Gone are the days when we could protect our children from the atrocities of the world. With the 24/7 news cycle via Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram, and even the old ancient TV, our teens are seeing and hearing all about the gun violence that has swept American schools. Most schools now practice lock downs right […]
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Sexting is part of the social media blitz of today’s teen world. How do we help our kids avoid the difficulties associated with it? Not only are more kids sexting, but they are doing it at a younger and younger age. One third of all middle school and high school kids have had some negative
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by guest blogger Dali from DaliTalks.com When my (then) 5-year-old was bullied, I had no idea that there was an official way to submit a bullying complaint. I always thought that walking up to the teacher or sending her an email was the only way to report any incident related to bullying and schools. But
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As a professional who works with teens, people frequently ask me what signs they should be looking for in their teens regarding depression and risk of suicide. We’ve all seen the lists that circulate: 🖋Withdrawing from life 🖋Grades take a dive 🖋Poor hygiene 🖋Giving away things 🖋Lack of emotions 🖋Talking about death 🖋Comments about “wanting
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Schools, parents, and counselors all drill it in to teens to speak up when someone is bullying them. However, we as parents and as a society forget to teach our teens when to speak up to authority figures. In fact, until the teen years, some often-used phrases are “listen to your teacher”,” don’t interrupt”, “do
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Middle school is a crazy time for transition for your parenting tactics. To keep yourself sane and your relationship with your child intact, you have to change your parenting goals. Elementary years were a time when you set the schedule and you told them what to do A LOT. But, guess what, that’s gotta change.
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Gone are the days when we could protect our children from the atrocities of the world. With the 24/7 news cycle via Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram, and even the old ancient TV, our teens are seeing and hearing all about the gun violence that has swept American schools. Most schools now practice lock downs right
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Your student is highly motivated to get straight A’s. She studies without outside encouragement. She works on the weekends and during school breaks. She strives for perfection. Her dream is to go to an Ivy League school. With a dream student like this, you are probably thinking that you don’t need to worry about drugs
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13 REASONS WHY has taken the teenage world by storm. It’s intense. It’s graphic. It’s emotional. And it’s deep. Many teens and even tweens are watching this show without their parent’s knowledge. My own daughter, who is 17 years old, watched the whole series before she told me about it. If you haven’t heard of
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It has been both sickening and empowering to watch as my friends on Facebook post #MeToo. It doesn’t come as a shock, though. There are plenty of personal stories I can tell about sexual harassment, many of which occurred before I graduated high school. So while I see my friends who are all grown women
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