Articles written by Robyn Taylor

Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Teens What causes teen substance abuse?: 17 of 54

Teen drug abuse arises out of a marriage of circumstances including genetic predispositions toward addiction, emotional susceptibility, peer pressure and accessibliity to drugs. While parental roles and responses (tolerance or intolerance) are obviously deeply relevant, peer relations seem to be the largest controllable fact...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Starting over after divorcing: 25 of 77

I stayed in my marriage for too long. I stayed until all of my love subsided into a dutiful and abiding resentment that suffocated me with its force. My divorce liberated me from that feeling of compression, but it also deeply unhinged my sense of loneliness. At first, the pain was strangely comforting because my suffering f...
Style & Beauty > Acne & Blemish How does laser acne scar removal work?: 3 of 6

Standard methods for alleviating acne, such as topical cremes or diet changes do not necessarily reduce scarring once an outbreak has damaged the skin. Laser technology offers a reprieve from the pitted marks or discoloration that are often the hallmarks of this disorder. Fraxel, a newer laser technology for acne scar remova...