Tag: adolescent development
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7 Practical Tips to Help Guide Teenage Boys Toward Their Full Potential
Understanding the Challenge and the Opportunity Teenage boys often face a reputation for risk-taking and missteps. Yet, adolescence is also a critical window for shaping values, learnings, and long-term goals. Parents who approach this phase with empathy, structure, and clear expectations can help their sons channel energy into positive growth. The following seven tips offer…
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Parental Teasing Shapes Body Image: Lasting Impact on Adults
Overview: Words can leave a lasting mark on body image Recent research in Early Intervention in Psychiatry underscores a stark truth: what parents say about weight can shape their children’s body image into adulthood much more powerfully than the diets they model. The study analyzed how direct verbal cues from parents—such as teasing, negative remarks…
