High School: Social and Emotional Articles

When Your Child Says No to College

When Your Child Says No to College

The road to college can be a rocky one. Between SATs, ACTs, tough courses, teacher recommendations, a cutthroat pool of applicants, extracurriculars, college essays, and everything in between, it’s an exhausting journey. So what should you do if your child says she doesn’t want to take the trip?

Summer Internships: Where to Begin

Summer Internships: Where to Begin

Now is the time to help your child score a great summer internship.

Kids and Credit Cards: 7 Things Parents Need to Know

Kids and Credit Cards: 7 Things Parents Need to Know

Teens with credit cards are not exactly new, but the credit crisis is. Here are 7 tips for how parents can teach financial responsibility to their children.

Social Graces: What to Expect From Your High Schooler

Social Graces: What to Expect From Your High Schooler

Education and manners guru Cindy Post Senning said manners education should follow along with a child's development, and high school is no exception. So, what manners should be second nature to your high schooler? Post offers advice based on these five core manners topics:

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

The life of a teenager is full of tough issues and life-changing decisions. As a parent, you are responsible to help them learn the principles and ethics that will help them to reach their goals and live a successful life.

When the Love Bug Bites: Surviving Your Teen

When the Love Bug Bites: Surviving Your Teen's First Romance

Young love rarely lasts a semester, let alone a lifetime. But experts warn that when teen hearts are broken, kids can carry the hurt well into adulthood.

Keeping Your Teen Out of Trouble

Keeping Your Teen Out of Trouble

Teens and trouble: think they go together like bread and butter? Well, you may be wrong. While teenagers do tend towards risk-seeking" behavior, and seem to enjoy pushing boundaries, troublesome behavior can be anything but typical.

Getting the Best Help for Your High Schooler

Getting the Best Help for Your High Schooler

From the classroom to the playing field, standardized tests to college applications, getting outside help in high school - in the form of SAT prep classes, individual subject tutors, athletic trainers, and private college counselors, among others -has become as mainstream as studying the ...