Sue Scheff: Youth Gangs and Teen Gangs

As summer is here, teens, if not kept busy, could potentially find peer groups that are not what you would want him/her to hang with.  Teen Gangs can prey on kids that are not only followers, but have low self worth and want to belong – even if it is a negative peer group.  Learn [...]

Sue Scheff: Learn to Communicate with your Teenager

Learn to Communicate Effectively with Your Teen in 5 Days
By Denise Witmer, About.com
Parents have the same goal, to successfully parent their teen into happy and healthy adults. The most important parenting skill you will need to do this is effective communication. If you can effectively communicate with your teen, you can move mountains – or [...]

Sue Scheff: Teen Love and Teen Breakups

This is an article many parents can not only relate to but most likely lived through years ago.  Generations of teens may change, but broken hearts are always extremely painful and can cause emotional stress and grief within your adolescent.  In many situations, a broken leg is less painful than a broken heart.
Source: MoreForKids.info (TM)
Parenting [...]

Sue Scheff: Teen Drug Issues

As a parent advocate, I always welcome valuable information and websites that can help educate parents and others with today’s concerns with substance abuse and other issues surrounding our children.  TheAntiDrug.com website has a wide variety of educational information for parents and adult caregivers of teens – also check out the Q&A below with Karen [...]

Sue Scheff: Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault and Rape Awareness

As a parent advocate, I don’t only hear from parents, I hear from teens.  Joni Poole is someone very special.  Joni has possessed strength, dignity and courage through some horrific events.  She is no longer a victim – she is a survivor and one that has a strong message to all others.  She has created [...]

Sue Scheff: Teen Depression

As I saw on the news last night, experts are saying that parents with children between the ages of 12-18 should have them screened for depression.  It is not about promoting medication, it is about helping to understand if there are areas in their lives that can be causing stress and anxiety that can leave [...]

Sue Scheff: Parent Choices for Teens

Local Therapy:
 
Local therapy is a good place to start with children that struggling at home and school.  To locate a local therapist, it is beneficial to contact your insurance company for a list of adolescent therapists in your area.  If you don’t have insurance when calling therapists, ask them if they accept sliding scales according [...]

Sue Scheff: Are you Struggling with Your Teen?

Are you at your wit’s end?
 
Are you experiencing any of the following situations or feeling at a complete loss or a failure as a parent?  You are not alone and by being a proactive parent you are taking the first step towards healing and bringing your family back together.
 

Is your teen escalating out of control?
Is [...]

Sue Scheff: Teen Sex Talk Online

One of the hottest topics right now with parents and teens is “sexting” – are you aware of what is going on in cyberspace with your kids?   Take the time to learn more about this and most importantly – talk to your kids about it.  Teen Sex Talk online is growing at a rapid pace [...]

Sue Scheff: Sex Talk Online

Source: Connect with Kids
 

 
“My parents have no idea what’s going on or anything. I think parents should know, because obviously there’s a lot of stuff going on.”
– Chris, age 16
On a lazy afternoon, when their parents aren’t around, friends Gareth, Minh and Chris enjoy some innocent fun.
But when they log onto the Internet, what they [...]