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In addition to October being National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month, it’s also National Bullying Prevention Month. While most parents are aware that cyberbullying is an issue among today’s teens, CNN’s 2015 documentary “#Being13: Inside the Secret World of Teens” suggests that parents underestimate the extent of cyberbullying in the lives of both teens and tweens. […]

Peer pressure is nothing new; however today our teens are not only judged in the hallways at school. The pressures and subsequent feelings can now be magnified a thousand times over through computer and cell phone screens. What hasn’t changed is that everyone still wants to be liked. In our society, sadly, being liked – […]

With the gift giving season upon us, parents are inevitably considering what the hot ticket item might be this year. A smartphone, a tablet or maybe some new video games? Press the pause button before quickly snatching up the latest gadget or newest device. A key finding from The Common Sense Census, a study that […]

Recently, I sat with a group of teen leaders in a tech health workshop at their school. We were talking about pressure – social, academic, family, athletics, personal choices – the stuff that often occupies the lives and minds of high school teens and their families. Deliberately, the conversation made its way to the impact […]

Cyberbullying is a very serious concern in today’s society. What many parents don’t realize is that it doesn’t discriminate; it can happen to any age group, race, school, community; and teens will turn to many things for emotional relief, including drugs – especially accessible ones that they can find in medicine cabinets. 95% of children have access […]