by Susie Kroll | *Susie Kroll~It's About Your Teen, Columnist
“Sandy” asks a question that comes up often: “I often hear yelling and sounds from my next door neighbor’s house. Although we aren’t very close, we do chat, I’m concerned that she may need help. How is it best to do that without...
by Susie Kroll | *Susie Kroll~It's About Your Teen, Columnist, Family & Parenting, Friendships, Justice & Help, Relationships, Surviving Abuse
Abusive tendencies don’t just happen in intimate or romantic relationships. They can happen in friendships also. I would like to share a story with you. Jill met Anna when Anna began dating a longtime friend of hers. Anna and Jill soon became fast...
by Susie Kroll | *Susie Kroll~It's About Your Teen, Columnist, Family & Parenting, Friendships, Relationships, Surviving Abuse
A “Concerned Mother” asks: Q: What are some of the signs of a potentially harmful dating relationship? This is a long and complicated question to answer but I have compiled a list of bullet points that might indicate a possible problem in a dating...
by Susie Kroll | *Susie Kroll~It's About Your Teen, Columnist, Family & Parenting, Relationships
Teens and tweens inhabit a world that we used to live in. For some of us, living in the teen world was a recent experience. For others, it has been decades. Even now, as adults, it is a place that we seldom visit and maybe don’t ever want to think about...
by Susie Kroll | Family & Parenting, Love & Romance
Parent (to their child): Sometimes I just don’t understand what you are thinking or why you are doing what you are doing. Why are you acting like this? Child (to their parent): I’m fine. I don’t know. It is nothing. This is a common conversation heard around the...