Questions tagged [teen]
Age specific questions from about 13 years to about 19 years. Younger: pre-teen. Older: adult-child.
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Im 14 and i have an abusive mom what do i do? [duplicate]
(For people asking i live in iran) For all my life I've been abused by my mom (we are talking her yelling at me from as young as 3 to hitting me from around 4 to 5 years old until now which I am 14) ...
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How to deal with unreasonable strict parents?
I’m turning 16 in a little over a month. Since I started high school I actually started making friends but can’t make any plans with. I stay at home every miserable day, doing the same thing.
My dad ...
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Advanced Placement and Honors classes
This is a good problem to have….
My daughter is an advanced learner. Her freshman year of high school, her lowest grade is 97%. She can start taking Honors classes next year and AP classes as a junior....
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Our teenage son doesn't like eating because he "doesn't want to be like us" [closed]
(of note, both of us parents are prediabetic)
I am a parent of my thirteen year old son, and he has started to refrain from eating food in general. At first, it was subtle, but now he outright refuses ...
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How to make 11 years old kid do homework
I have an 11 years old daughter who goes to a fairly "laid back" school - in particular they didn't use to have homework regularly. Occasionally she brought back some exercises that she did ...
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Why won't schools allow students to repeat a year?
In a little over a year time our child will have to pick a secondary education (in the Netherlands).
Throught friends with older children I have heard stories of children who were refused to repeat a ...
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Older child 11 years jealous of 2 year old?
My daughter is 2 years old, she is girl. My son 11 years old is my step son, he is obviously raised by both, his mom and his dad (my partner). I have noticed recently, that he is jealous of my and his ...
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What to do so my parents don't get divorced? [duplicate]
I am 14 years old and my parents are planning to divorce, the one who wants a divorce is my mother, she says that because of my father's behavior she really doesn't care anymore if something happens ...
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How to tackle teenage arrogance
We recently got involved in helping our teenage child with a piece of college work, where they were asked to talk about how the theory they'd learned on the course had influenced their practical work. ...
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17 year old boy being out of control
I'm a 23 year old sister who's worried about her brother. He's 17 years old.
Our parents got separated last year after having an abusive relationship for decades, and now my two younger siblings and I ...
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"I want to do that on my own" - how to improve situation if they don't actually *do* it?
My 14 year-old is deep in that phase where it becomes ever more important to do stuff on their own. To get this out first: I am exceedingly happy about that - my goal in life is to make my children as ...
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Are my parents right to give me a severe punishment for being brought home by the police drunk? I am 16 [closed]
Are my parents right to take such drastic action to stop me drinking alcohol underage? In the past couple of weeks I have been coming home drunk (not on school nights) my parents said they are worried ...
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How to handle teenage daughter that refuses to listen
My fiance and myself have a 16 year old daughter, which was hers from a previous relationship but I've raised with her since our daughter was about 6 months old. We also have 3 other kids together, a ...
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How to let the new 13 year old sibling of my honorary niece/nephew know I'm willing to be an 'uncle' for them too?
I'm an honorary uncle (amongst other things, see below) to my friend's two children. I visit them once a month and spend the day with the two of them and they seem to really enjoy these visits.
My ...
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Is it OK for a teenager to sleep less than the recommended 8 hours?
According to the CDC's webpage on Sleep in Middle and High School Students:
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has recommended that [...] teenagers aged 13–18 years should sleep 8–10 hours per 24 ...
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