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As much as any parent does not like to admit or think that their teenager is thinking about sex, or even worse they are having sex, we all known that sex is on a teenagers mind and perhaps boys minds more than girls. Sex and sexuality is paraded on all music TV stations and in all of your sons and daughters favourite pop videos, how can they not be attracted to it and think about it. Another po...

Self abuse or self mutilation can vary widely, some people will cut themselves, and others burn or pull out hair but whatever the form of self abuse the reasons behind why people do it are always the same. Finding out your teenagers is a self abuser is a nightmare for any parent and most of us will struggle with why they are doing it. Self abuse can occur when the teenager is suff...

Relationships can be complicated and hard to understand for any of us, no matter how old we are, so is it any wonder that so many teenagers have problems with relationships and have trouble understanding them. Ask most men and they'll all agree that understanding women is hard, this has always been an old joke, but men are just as hard for women to understand too. Men don't understand wh...

We have all at some time or another felt the problems that stress and tension brings and teenagers are no exception they also have to cope with stress, sometimes the stress can build up to almost unmanageable proportions and then problems start to show. Most of us have learned to recognise the signs and symptoms of stress and as adults most of us manage to deal with these feelings, however they...

Most teenagers will at some time struggle with low self-esteem issues, it doesn't matter how they look on the outside to those around them inside they can be self critical and unsure. Even the ones with the dashing good looks and well built bodies, the beautiful silky haired young lady with the slender figure can all suffer inside from self esteem problems so how do the ones with noticeable dif...

Very often it seems to us that teenagers speak an entirely different language to the adult and communication can almost cease to exist between parent and child. Yet if we stop and think back to when we were teenagers didn't our parents go through the same thing with us, however much we don't like to think of ourselves as being the "old fuddy-duddy" this seems to be exactly what we have become. ...

Every year thousands of pupils are subjected to misery and their lives made hell by bullies, problems vary from name calling in the yard at break times to nothing short of pure torture constantly throughout the day. Bullying is widespread across the world and even though it is most rife in teenagers, it can even occur in pupils as young as 8 and 9. However in recent years schools are taking a f...

Anxiety attacks or panic attacks as they are sometimes called are a lot more common than people think; and it is a sudden rush of adrenaline through the body which causes them. When our body thinks we are in danger it brings about a response which is commonly known as the fight or flight response, adrenaline is sent coursing through the body to prepare us to stand our ground and fight or to fle...

In recent years teenage suicide has almost doubled and it is now the third leading cause of death in teenagers and young people between the ages of 15 to 24 years, with thousands of teenagers taking their lives each year. Bullying in school is one of the top reasons for teenage suicide and low self-esteem issues a close second. It is thought that girls are twice as likely to try c...

A generation or two ago teenage marriage wasn't all that unusual, it was quite normal for teenagers around the age of 15 and 16 to get married and start a family, the husband going into work to support his new wife and eventually his family. Back then men were men and went to work to support the family and the women took care of the home and family, the education opportunities that we have toda...