Drugs - Teenagers
Adolescence is typically a period of experimentation, irrespective of parenting skills and influence. Cannabis is the most common illegal drug used by teenagers, with around a quarter having tried it at least once. Parents typically worry about ... [... more]
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Growth - Assessing Teenagers
Growth charts are used to measure growth. Growth charts are taken from population studies and reflect the normal range of height and weight for the population from birth up to adulthood. In 2005 Victoria adopted a recommendation of the National ... [... more]
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Trauma And Teenagers - Tips For Parents
Teenagers can also be deeply upset by local, national or international tragedies, or frightening events that affect their friends. Your teenager needs both your support and your adult perspective. The way in which you help them to handle the ... [... more]
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Teenagers - Sexual Behaviour
Unsafe sex practices and unwanted pregnancy are significant health issues for Australian teenagers. The bulk of the information in this article was taken from the 2002 results of the third National Survey of Australian Secondary Students, ... [... more]
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Trauma And Teenagers - Common Reactions
Teenagers can also be deeply upset by local, national or international tragedies, or trauma that affects their friends. Your teen will handle trauma differently from earlier years. A younger child depends directly on their family, whereas a ... [... more]
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Sex Education - Talking To Teenagers
Many parents and carers feel shy about broaching the topic of sex with their children. Some prefer to stay silent and assume their children will pick up what they need to know from school and the media. Others believe that telling children about ... [... more]
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Teenagers - Sexual Knowledge
While there's no direct relationship between knowledge and behaviour - a person may know that cigarettes are harmful but choose to smoke anyway - evaluations of school programs show that young people who have had sex education are more likely to ... [... more]
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Alcohol And Teenagers - Quiz
Your drinking habits are putting your health at serious risk. Unless you start using alcohol in a responsible way, you could find yourself in serious trouble - car accidents, sexually transmissible infections and unwanted pregnancy are just some ... [... more]
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Teenagers ... All About
Being a teenager can be stressful for young people and their families. Learn about sexuality, contraception, relationships, how to manage stress, depression and thoughts of suicide. Also find out what to do if you experience violence at home or ... [... more]
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Depression - Teenagers
Major depression - this illness is a change in the person from their usual self, which persists for at least two weeks. It may be triggered by a major stressful event, such as a death or broken relationship. Sometimes, however, it may have no ... [... more]
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Asthma And Teenagers
A number of the asthma preventer medications are corticosteriods. These 'steroids' are not the same as anabolic steroids that can be misused by athletes. By inhaling medication, small doses can be taken and they go directly to the ... [... more]
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Girls Growing Up ... All About
Girls need to stay safe and healthy. Teenagers and parents can learn about safe sex, drugs, relationships, diet, nutrition, exercise, smoking and body image. Other topics include menstruation, contraception, pregnancy, abortion and how to protect ... [... more]
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