Source: Carl Pickhardt Ph.D. Parenting an adolescent can feel unlike parenting a child. Why might this be so? A possible explanation follows. With a child (up to about age 8 or 9) the adult focus is ...

Gender-diverse adolescents who experience bullying and live in states with persistently unsupportive gender identity laws are significantly more likely to suffer escalating psychological distress ...

For most moms and dads, as their child begins the 10- to 12-year coming-of-age passage, the growing transformation we call adolescence (usually beginning around ages 9 to 13), parenting becomes more ...

Adolescence is a period of rapid physical growth, psychosocial development and increasing autonomy that places unique nutritional demands on young people. Shifts in dietary patterns during this life ...