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10 Ways to Develop Resilience in Teenagers

Why is it that some people can handle even the most difficult of circumstances in life without missing a beat, while others seem to crumble at the slightest disappointment or obstacle? The answer is resilience. Resilience is the ability to successfully manage life and adapt to change and stressful events in healthy and constructive ways.  [...]

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Teenage Girls & Twilight Movies: What is Going On?

With the recent release of the third movie in the Twilight Saga: Eclipse I have decided to write a post for those of you, who like me, are wondering; “what is so good about these movies?” Admittedly there are a lot more of us males asking that question than females, yet it is a valid [...]

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Does Your Teen Have an Eating Disorder? (i)

When I was a youth worker some of the most common issues I encountered when working with female teenagers were eating disorders. Eating disorders were also some of the least understood issues by parents and other concerned adults. If you are from the majority of the population who have little or no understanding of eating [...]

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Teenagers and Politics

Given the events of the past week here in Australia, (we have just got a new Prime Minister) I have been thinking about politics and how teenagers engage with politics. The adolescent task of establishing an autonomous identity is commonly associated with a period of moratorium. This period of moratorium is when a teenager has [...]

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Controlling Teens: Does It Work?

In the previous post I suggested that being in control of our selves as adults is  better starting point for building healthy relationships with our teenagers. In this post I want to briefly outline why the issue of control is a vexed one where teenagers are concerned. One of the most significant tasks of adolescence [...]

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Why Are More Teenagers Out of Control?

An increasing number of teenagers are beyond the control of their parents and causing all sorts of problems.  Apparently the number of these rampaging teens is growing. Figures from a government helpline in my home state, New South Wales, reported a 38% increase in 2009 from parents seeking help with their out of control teenagers. [...]

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Diagnosing Teenager’s Problems: Listen to Their Music

Want to know what particular vice or psyhco-social problems the teen in your life is currently suffering, or about to suffer from, without spending a fortune on parenting courses, psychologists, or dvd box sets of Dr Phil?  Well read on and save your teen, and your money. While conducting my daily scour of the internet [...]

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Teen Peer Pressure: It’s Not Always Bad

You don’t have to spend much time around teens to be aware of the power of peer pressure.  From fanatical fashionistas to drug dealing deviates, the teenage peer group has an infamous reputation as the primary corrupting force responsible for transforming darling children everywhere into high-maintenance juvenile delinquents. Never mind how ridiculous the idea, if [...]

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Teenager’s Self-Esteem: 5 Ways Adults Can Help

In my previous post I discussed what self-esteem is and some key factors that influence the self- esteem of teenagers. In this post I will look at 5 ways adults can help increase and maintain healthy levels of self-esteem for teenagers. Focus on Things That Matter to the Individual Self-esteem is the way someone evaluates [...]

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Teenagers and Self Esteem: Key Factors

Our self-esteem, the general self evaluation one makes of oneself, can vary throughout life – particularly during major life changes. It’s no wonder then that during the changes and challenges of adolescence there can be significant fluctuations in a teenager’s assessment of their own self-image and/or self-worth. My next couple of posts will be dedicated [...]

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