Parents staring at a disappointing report card are not just reacting to letters on a page, they are weighing what kind of adults their children will become. That is why arguments flare so quickly over ...

ARGUING IS PRACTICE. Parents are like safe sparring partners when it comes to arguing, the young person verbally taking parents on to develop debate skills they can use with others. What the ...

Parents are used to budgeting for birthday gifts, themed cakes, and maybe a few extra slices of pizza. What they are not expecting is a cover charge just to walk through the door. That tension ...

Adolescence is a disputatious age. Dispute about what? For the adolescent, any issue will often do when the point of the dispute is argument itself. The young person is testing his or her power of ...