Ages and Stages

Talking About Sex to Preteens
When having a talk about sex with a 9 to 12 year old teen, what do you say?

Online Quizzes for Parents - Parenting Quiz
Learn a tip or two about parenting your teenager by taking one of our fun and informative parenting quizzes.

How to Give Choices
Learn how to give your children and teens choices.

Affirmations: Teach Your Teen This Powerful Skill
Learn the power of an affirmation.

Take the Time to Recognize and Change a Bad Habit
Recognizing your own bad 'parenting' habits will help you change them.

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Preteens (26)

The Freedom to Make Mistakes
Children need the freedom to make mistakes so that they can grow.

Tips on Setting and Obtaining Goals
Learn how to set and obtain goals and teach your children.

Become Aware and Strengthen Your Own Self-Esteem
Parents need to work on their own self-esteem issues too.

Why Does My Child Need a Healthy Self-Esteem?
The importance of a healthy self-esteem.

What Is Self-Esteem?
Self-Esteem defined.

Tips to Keep Your Sanity
The transition between being a parent of a teenager and a parent of an adult child is yet another difficult time for us. Use these tips to help you prepare.

Preteens & Power Struggles
Why we start to have more and more disagreements with our children as they grow, and what to do about them.

Parenting Quiz on Body Image
Does your daughter have a healthy body image? Find out here.

Teen Marriage
A historical and statistical look at getting married in the teenage years.

Teenage Brain: A work in progress
Changes in the teen's brain may parallel a pruning process that occurs early in life that appears to follow the principle of "use-it-or-lose-it:" neural connections, or synapses, that get exercised are retained, while those that don't are lost.

Normal Adolescent Development - Late High School Years and Beyond
Parents are often worried or confused by changes in their teenagers. This information should help you understand this phase of development. The article is by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Dad, Your College-Age Child Still Needs You
"For too many young people, facing the future is like walking into a dark tunnel. They don't know how to get through it or what's on the other side." Read more here.

Adolescence: The Last Step Before Becoming An Adult
You can begin to understand this age group if you look at its place on the growth sequence. Notice how it's right next to the adult stage, the last step before being an adult.

Growth Charts
The growth charts your pediatrician uses for this purpose are a standard part of any well-child checkup.