Double Take

Double Take: Don’t pry about friends’ grades
November 3, 2009
Teachers use a wide variety of threats to make their students be quiet, but nothing is as effective as the tense silence they create when they are about to hand tests back.
Double Take: Teens unfamiliar with laws could earn sex offender status
October 27, 2009
“Sex offender” — one of the five or six worst terms you could possibly hear applied to your child.
Double Take: Teen daughter wants to date 21-year-old
October 20, 2009
Dear Dr. Wes and Samantha: I’m having a hard time knowing how to handle my daughter’s relationship.
Teen dating norms broaden to new extremes
October 13, 2009
There are roughly two-and-a-half dating styles among teens and young adults right now.
Double Take: Tips for teens making the case for abstinence
October 6, 2009
Your column talks a lot about kids deciding to have sex. What about if we have decided not to?
Double Take: Set boundaries to keep teen tech in check
September 29, 2009
With cell phones, e-mail, instant messaging and social networking sites, there are too many ways for couples to be in contact.
Double Take: Dig deeper into a teen’s motives
September 22, 2009
Last week, we discussed a question from a mother whose 15-year-old daughter had been released from a psychiatric hospital with very minimal aftercare.
Double Take: Teen struggling after move across country
September 15, 2009
My 15-year-old daughter was hospitalized for suicidal thoughts and is being treated for mild clinical depression.
Double Take: Boys direly need lessons on birth control
September 8, 2009
I thought we’d made great strides in reducing teen pregnancy, but research and clinical experience say otherwise.
Double Take: Friend’s behavior red flag for anorexia, depression
September 1, 2009
My friend has decided to eat an unhealthily low amount of food each day.
Teens not sure about coming out to parents
August 25, 2009
This question was part of Samantha Schwartz’s application process to be this year’s Double Take student columnist.
Double Take: Get a fresh start on school-year friendships
August 18, 2009
This week we welcome Lawrence High School senior Samantha Schwartz to “Double Take.”
Double Take: Bid a fond farewell to student columnist and high school grads, too
August 4, 2009
It’s been two years since we graduated a senior from the Double Take column, so this year we graduate two.
High school may be better fit for ninth-graders
July 28, 2009
Ninth-graders may be a better fit in high school than in junior high.
Double Take: Boyfriend’s ADD puts strain on relationship
July 21, 2009
My boyfriend has attention deficit disorder.

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