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13 - 18 Year Old Child Behaviour

 
 

Are you searching for information and advice to help you as a parent to understand and help with a particular teenage child behaviour problem or issue? Thirteen year old being bullied? Arguing fourteen year old? Angry fifteen year old? Sixteen year old having sex? Lying seventeen year old? Smoking eighteen year old?  

We provide excellent articles re 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 Year Old Child Behaviour --- the major problems & issues, including discipline strategies, typical or normal behaviour.

Also explore Teenage Development articles  ---  11 - 18 Year Old 

Adolescent, Teen, Teenage, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 Year Old Behaviour

Problems - Issues - Discipline

 General overview

 Parenting Teens
 Parenting Teens - Overview
 Building a Relationship with your Teen
 Adolescence - when times get Tough
 

 Acne

 Acne in Teens: Ways to Control it
 

 Aggression

 Aggression in children
 Biting, Pushing, Pulling Hair Helping Children with Aggression
 

 Anger

 The Angry Child
 Anger in our Teens
 

 Arguing

 Arguing and Back-Talk
 Creating a "Back-talk Free" Home
 

 Bad Language

 When a Child uses Bad Language
 When a Child uses Dirty Language
 

 Bullying

 Bullying 1
 Bullying 2
 Bullying & your Teen
 Put a stop to Teenage Bullying behaviour
 What if the Bully is YOUR child?
 

 Changes in behaviour

 Winds of Change
 Mums, Daughters & Periods
 

 Communication

 Communication with your Teen
 Your relationship with your Teen
 Why Won't My Child Talk To Me?
 Family Meetings build Stronger Ties
 

 Discipline Strategies

 Discipline
 Discipline with Teens
 How to Discipline a child according to Age
 Guiding your child with positive discipline
 Discipline without physical punishment
 The 7 Biggest Discipline Mistakes
 Positive Discipline & Child Guidance
 How to use Incentive Charts with Kids
 

 Divorce

 The Effects of Divorce on Children
 

 Drugs (cannabis; marijuana)

  Teenagers & Cannabis (Marijuana)
  7 parenting Tips to help your kids avoid Drugs
 

 Fears

 Taming the Monster: Helping children deal with their Fears
 

 Goals of Parenting

 Parenting Roles --- overview of parental roles and goals
 

 Good Behavior Strategies 

 Why Won't My Child Talk To Me
 10 Tips for Nurturing your Child
 

 Hyperactivity

 Living with a Hyperactive Child
 Hyperactivity and ADHD
 How to Discipline a Hyperactive child
 

 Listening

 When the Kids Won't Listen
 The child who Interrupts
 

 Lying

 When Children Lie
 Help! My child Lies
 

 Manners

 Manners, Please!
 

 Media (TV, Computers, Video Games, etc)

 Managing media use in the home
 How to promote good television habits
 

 Misbehaviour

 Causes of Misbehavior
 Your Teen and his Behaviour
 Talking to young children when they Misbehave
 When your child misbehaves
 

 Nail Biting

 Nail Biting
 

 Parties

 Dance Parties - Staying Safe 
 Alcohol & Young People
 Teenage Parties
 

 Patience

 How to Teach a child Patience
 

 Paying Attention

 Diagnostic Guidelines for ADHD
 Free Advice about ADHD
 

 Pets

 How to Teach Children to be Kind to Animals
 

 Reward Systems

 Bribery vs. Reinforcement
 The Family Chip Reward System
 

 Safety

 Teaching Your child to be Safe
 Child Safety - Tips, Advice
 Internet Safety
 

 School

 Starting Secondary School
 

 Self Esteem

 Self Esteem Spirals
 

 Separation (Parental)

 When parents separate: How you can help children cope
 

 Sex

 Sex Education - an Introduction
 Sex Education - the Practicalities
 Sex - Making the right Decision
 Too Sexy Too Soon
 Talking Sex with Teens
 

 Shyness

 The Shy Child
 

 Sibling Rivalry

 Sibling Rivalry 1
 Sibling Rivalry 2
 Sibling Rivalry and how to Stop it
 

 Single Parenting

 Single Parents --- section of 15 articles for parents going solo 
 

 Sleep

 Sleep & Children
 Children's Sleep Habits
 Nightmare, Night Terrors & Sleep Walking
 

 Smoking

 Teenage Smoking
 Talking with Kids about Smoking
 

 Stealing

 When Older Children Steal

 What to do when a Child Steals

 

 Step Parenting

 Your Kid gets up my Nose
 Step Parents
 

 Stress

 Helping your child deal with Stress
 

 Teasing

 Helping children deal with Teasing
 Teasing and the Short Child
 

 Teen Parents

 Teen Parents --- section of 9 articles exclusively for & about teen parents
 

 Tidiness

 Your Teen's Room
 

 Weight problems

 3 Mistakes Parents of Overweight Kids make
 Weight can Damage Self-Esteem
 Help your Teen lose Weight
 Overweight: a Weight Reduction Program
 Teenage Dieting: Information for parents