Parents of teens face challenges

A challenge several parents express is how to handle a moody teenager; but as most of us have experienced, moody comes with the age -- it's a packaged deal. However, moody teenagers still need assistance with identifying ways to cope with their own emotions and help learning how demonstrate them appropriately to peers and adults.

Many would agree that the availability to electronics has had a significant impact to youth, compared to generations in the past. In 2013, the American Academy of Pediatrics stated that youth were on electronic devices for eight hours or more a day. As adults, we are also utilizing electronic devices for extended hours; however, we have been exposed to a life without electronics as well. This balance of knowledge for adults allows us the ability to put our phones down and step away from computers much easier than teens and young adults. Further, we have had the experience of dealing with challenging

Community on 11/11/2015