Family Parenting - Susan Adams Licensed Marriage And Family Therapist https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com Professional marriage counseling by a licensed therapist for marriage therapy for a successful marriage in Atlanta GA. Fri, 04 Feb 2022 03:06:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cropped-susanadams-2-large-32x32.jpg Family Parenting - Susan Adams Licensed Marriage And Family Therapist https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com 32 32 Conversations with Preteens About Sex https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/conversations-with-preteens-about-sex/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=conversations-with-preteens-about-sex Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:55:39 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=210 The objective of this article is to acquaint readers with the kinds of issues that interest preteens and ways to discuss them. Summary: Many confusions exist for preteens about sex and it is important to straighten them out. In addition, issues of social and emotional adjustment are present. We need to be aware of how […]

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]]> Identifying And Treating Teenage Substance Abuse https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/identifying-and-treating-teenage-substance-abuse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=identifying-and-treating-teenage-substance-abuse Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:55:39 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=211 The objective of this article is to identify signs of teenage substance abuse, to differentiate from adult substance abuse, and to make some treatment suggestions. Summary: Teenagers in the United States today experience the realities of adulthood at earlier and earlier ages, often with painful results. When there are no understanding adults to ease the emotional […]

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]]> Laying The Groundwork To Avoid Troubled Teens https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/laying-the-groundwork-to-avoid-troubled-teens/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=laying-the-groundwork-to-avoid-troubled-teens Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:55:39 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=212 To provide parents with some guidelines for keeping the connection to their children once they become adolescence. Summary: The road to adolescence is paved early. It is important to instill the idea early with children that parents are coaches and guides and can act as help agents rather than punishers as children travel the road […]

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]]> Identifying Pressures on Early Adolescents https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/identifying-pressures-on-early-adolescents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=identifying-pressures-on-early-adolescents Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:55:39 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=213 The objective of this article is to help those connected to early adolescents as well as their parents, to understand the stresses for early adolescents in an attempt to ward off trouble. Summary: Adolescence begins earlier and earlier. Puberty and rapid social change make life rocky for our early adolescents. This article discusses these difficulties […]

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]]> Harmful Effects Of Too Much Pressure On Children https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/harmful-affects-of-too-much-pressure-on-children/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=harmful-affects-of-too-much-pressure-on-children Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:55:39 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=215 The objective of this article is to identify the risks of too much pressure on children. Summary: Children placed under too much pressure are apt to feel like failures. Placing the bar too high robs children of their need--as with all of us--to feel successful.At best, this can result in children who drop out early […]

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]]> Taking a Job or Staying at Home https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/taking-a-job-or-staying-at-home-trouble-later/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=taking-a-job-or-staying-at-home-trouble-later Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:55:39 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=216 The objective of this article is to make some suggestions toward the question about work for mothers if there is a choice. Summary: I am often asked by parents who have a choice if it is damaging to their children if the one with the kids returns to work. The preparation to avoid troubled teens […]

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]]> Preventing Trouble in the Teens https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/effects-of-group-care-preventing-trouble-in-the-teens/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=effects-of-group-care-preventing-trouble-in-the-teens Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:55:39 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=217 The purpose of this article is to provide some input into the idea of group care for young children and how it may benefit or hurt these children at a later maturational date. Summary: I am asked all the time in my practice about the idea of group care versus home care with very young […]

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]]> Being a Role Model for Teens https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/being-a-role-model-for-teens/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=being-a-role-model-for-teens Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:55:39 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=218 The objective of this article is to provide some guidelines for parents who want raise their children in ways that avoid trouble in adolescence. Summary: research yields that family group activities are prevalent in families experiencing good parent-teen communication. The opposite is true when there is poor communication.Doing things together as a group where relationships […]

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]]> Communication Guide for Teens https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/communication-guide-for-teens/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=communication-guide-for-teens Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:55:39 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=219 The objective of this article is to empower teens with techniques for dealing with parents and other adults in an effort to help both generations in understanding each other. Hopefully this will help to prevent problem teens. By: Susan Adams, M. Ed. Summary: If you consider yourself on the way to growing up then you […]

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]]> Listening Skills Avoiding Troubled Teens https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/listening-skills-avoiding-troubled-teens/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=listening-skills-avoiding-troubled-teens Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:55:39 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=220 The objective of this article is to help parents develop bonds with their teenagers way before the fact to help prevent troubled adolescents who lack parental connections. Summary: Listening is the foundation stone of genuine communication. We must become good listeners and confidants of our children if we are to see them safely through adolescence. […]

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]]> Dealing With Teens Around Money https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/dealing-with-teens-around-money-problem-prevention-tactics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dealing-with-teens-around-money-problem-prevention-tactics Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:55:39 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=221 The objective of this article is to provide suggestions to parents for dealing with their teens around the subject of money to prevent those teens from becoming problematic later. Summary: Money is one of the three big battlegrounds of marriage and is also a prime source of friction between parents and children. Because of its […]

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]]> Effects Of Working Moms https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/effects-of-working-moms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=effects-of-working-moms Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:55:39 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=222 The objective of this article is to present a discussion of how moms can work and raise healthy children at the same time. Summary: I am asked all the time by people with new babies or young children about how having both parents work will affect the child. These are my views. There is an […]

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]]> Telling the Children When a Pet Dies https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/telling-the-children-when-a-pet-dies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=telling-the-children-when-a-pet-dies Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:55:39 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=223 The objective of this article is to provide some suggestions for dealing with children in the event of the death of a pet. Summary: People tend to do more harm than good in their attempts to protect children from many things, including the death of beloved pets.Children need to deal with reality in gentle and […]

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]]> A Step Toward Preventing Problem Teens https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/a-step-toward-preventing-problem-teens/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-step-toward-preventing-problem-teens Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:55:39 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=224 The objective of this article is to help parents individualize their expectations for youngsters in an effort to decrease unnecessary pressure which can lead to acting out in adolescence if not before. Summary: It is impossible to raise children without external pressures. However, we can mitigate these pressures with appropriate expectations, praise, and guidelines. This […]

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]]> Turning Responsible Children Into Troubled Teens https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/turning-responsible-children-into-troubled-teens/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=turning-responsible-children-into-troubled-teens Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:55:39 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=225 The objective of this article is to help parents individualize their expectations for youngsters in an effort to decrease unnecessary pressure which can lead to acting out in adolescence if not before. Summary: It is impossible to raise children without external pressures. However, we can mitigate these pressures with appropriate expectations, praise, and guidelines. This […]

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]]> How To Teach My Children How to Drink https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/teach-my-children-how-to-drink/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teach-my-children-how-to-drink Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:55:39 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=226 The objective of this article is to describe a methods for teaching responsible drinking to older adolescence. Summary: Young people who do not abstain from alcohol can be taught to drink responsibly. This relates to their attitudes about alcohol and the way they use it. This article describes how to teach safe drinking. For people […]

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