Love will never reject others. It is the first to encourage and the last to condemn.

• Teen Dictionary For Parents
• How to Talk to Your Teens About Drugs
• Keep Communication Honest With Teens
• Teen Jargon
• Is Your Teen Troubled?

Discipline

• Laws
  • Tobacco
  • Alcohol
  • Marijuana
  • Curfew
  • Truancy
  • Runaways

• Your Busted!

Education

High Risk Teen Issues

Alcohol

• Alcohol Affects Teen Brain - Impairs Memory
• How Does Alcohol Work?
• Let's Talk- Families Guide to Problem Solving

Drugs

• Why Books Are Better Than Drugs
• Inhalant Abuse
• Ritalin: New Teenage High
• Armed Forces: Off Limits to Ritalin Users
• Drug Discussion Ideas for Parents
• What Can You do to Help Someone Using Drugs?
• The Truth About Club Drugs
• Help Your Teen Find Their Own Anti-Drug
• Tips for Teens to Say NO!
• Why Do Even Smart People Use Drugs?

Sexuality

• 10 Approaches for Teens and Pre-teens
• Am I Normal?

Violence

• Teen Safety Plan
• A Good Offense to Gangs and Violence
• Dating Violence Hurts
• What is Assault?
• Raped on the Streets
• Gang Activity

Runaways

Parenting

• Living with and Loving Adolescents
• Parents and Teen Self-Esteem
• Helping Teens Get the Help They Need
• Teens Transition Checklist
• Yanking Your Chain
• How to Raise a Gang Member
• Body Piercing- What you Need to Know
• Helping Your Teen Quit Smoking
• Ground Rules With A Teen
• 14 Tips On Teens

Relationships

• Famous Foster Alumni
• Dating Bill of Rights

Foster and Adoptive Care Association of Minnesota
P.O. box 48716
Minneapolis, MN 55448-0716
612-233-3399

Articles have been reprinted from News and Views of Our Families 1992-2004