Article Categories

  Accounting

  Beauty
Fashion, ...

  Business

  Career

  Cars and Trucks

  Computers

  Culture and Society

  Environment

  Family

  Finance

  Fitness

  Food and Drink

  Free Tools and Resources

  Health

  Hobbies

  Home

  Humor

  Inspirational/Motivation

  Internet

  Internet Marketing

  Joomla

  Legal

  Marketing

  Men Issues

  Music

  Personal Development

  Pets and Animals

  Politics

  Psychology

  Publishing

  Recreation and Leisure

  Relationships

  Religion (Spirituality)

  Science

  Speaking

  Technology

  Women Issues

  Writing

ALL 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 

Results 1 - 5 of 5
Family/Parenting
Author : Mark Peterson

Relationship counseling as a discrete, professional service is a recent phenomenon. Until the late 20th century, the work of relationship counseling was informally fulfilled by close friends, family members, or local religious leaders. Psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors and social workers have historically dealt primarily with individual psychological problems. In many less technologically advanced cultures around the world today, the institution of family, the village or group elders fulfill the work of relationship counseling.

| 286 Hits | Read more...

Family/Parenting
Author : Mark Peterson

Peer pressure has a significant influence on teenage smoking. Many anti-smoking organizations claim that teenagers begin their smoking habits due to peer pressure, and cultural influence portrayed by friends. However, one study found that direct pressure to smoke cigarettes did not play a significant part in adolescent smoking.

| 264 Hits | Read more...

Family/Parenting
Author : Mark Peterson

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism gives some practical strategies for bringing up the subject of alcohol use with your child:

| 257 Hits | Read more...

Family/Parenting
Author : Mark Peterson
Dating violence usually involves abusive or aggressive behavior in a relationship in various forms. The motivation most certainly will be to attempt to gain power and control over the victim.  It can include verbal, physical and emotional abuse in a variety of presentations.  This can include purposeful humiliation, destruction of personal items, blackmail, threats of physical bodily harm including slapping, choking, biting, pinching, kicking, shoving, hair pulling or any other type of physical force with or without a weapon. It also includes threats to prevent seeking medical attention.
| 297 Hits | Read more...

Family/Parenting
Author : Mark Peterson
Most parents of teens fear that their child will discover, experiment with, and get hooked on alcohol and/or other mood altering substances.  Though they try to be ever-vigilant, many miss signs and symptoms that are fairly obvious to those who have used drugs themselves, and those professionals who work in the drug and alcohol recovery field.
| 288 Hits | Read more...

  

Powered by AlphaContent 3.0.4 © 2005-2010 - All rights reserved