Article Podcasts:
How Every Parent Can Fight Teen Obesity
Child and teen obesity is now a national epidemic – but there are ways to change eating and exercise habits to help your teen and entire family. A nutritionist from Boston Children’s Hospital offers a plan of action.
The Money Talk
It may be harder than talking about sex for some parents—and yet, it’s essential that we give our kids the opportunity to learn from our mistakes and successes in finance. Here’s what to say: From saving and spending to altruism and charity.
New Kid in School
It can be lonely and scary to be the new kid… or the new parent… in town. Find out how to be involved yourself and get your teen to start mixing in.
Helping Your Preteens Through Puberty
One day, your son’s voice will change and your daughter will want a bra. How can you smooth the way, both physically and emotionally?
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?
Teen Pregnancy - How Parents Can Make a Difference
For the first time since 1991, rates of teen pregnancy are up. Teen mothers are less likely to finish school, and their babies are more likely to have low birth weight and other health-related complications. What can you do as a parent if you’re in this situation—or if you’re not, to prevent it?
When Your Teen Needs a Tutor
When do teens need tutoring? Should you select a student tutor, a private tutor, or a learning center? Get expert advice to give your teen the best academic advantage.
How to Help Teens Stop Swearing
ParentingTeensOnline offers tips for getting your teens to stop swearing.
Green Teens Are Saving the Planet
Teens are doing something about the environment, from roadside cleanups to changing all the light bulbs. Learn how your household can turn green.
What They’ll Do for the Team
Most athletic teens know at least one kid who has used supplements, starvation diets, or drugs to run faster, play harder, get thinner, or more powerful. What is the responsibility of schools and coaches to be sure teams are “clean,” and what can parents do to protect their active children?
Online Entrepreneurs
The Web has opened doors for teens to make a bundle from online businesses—some legit and some illegal. Find out exactly where your teen’s supplemental income is coming from.
Learning to Drive: A Parent’s Guide to Driving With Teenagers
Teens are at the highest risk behind the wheel. Find out the safest, best options for teaching them to drive.
The Impact of Media: Teaching Teens to Think for Themselves
How can parents monitor the deluge of messages teens receive from the Internet, TV, advertising, and other media? What’s the good news about teens’ media multi-tasking, and how can parents encourage and guide them in what they are seeing, hearing, and using?
Parent-to-Parent: Staying Sane During the College Application Process
One father talks about how to get through the grueling task of helping your teen apply to college -- and come out on top.
You Want To Do What?!!! A Parent's Guide to Body Decoration
Piercing, tattooing, dyeing, and shaving seem to be a rite of passage for many teens. What can a parent do?
The New Highs: The Drugs Teens Are Taking Now and What You Can Do About It
Teens are stealing from their parents' medicine cabinets and using household products and legal substances to get high. The dangers, however, are as significant as those associated with marijuana and alcohol. Find out what you have to do to detect the problem and handle it fast.
Taming the Overachieving Monster
We push our teens too hard, and then they push themselves. Find out how to calm down about your teen being the best.
TALKING TO PARENTS AND TEENS: A Little Tolerance, Please
ParentingTeensOnline talks with parents and teens about racial tolerance.
Troubled Teens or Late-Onset Learning Difference?
When the child who did fine in elementary school is suddenly struggling, it could be a sign of a late-onset learning difference. Find out how to get a diagnosis and help your teen.
Raising Teen Sons: Helping Your Son Through the Challenges of Becoming a Man
Yes, boys are different from girls, and as they approach the teen years, many parents are stumped as to what to do. Find answers here.
TEEN'S EYE VIEW: Getting Straight and Sober
Sharon left college at 18, when she realized her marijuana use was out of control. This is her story, as told to Heather E. Schwartz.
It Takes a Virtual Village: The Blogging Mom Phenomenon
Mothers have always talked to other mothers about how to raise their kids. Now, they’re doing it online. Find out how blogging moms help each other to raise their teens and how you can be one, too.
The Truth About MySpace.com
This social networking Web site is the hottest place for kids to be, but predators lurk there too. Learn best practices for safety to share with your teenagers.
Family Dinners Cook Up Responsible Teens
Eating together provides a lot more than just nutrition. ParentingTeensOnline provides guidance on how to "get with the meal program" which can improve communication with your teens and help them avoid risky behaviors.
Event Podcasts:
Teens and the Internet
WHYY presents "Teens and the Internet" as part of their "In the Spirit of Family" series. A panel of experts, including ParentingTeensOnline Editorial Director Judith Sachs, discuss how adolescents can use the internet safely, and how parents can stay involved and know what their teens are doing online.
Wired Teens and Media Savvy Moms
MySpace, YouTube, and the new "Wild West" of the Internet is a universe that our kids inhabit as digital natives, while we remain immigrants with our noses pressed to the glass. But for our children's' safety and our own peace of mind, it is vital that we learn everything we can about social networking and let our kids know that we're involved. Presented by ParentingTeensOnline Editorial Director Judith Sachs at the 2007 Momference, a global telephone conference for moms.
When Did My Child Become an Adolescent and Would I Rather Have My Kid Back?
The adoring child who giggled at your jokes and gave you hugs "just because" seems to have vanished inside a sullen, critical young woman or man who often challenges your ideas and resists your love. Much as we want to turn the clock back, we can learn a lot about our parenting styles by adapting to this new person in the family (who isn't so new after all!) Presented by ParentingTeensOnline Editorial Director Judith Sachs at the 2007 Momference, a global telephone conference for moms.