About Us

Your Teen addresses the challenges inherent in raising teens and helps parents to continue the journey toward the goal of successful parenting. In the magazine format, parents can pose questions, offer personal tactics and hear the different perspectives of professionals, other parents, and teenagers on relevant topics. Your Teen hopes to ease the worry.

Our Story

Publisher/Managing Editor, Stephanie Silverman & Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, Susan Borison

We welcome you to Your Teen Magazine – a parenting magazine for parents of teens.

Your Teen developed out of need. We were wondering how we would ever acquire competence and expertise to raise our teens? We were finding that the parenting tools we developed while raising infants, toddlers and youth were no longer applicable as we entered the stage of parenting adolescents. While we did find comfort in the availability of professional help and the abundance of parenting books, we believed that one critical resource was being overlooked – other parents. We wondered, “How do other parents manage?”

One of our biggest struggles as parents is to distinguish between normal behavior and problematic behavior. When concerning behavior becomes an obvious problem, many parents solicit intervention from experts. And when worry turns to crisis, most parents seek professional help. But how can parents determine whether the daily struggles of adolescence are normal?

At Your Teen, we believe that critical information can be learned from the experiences of other parents. However, we know that many parents are reluctant to share their fears and perceived failures. Your Teen creates a vehicle for these discussions and helps parents of teens define some standard of normal. Your Teen provides personal stories about parents navigating the daily challenges of parenting teens.

However, we don’t stop there. We include stories from our subjects – the teens. In addition, we share many professional opinions. With three different perspectives, we hope to create a full picture. But we are missing you. We hope that you will join in the conversation, either on the web, in the print magazine or on our Facebook page.

Subscriptions can be placed at http://yourteenmag.com/subscribe/. The magazine is also available in Barnes & Noble and Border Bookstores throughout Ohio and Joseph Beth Booksellers at Legacy Village in Lyndhurst Ohio.

We hope you enjoy Your Teen!

Management and Editorial

Editor-In-Chief/Publisher
Susan Borison, Brandeis University, B.A. Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, J.D., Mother of five

Managing Editor/Publisher
Stephanie Silverman, Miami University, B.S. Business with a concentration in Finance, Mother of three

Editorial Manager
Lisa Golovan, Ohio State University, B.A. Education/Administration, Mother of four

Copy Editor
Beth Troy, Miami University, B.A. English/Journalism, Miami University, M.A. History, Mother of one

Web Content Editor
Mindy Gallagher, Boston College, B.A. Sociology, University of Connecticut, M.S.W., Mother of three

Profile Editor
Diana Simeon, University of Vermont, B.A., English, Northwestern University, M.S. Journalism, Mother of three

Community Liaison
Trish Adler, University of Pennsylvania, B.A. Sociology, Business minor, Mother of two, identical twin

Web Content Manager
Bobbie Lowe Triozzi, East Carolina University, R.N., B.S.N., AEA Certified Aquatic Trainer, Mother of one

Advertising Sales

Laura Fumich
Ohio Wesleyan University, B.A. Psychology

Lisa Golovan
Ohio State University, B.A. Education/Administration, Mother of four

Susan Han Paul
Carnegie-Mellon University, B.S. Double Major Psychology & Public Policy Management, Mother of two

Shari Silk
University of Michigan, B.A. Architecture; Kent State University, M.A. Architecture, Mother of three

Creative Team

Creative Director
Brian Willse
Boondock Walker

Art Director
Meredith Pangrace
Boondock Walker

Graphic Designer
Carrie Wing
Boondock Walker

Photographer
Beth Segal
Beth Segal Photography

Professional Advisory Board

Elise Ellick
Teen Counselor in the Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics at MetroHealth.

Amanda Weiss Kelly, MD
Pediatrician, University Hospitals, Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, Director, Pediatric Sports Medicine.

Dani Marinucci
Artist

Julian Peskin, MD
Cleveland Clinic staff member, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Sylvia Rimm, PhD
Psychologist, Director of Family Achievement Clinic, Clinical Professor, CWRU School of Medicine.

Michael Ritter, CPA
Retired Partner and National Director, Ernst & Young LLP.

Ellen Rome, MD, MPH
Pediatrician, Head, Section of Adolescent Medicine at Cleveland Clinic.

Chris Seper
Digital media entrepreneur who started and leads MedCity Media, the publisher of MedCityNews.com. 

Sonni Kwon Senkfor, MBA, University of Chicago. Independent Consultant. Facilitator with The WIT Group and MAC Consulting.

Amy Speidel
Certified Parent Coach at Senders Parenting Center.

Judy Stenta, MSW, Project Director, SAY, a school-based prevention and early intervention program of Bellefaire JCB.

Steven Wexberg, MD
Staff Pediatrician, Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Lucene Wisniewski, PhD, FAED
Clinical Director and co-founder of the Cleveland Center for Eating Disorders.