Source: Carl Pickhardt, Ph.D. To stay connected with their daughter or son as adolescence increasingly pulls them apart (which it is meant to do), parents must keep their expectations ahead of the ...

There are predictable “tasks” or processes that are associated with healthy adolescent development, depending on the adolescent phase. As adolescents progress through developmental phases and tasks, ...

While each experience of adolescence is individually unique, I believe that many changes and challenges are much the same for them all. Usually beginning around ages 9 to 13 years, this eight- to ...