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Sex education

"Where did you learn about sex and sexuality?" A casual survey among teenagers was revealing -- they learn about the facts of life mostly from friends, books, magazines, TV, movie, pop songs, and the Internet. Very few indeed have the privilege of being taught by their parents on this crucial aspect of life.


Preparing for adolescence

A team of doctors decided to conduct an experiment to study the ways in which group pressure influences young people. To accomplish this, they invited 10 teenagers into a room and told them they were going to evaluate their "perception" in order to learn how well each student could "see" the front of the room from where he sat.


Adolescents

Adolescence can sometimes be seen as a time when children are developing physically at a faster rate than they are emotionally. Hence, what is perceived as adolescent misbehaviour is really an expression of the inability to cope with the demands of school, family and society.


Taking time out to be dad

Children spell L-O-V-E and T-I-M-E. Paul Tournier in his book "The Meaning of Gifts" has this to say.


Six keys to lifelong love

For anyone contemplating marriage, here are six straightforward recommendations that will increase the chance of living happily ever after.


No Apologies: Helping adolescents live life with no regrets

Adolescence is possibly the most vulnerable stage in a person's life. Identity confusion, low self-esteem and raging hormones are just a few of the challenges teenagers have to experience prior to becoming a young adult.


Building self confidence in children and teens

During a recent children’s camp, children were asked to provide their opinions on discipline. A large majority of the children gave a negative response.


Divorce

Dr James Dobson shares with us why he rarely recommends to unhappy and angry spouses that they seek a divorce and get on with their lives and why he considers divorce to be a last resort?


Making marriage work

Marriage is not an event but a process. Many people work very hard preparing for their wedding sometimes forgetting that their journey is only beginning.


Sibling rivalry

Danny and David were my neighbours' children who played with my son. Danny was two years older than David but it was evident that David had no problem coping with the games of his older brother and my son, who were both of the same age.