How to hug a porcupine: negotiating the prickly points of the tween years

Middle-schoolers : hormonal, disorganized, and defiant

The overwhelmed "slacker"

How to break the nagging cycle and turn responsibility over to your middle schooler

Peer pressure and changing values

Dealing with defiance

The computer "addiction"

Encouraging self-eseem and independence

The push for independence

Talking about sex, drugs and alcohol

Sibling rivalry : a new level of competition

How a relationship approach affects life.