Adolescence is an important period of one’s life. Adolescence is in fact the sine quo’on of life. Adolescence is like a bridge between the stage of infancy and adulthood. It is during this stage of adolescence that varied changes takes place in one’s body both physical and psychological. Adolescence is the transitional period of human [...]

Several studies have been conducted at both cross–sectional as well as longitudinal level facilitating the research by means of finding and establishing the probable relationship between the adolescence phase with the short and long term effect of victimization occurred in that developmental phase by emphasizing the understanding of the effect of victimization on developmental tasks [...]

Adolescence is the intermediary stage of growth between childhood and adulthood. It represents the period of time during which a person is subjected to an array of biological transformations and runs into a number of emotional tribulations. The ages, which are termed to be part of adolescence, vary by ethnicity and extend from the preteens [...]

When I first started out in private practice twenty years ago, I would often here people say to me “Jeff, you are really good at working with teenagers.”
And I would think to myself “Well, thanks, and I breathe well too.”
I discovered that most therapists either do not like working with teenagers or are frightened of [...]

Are you an acne adolescent? You are all ready for your Prom night and you take a glance in the mirror only to see your face has erupted into a zillion horrific pimples, zits and whiteheads! Take heart, as acne and adolescence go together, but can be less of a problem with the correct solutions.
Acne [...]

As children grow from childhood into adolescence, it’s important for parents to remember what the purpose of parenting and the purpose of adolescence is all about.
The purpose of parenting
Parenting is one of those rare jobs in which one of the primary goals is to work yourself out of a job. One way this is done [...]

Adolescent years are the best years of our lives. Most of us have very fond memories of childhood and teenage years but then most things also look better in retrospect. With the fond memories, we are also reminded of the difficulties we faced with adjustment as teenagers, social decorum or behavioral norms.
Teenage years are very [...]

Be sure to respect the intellectual changes that mark adolescence. Adolescent thinking can and should reflect: abstract notions, the relationships of things to each other and people to each other, multiple responses to the same condition or question and the idea of thinking itself.
Too often, we are unwilling to recognize the leap from early childhood [...]

Most of the time people say that adolescence is the most difficult stage of life. This can actually be true, depending on the person itself. But there is a disease that can make adolescence a much more difficult stage in life, it is called depression. Although depression can occur in different stages of life, it [...]

I have always thought that grandparents were the icons of wisdom, the “go to” person with he answers, the epitome of patience.
When I was young, I often thought, “When I grow up, I want to be like Grandpa”. I looked forward with anxious anticipation to the time when I would have all the answers and [...]