As my children are but 10 and seven, the teen years and all of their related angst and drama still seem so far off. And yet, every time I open up a newspaper lately, I'm confronted with a new (and often disturbing) fact about teens.

Genetics appear to play a role in teens' use of heavy drinking to cope with negative feelings, a new study suggests....

By Katy Hutchison, author of Walking After Midnight On December 31st, 1997 my husband Bob excused himself briefly from our small dinner party to ch...

The Fourth of July is prime time for teen drinking, and this year might be worse than usual. Alcohol and drug abuse in young people has taken a shift ...

In the next few weeks, parents of college freshmen will be helping their kids pack up all those seemingly indispensable items for dorm life. Sending a...