Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
by Rosalind Wiseman
Teen parenting expert Rosalind Wiseman answers your tough questions.
Q. I’m a 12-year-old girl who doesn’t like her new school. People aren’t open to helping me, there are so few kids to make friends with and I’m getting frustrated. Is there a way to make things better?
A. That’s terrible! You’d hope everyone...
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
by familycircle
In honor of
Let's Talk Month, an annual effort to get parents and teens talking about sexuality, Mom Judy Forbin-Morain shares how she talks about sex with her daughter, Jada Kearse. Blog by Judy Forbin-Morain and Jada Kearse.
As mother and daughter, we don’t always...
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Monday, October 8th, 2012
by Lynya-Floyd

Along with prom dress shopping and handling first heartbreaks, a lot of duties get relegated to Mom—including The Sex Talk, which we explore in "
How to Have the Sex Talk with Your Teen" in our November issue. But the burden shouldn’t be solely on mothers, says Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Ph.D., co-director of the
Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health...
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Friday, October 5th, 2012
by Dori Katz

Today marks the start of
Dove’s third annual
Self-Esteem Weekend, a nationwide program to help girls develop a positive relationship with beauty. Many girls struggle with self-esteem issues, so grab your girlfriend, daughter, niece or friend and get involved!
In NYC, teen actress and singer Keke Palmer will lead a...
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Friday, October 5th, 2012
by Celia Shatzman

If you can’t convince your teen to trek around the neighborhood in costume this year, don’t worry: Halloween festivities don’t have to be limited to trick-or-treating. Get the family together before the holiday and head to a local pumpkin patch (check out
thepumpkindirectory.com...
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