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When Janelle returns home after three years in foster care, she finds it hard to readjust. Family therapy helps her and her mother build a new and better relationship. (full text)
Lucas is here to tell the truth: there is no Santa Claus, puppies die, and parents don't trust their kids when they're out of sight. (full text)
The writer lives in a violent home and has to physically break up fights between her parents. She compensates by becoming the perfect kid, but her empty feelings lead to hallucinations and she starts seeing a counselor. (full text)
Artiqua's teenage dream of boyfriends, partying, and staying out late will never become a reality, so long as her mother has anything to say about it. (full text)
Zeena slowly realizes that the abuse she gets from her parents isn’t just part of their culture—it’s wrong. (full text)
Psychologist and author Mike Bradley explains how parents and teens can better understand and communicate with each other. (full text)
The author constantly fights with his mom about his pot smoking, goofing off in school, and lack of motivation. It's not until a near tragedy that he starts to view his mother differently. (full text)
Nicole is not as angry at her absent father as she used to be, but realizes she has a lot of unanswered questions about him. (full text)
When Christian meets his younger half-brother, the pain of being abandoned by his father becomes more intense.
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Tichina explains how her dad's absence made her insecure in childhood, and wonders why so many fathers can't be there for their children. (full text)
Brittany introduces the results of a YCteen poll that asked teens to give details of their relationships with their parents, including what annoys them, what they appreciate, and how much freedom they have. (full text)
At age 15, Jaminson's overprotective parents barely let him leave the house. When his friends pressure him, he begins to push for more freedom. (full text)
When her parents' fights begin to get out of control, the author begs them to split up. They take her advice, but things become even more difficult when her parents make her choose who to live with.
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YCteen writers inspect self-help books aimed at their parents, and find the advice on how to "deal" with teen children is a mixed bag. (full text)
La'Quesha longs for more freedom from her strict mother. She interviews a fellow teenager who broke away from her own controlling parents. (full text)
Parents often tell their children, "You can be anything you want to be"— but is it true? Rosie argues that it's not, and that hearing it too much encourages unrealistic dreams. (full text)
In these interviews with their parents, YCteen writers get a variety of advice, including pleas to look for partners who are kind, to wait until they're 40 to marry, and to think of heartache as a learning experience.
Having a child makes Erica flash back to her childhood. Having no memories of warm hugs or gentle kisses from her parents, she finds it hard to bond with her newborn daughter.
The author is not allowed to date, but she rebels against her mother's rules. When her mom reads her diary and finds out that she's had boyfriends, they have a devastating fight.
Jordan feels lucky to have three families—his mother's side, his father's side, and his stepmother's side. His step-family is as important to him as his immediate family because he knows they care about him just the same.
Advice on what young people should know and do if their parents have a substance abuse problem.
The writer is distraught that her father is a drug addict, but she can’t disown him.
La’Quesha profiles the Nurse-Family Partnership, a program that helps support new moms.
Natalie’s father left the family when she was 4 years old, and rarely visits. Yet she has still not given up on him completely.
The writer interviews other teens about how they talk to their parents about sex—and discovers that most aren’t talking about it at all.
The writer turns to therapy when she can no longer handle her father’s rage.
Lily feels neglected by her hardworking immigrant parents, until she travels to China and sees the poverty they escaped.
Though she loves her parents, Hattie has decided that it’s best for her to not live with them.
A therapist talks about the confusing feelings young people experience when their parents are addicts, and how they can get help.
The writer feels like she's betraying her parents by reporting their addiction to crack, but she also realizes she's better off living in foster care and not at home with addicts who abuse her.
Luce is verbally and physically abused by her mother. She endures it for years before finally speaking up. Luce now lives in foster care and their relationship has improved.
For a long time Jennifer is the shy girl with no friends. Then, during the summer after 7th grade, she rebels by smoking, drinking, and trying to get away with as much as she can.
Linda discusses the obstacles that often prevent children from visiting their incarcerated parents.
Linda interviews several boys in a support group for youth with incarcerated parents.
Why kids who have parents in prison are at risk of ending up in prison themselves.
Chun Lar feels distant from her stern father as she's growing up in China, but when she becomes ill one day at a street market, she realizes how much he loves her after all.
Merli grew up watching her father abuse her mom. When her father turns his violence on her, she finally speaks up.
Abanty respects her parents and accepts their rules about not dating—but that doesn’t mean it’s easy.
After Johana's parents divorce, she's shuttled between them and has to change schools every six months. For a time she lives in upstate New York, and the rural, all-white community is a difficult adjustment. The positive side to all this is that she doesn't fear new situations.
Stephen considers it a privilege to share a very close relationship with his father.
Most parents are trying to protect their daughters and keep them out of trouble, but some of their rules are hard to follow.
Curtis views his parents’ rules as a blessing that helps him avoid peer pressure.
A therapist and a social worker give teens advice on how to talk to their parents.
The writer feels an iron wall prevents her from communicating with her parents. They are very strict and judgmental, and don't know how to show love. In addition, the writer was separated from them for eight years, before she joined them in the U.S. from Ecuador.
Ngan-Fong wants to be accepted as an American, but her Chinese-born parents want her to maintain their traditions. Can she find a middle ground?
The writer’s father flagrantly cheats on and beats her mother. But when her mother won’t leave, the writer faces an agonizing choice.
When she turns 14, Fabayo and her mother start fighting non-stop about everything from homework to dating. Fed up with all the arguing, Fabayo decides to make an effort to get along. They start speaking to each other and their relationship grows stronger.
As the writer watches her friend Marion argue constantly with her mother, it helps her realize how she has a special relationship with her own mom. For a time they didn't get along, but they were able to open up a dialogue and compromise on their differences.
Troy wants to be close to his father, but keeps getting let down.
At first, Angelis and her stepfather have a distant relationship. But his love, support, and attention win her over.
The writer’s strict parents crack down when they discover she’s been disobeying them to date boys.
Yuh-Yng feels cheated out of a typical American childhood because her strict Chinese parents put constant pressure on her.
An expert explains how incarcerated parents and their kids can stay connected and why that’s so important.
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