Family Articles

• Six Life Lessons from your Dad

  A father reflects upon the Life Lessons of his first 50 years in a letter to his college age children about how to wisely choose their friends.

• Chasing Cars — Curbing Bad Driving Habits

  Amid rising concerns about dangerous teen driving behaviors sits a common threat rarely considered outside of popular depictions in movies. Learn more.

• Tame the Fury: What to do with Teen Anger

  The slamming doors and sullen stares! ParentingTeensOnline offers insights on where teen anger comes from and how can parents help their children to channel it into something constructive.

• CONVERSATION STARTERS: Sex, Drugs, Alcohol

  The hardest thing about having a talk with your teen on a tough topic like drinking, drugs, or sex is how you get started. ParentingTeensOnline gets you going on the right foot with these conversation starters.

• Loosening the Reins: Increasing Teens’ Privileges

  How do we know when it's time to extend a curfew or let our teens use the car after school? Here's some expert and parent advice for giving your teen more leeway.
  

• Helping Your Teens Out of the Summertime Doldrums

  ParentingTeensOnline Editorial Director, Judith Sachs, tells Today Show viewers how to help their teens out of the mid-summer doldrums. Get them off the couch and doing something productive!

• Grounded! How to Make Discipline Work

  When you need to lay down the law, the punishment must fit the crime. Discover how to keep cool and teach your teen self-discipline.

• Expert Answers: from Dr. Anthony Wolf

  Dr. Anthony Wolf, author of “Get Out Of My Life, But First Would You Please Drive Me and Cheryl To the Mall,” answers your questions about how to deal with teens who press your buttons.

• TEEN’S EYE VIEW: Growing Up Adopted

  It’s one thing to feel like an outsider, just because you’re a teenager. But how does an adopted teen manage when she feels she doesn’t really fit into her family?

• Parent-Speak:
  “How I deal with my teen being rude to me.”

  Parents share their stories of how they handle it when their teen is rude to them.