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 – Parenting Difficult Teens

It stems back to “children need to have their self-esteem built up to make good decisions.” Today most families are either single parent or both parents are working full time. This is not the fault of the teen, nor is it the fault of the parents. It is today’s world and we must try to [...]

Sue Scheff: Teen Self Injury – Parenting Teens

Self abuse (or self mutilation) can come in many forms; most commonly it is associated with cutting, hair pulling or bone breaking, but it can also manifest itself as eating disorders  like bulimia, and/or anorexia. This site will focus mainly on cutting, which is the most common form of self abuse, with 72% of all [...]

Sue Scheff: Teen Mischief and Criminal Activity

Friday was the last day of school for many kids around the country.  It is important to keep your kids busy in constructive and positive ways.  Bored teens can sometimes lead to trouble.  Teen Shoplifting, vandelism and more may haunt your homes – be an educated parent, take the time to create activities for the entire family.
Criminal Activity [...]

Sue Scheff – Parenting Teens

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 – Wit’s End! Advice and Resources for Saving Your Out of Control Teen

With peer pressure and social influences at all-time highs, many good teens are making bad choices, placing intense emotional and financial strain on parents and families. Lack of motivation, substance abuse, negative peers and gang affiliation are just some of the common challenges facing kids today.
To help address these and other issues, parent advocate Sue [...]

Sue Scheff: Drugs, Alcohol and Kids

Author: Judith SeixasGeraldine Youcha
Source: NYU Child Study Center
Although the latest government study finds drug use unchanged, kids are still at risk and experimenting at younger ages
Risk factors
Some youngsters are clearly more likely than others to be attracted to and hooked on drugs, nicotine and alcohol. The risk increases with any of these factors and a [...]

Parents Universal Resource Experts (Sue Scheff) Inhalant Abuse Among Teens and Pre-Teens

Inhalant Abuse is not discussed enough – We as parents, all know about talking to our kids about drugs and sex, but remember – huffing is a serious issue among teens today.  Learn more about it at www.inhalant.org.
Monitoring your child will make your child much less likely to use Inhalants or other drugs.
· Know where [...]

Sue Scheff: Teen Cults – are dangerous for troubled teens

List of Dangerous Cults that Target Troubled Teens, with information provided by Sue Scheff™

There are a myriad of different cults threatening teenage livelihoods today. Below is a list of some of the most dangerous and well known cults, but this is by no means meant to be exhaustive, it is simply a sample of some [...]

Parents Universal Resource Experts (Sue Scheff) ADHD and Drug Abuse

By Connect with Kids 
“In other words, [children with ADD] are no more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs than someone who doesn’t have ADD.”
– William Buchanan, Ph.D., clinical psychologist

As more and more children are diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD/ADD), millions of parents must decide whether to put their kids on medication. Many worry that [...]