Image via Wikipedia Are we drug-knowledgeable? We want, at all costs, to keep kids away from drugs, but in another way, we protect them too much by never again talking about or looking at pictures of drugs. One good example for the need of clear, concise instruction is Barbara; a normal, semi-happy teenager in high school who wanted to fit in. She began hanging with kids that partied. Her parents talked to her about drugs and ‘drug pushers’ and she thought she knew what all kids knew about it. She was aware that drug pushers … [Read more...]
Keeping Tabs of a Pregnancy
Having a baby might be the most important event in the lives of a married couple. If the pregnancy is the couple’s first child the stresses and joys of the experience might require more preparation than simply hoping for the best. Even though nothing can completely prepare someone for having a child, there are ways to prepare for the pregnancy. Even though a popular notion might seem to indicate that a pregnant mother can eat whatever she wants during the nine months she is carrying her child, a pregnancy is not a license to eat to excess. Even though eating for two is a part of … [Read more...]
General Characteristics of Early Years Teenagers
Culturally teenager behavior and growth is grouped into one large category when the reality is there are two stages to a person being a teenager. There is the early teenager age 12 to 15 and the more mature teenager 15 to 18. The two stages are radically different and take different parenting techniques. The early teenager age 12 to 15 tends to be in a major growth spurt. Girls begin the spurt of growth early and are nearly finished at 15 while most boys by age 15 are still in the middle of growing. Puberty is in full bloom with all its radical changes in voice, hormones, and … [Read more...]