6 Ways Parents Can Help Prevent Teen Suicide
These tragedies are on the rise, but parents can play a role in saving lives.
Category: Adolescents
How to Talk to Your Teen About Unhealthy Behaviors
Around age 11, children experience a major growth of neurons, or brain cells, that shifts which parts of the brain dominate behavior and decision-making. At this time, the prefrontal cortex, which controls behavior and decision-making, is growing but not yet mature, while the limbic system, which controls fear and pleasure, is becoming the most active…
Your Teenager at the Doctor: What to Expect
Learn how health care providers help guide your child through adolescence.
How to Talk About Consent with Your Kids
With issues of sexual assault in the news, an adolescent health expert offers advice to parents on how to talk to their children.
What Every Parent Needs to Know About the HPV Vaccine
An expert in adolescent health and vaccines answers questions about this cancer-preventing immunization.
Rethinking Summer Break
Use summer vacation to shape your child’s long-term health.
Help Your Son Develop Healthy Coping Skills
Teaching Boys It’s OK to Cry.
Adolescents, Children's Health, Men's Health, Mental Health, Pediatric Medicine
4 Things to Know About Psychosis in Teenagers
It can be tough to distinguish between angst and mental illness in young people, but getting help quickly is critical.
Adolescents, Children's Health, Families, Kids and Mental Health, Psychiatry
Cigar warning labels are not equally believable among adolescents
Less than 50 percent of surveyed teens found it ‘very believable’ that cigars are not a safe alternative to cigarettes, according to a first-of-its-kind UNC School of Medicine study.