Founded in 1998 by adolescent specialist Michael Y. Simon, Practical Help for Parents was developed to support the people who work daily with teens. PHFP provides: informative, entertaining, research-based workshops & presentations to high school & middle school parents, faculty, staff and administrators; parent consultation and support groups; program development and consultation to mental health professionals, policymakers, and schools/ school districts and; access to online resources like the PHFP Newsletter, Practical Help Tip Sheets, PHFP Parenting Blog and other web-based resources all organized by 10 Key Parenting areas.

 

Become a part of this vital, online support community devoted to supporting the teens and pre-teens in our lives:

 

• Subscribe to the PHFP Newsletter (Comes out quarterly) or read the previous Newsletters in our archive

• Check out the PHFP Blog for news, articles and thoughts on all aspects of teens and adolescent development

• Schedule a parent workshop or consultation today

• Check out our extensive bibliographies

• Find out about great online support available for parents of teens

 

Or simply follow us on Twitter, or just enjoy browsing the site…because for parents, there’s no such thing as too much support.

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