few weeks meeting with college freshmen and their families. This is such a bittersweet time, as first semester freshmen get to come home and relax...