Lisa Damour, PhD

Articles

9.12.19 We Know It Harms Kids to See Smoking on TV. What About Rape?
7.4.19 What Do Teenagers Need? Ask the Family Dog
5.21.19 When a College Student Is Home for the Summer
3.28.19 Drawing the Line Between Helping and Helicoptering
2.27.19 How My Work as a Psychologist Helps Me Write for Parents of Teenagers
2.12.19 How to Help Teens Weather Their Emotional Storms
2.7.19 Why Girls Beat Boys at School and Lose to Them at the Office
1.16.19 How to Help Tweens and Teens Manage Social Conflict
12.19.18 How to Wrap Advice as a Gift a Teenager Might Open
11.14.18 Why Teenagers Mix Drinking and Sex
9.19.18 How to Help Teenagers Embrace Stress
8.29.18 Should You Track Your Teen’s Location?
7.18.18 Getting ‘Consent’ for Sex Is Too Low a Bar
4.30.18 Parenting the Fortnite Addict
4.11.18 Why Teenagers Become ‘Allergic’ to Their Parents
3.12.18 Why Demonstrating Is Good for Kids
2.14.18 How to Talk W ith Teenagers About Vaping
1.2.18 Teenagers, Stop Asking for Nude Photos
11.15.17 Why Your Grumpy Teenager Doesn’t Want to Talk to You
10.19.17 When Your Teenager Asks, ‘Did You Smoke Weed?’
9.21.17 How Technology Changes Teen Romance
9.6.17 How to Be a Modern Parent
7.19.17 What Should Parents Make of the ‘Summer Bucket List 2017’?
6.21.17 No, Your Teen Doesn’t Hate You. It’s Just Summer.
6.8.17 Asking Girls and Boys, What Would Wonder Woman Do?
5.10.17 What Should Teenagers’ Summer Plans Include? Adult Mentors
4.6.17 Is Snooping on Teenagers Ever O.K.?
3.8.17 Teenagers Do Dumb Things, but There Are Ways to Limit Recklessness
2.8.17 When a Teenager’s Coping Mechanism is SpongeBob
1.11.17 Talking With Both Daughters and Sons About Sex
12.14.16 What Do Teenagers Want? Potted Plant Parents
10.12.16 3 Ways to Get Kids to Eat Better
9.14.16 When Teenagers Bristle at ‘How Was School?’
8.10.16 For Teenage Girls, Swimsuit Season Never Ends
7.13.16 Myths About Teenagers and Risk-Taking
6.15.16 The Teenager With One Foot Out the Door
5.11.16 Talking with Teenagers About Marijuana
4.13.16 Where’s the Magic in Family Dinner?
3.16.16 The Best Way to Fight With a Teenager
2.17.16 Why Teenage Girls Roll Their Eyes
1.20.16 When Your Child’s Friend Is in Crisis
12.16.15 Parents of Teenagers, Stuck Taking Out the Emotional Trash
11.18.15 Girls Aren’t Meaner Than Boys. It Only Looks That Way
10.12.15 When Tragedy and Adolescence Clash, Helping Grieving Teenagers Cope
9.16.15 Gossip: The Best Gift Your Teenager Can Give You
7.19.15 ‘Inside Out:’ Pixar’s Convincing Argument Against Childhood Happiness
4.27.15 Getting in to College Doesn’t Mean Students Are Ready to Go
7.13.14 The Emotional Whiplash of Parenting a Teenager
3.31.14 How to Talk to Your Teenager About Pornography
8.25.13 It’s Not a ‘Problem.’ It’s Called Being a Child
7.7.13 Don’t Make Your Children the Exception to Every Rule
3.17.13 The Psychologist as (Wary) Parent

Other Outlets

3.01.2019 Family Circle Magazine How to Talk About Teen Angst
2.22.2019 The Globe and Mail It’s the girls who suffer more: Why young women face increasing anxiety
2.12.2019 TIME.com You Can Track Almost Everything Your Kids Do Online. Here’s Why That May Not Be a Good Idea
1.01.2019 Family Circle Magazine How to Discuss Body Image with Your Teen
6.01.2018 Family Circle Magazine How to Talk to Your Teens About Sexual Harassment
11.09.2016 Your Teen Magazine Helping Teenagers Process the Election Results
11.01.2016 Your Teen Magazine Telling Teenagers that People Change Can Reduce Stress
2.17.2016 TIME.com Your Teenage Daughter Isn’t Psychotic – and 3 Other Things to Stop Worrying About
2.4.2016 The Globe and Mail Drama Queens: What’s Really Happening in the Minds of Teenage Girls?
9.2015 Your Teen Magazine Top Ten Things to Expect in Middle School
7.2015 Your Teen Magazine How to Help Teens Get Enough Sleep (Hint: Start in Middle School)
8.4.14 Eating Disorders: A Journal of Prevention and Treatment My Sister’s Keeper: Identifying Eating Pathology Through Peer Networks
5.20.13 Independent School Magazine Strengths vs. Stressors
4.24.13 Your Teen Magazine Ask the Expert
9.28.11 Education Week Girl vs. Test
11.11.09 Education Week Teaching Girls to Tinker