Parenting Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Teenagers, Part 8: Beyond Gay, Lesbian,...
Last week, I further explored gender identities. This week, I’m doing the same with sexual orientations. My series years ago didn’t mention some of the sexual orientations that are rapidly gaining...
View ArticleHow Parents Can Keep Up With the Social Media Landscape
This is a guest post by Adolescent Medicine fellow Ellen Selkie, MD. We’ve talked about social media on this blog before . It continues to dominate the lives of teens, though the type or platform of...
View ArticleTaking Your Teen on Vacation
Vacations are chances to separate from everyday cares, explore new places, and reconnect with loved ones. Whether you’re traveling globally or having a “staycation” and enjoying your home town, I...
View ArticleWhen Not To Call Your Teen
Parenting teens changed with the advent of the cell phone. I can think of multiple dilemmas from my adolescence that a cell phone would have helped my parents and I enormously: when I was late, when I...
View ArticleAnother Reason For Teens to Avoid Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
When my mother was young, she lived in rural South Africa, and soda was a rare treat. She only had soda (somewhat ironically) after her twice-yearly dentist visit, when she and my grandmother would...
View ArticleTalking About “Celebgate” With Your Teen- A Guest Post by Dr. Ellen Selkie
Recently, as you may have seen in the news, nude photos and videos of multiple female celebrities were leaked online. The leak started with a hack of Apple’s iCloud—an online server where photos from...
View ArticleThoughts on Teen Safety From The U.S.-Mexico Border
A lot of what we post on this blog informs parents of teens about threats to their child’s safety and security, or how to empower yourself or your teen to prevent harm. However, we tend to forget that...
View ArticleDays Of Calamine Past: Is Your Teen Protected Against Chickenpox?
Despite being only three years old at the time, I have vivid memories of having chickenpox, also known as varicella. They mostly involve wandering around naked, crying, and miserable, with socks tied...
View ArticleTwo Nobel Prize Winners, Two Worthy Teen Role Models
If you’re looking for good teen role models, you might start with the recent winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. We have all heard of Malala Yousafzai, although a lot of us didn’t hear about her until...
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Transgender Teens, Part 14: Further Exploring Gender
It’s been almost 2 years since I finished up my series on transgender teens. Since then, I’ve learned a lot, from teens in Adolescent Medicine, various books and online articles, and from friends I’ve...
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