Also On Wellness

Tagged as Parenting Teens

Effects of Puberty on the Traumatized Brain
Puberty is a time of intense physical and psychological upheaval. Like the caterpillar and the butterfly, the move from adolescent to adult human can require great transformation. But in cases of early childhood trauma, the emotional aspects of that shift could work to a child's benefit. As we age, we tend to look at this period in our lives as one filled with grief and discomfort, but in some cases,...
February 26, 2021
Time to Ban These Three Words: “Typical Teen Behavior”
We use “typical teen behavior” to refer to a broad range of things our teens do, much of it unbecoming. Whenever they appear - moody - , or - stop talking to us - , or resist our reminders about everything from deadlines to hygiene, our go-to explanation is that "they’re just being typical teens." - But are they? Or have we just become so accustomed to thinking about adolescents as defiant and non-communicative...
May 31, 2018