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by Dr. Jane Bluestein

Few of us are especially adept at setting boundaries with anyone, and for good reason. Let’s back up a bit.
When you were growing up, were you told that other people’s needs were more important than yours?
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by Gary Direnfeld
Like schools of fish, teens who abuse drugs and alcohol tend to hang in the same crowd. They garner a kind of moral support or legitimacy from like-minded and behaving peers for their drug and alcohol consumption. Further, when drug and alcohol consumption reaches the abuse stage, they are seen to have conflict with persons in authority, be they their parents, teachers or police.
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by Lynn Cassella-Kapusinski
Lisa hears something tap the window. She gets up from the piano and looks outside, but everything looks the same. She stands there with her arms folded, watching the cars zoom past on the busy parkway in front of her house. Everyone seems to know where they're going, but not her.
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by Brette McWhorter Sember

If you and the other parent divorced while your child was younger, the teen years can present some challenges in terms of your visitation schedule.
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by Carl Pickhardt, Ph.D.

Even today, the unjust stereotype is still sometimes invoked: a single parent presides over a broken home that produces troubled children.
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