Therapy doesn't come without resistance, especially when you're dealing with a teenager. It can be very difficult to get a teen on board with therapy because there's usually a lot of defensiveness. More >>

For many of us, eating disorders are a great mystery. What causes them? Why are they so difficult to cure? Why doesn't the young girl battling anorexia just eat? There are actually five factors loved ones can look for to determine whether a person is more likely to develop an eating disorder. More >>

When I think about what things were like when I was a teenager, I can't help but make this strange expression that looks like something in between a smile and a grimace. More >>

...[B]efore we wildly embrace a social universe in which everyone is connected to everyone all the time and anyone in the universe can grab me by the tookus 24/7 and force me to pay attention to them against my will, we should consider one major issue... More >>

About 3 weeks ago, I called you to discuss how my teenage son had gotten a young girl pregnant, but had left the country for Thailand and was showing no interest in accepting responsibility. More >>

...My mother left the kids in the hotel room to go to the pharmacy down the street. My daughter and the exchange student decided to leave my 2 1/2-year-old son in the room alone and they went to the hotel sandwich shop.
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As a parent, what should you do regarding your teen having a gross lack of judgment? More >>

As I spoke to this man (who has a Facebook page for the farm only, to promote the business and people's knowledge of healthy food), the topic of Facebook came up. More >>

We know that a mother influences her daughter's own body image and can even shape what kind of a parent her daughter will be herself one day. More >>

My husband and I decided on a clothing policy a few years ago when they started choosing their own clothes. We have the "four B policy"--meaning that their clothing/outfits may not show boobs, bra straps, belly, or butt. More >>