Mar 30, 2024 | Parenting and Children, Teens and Young Adults
A strong peer support system is a valuable resource that can provide a variety of benefits to adolescents. In today’s social climate, mental health symptoms such as anxiety and depression have become increasingly prevalent, impacting an estimated 1 in 5 teens (Clark,...
Mar 30, 2024 | Teens and Young Adults
My how our world has changed in just the past 6 months! At that point the public was under the impression that the COVID-19 virus was something that was not worth worrying about and since then our country has experienced over 200,000 deaths, an almost nation-wide...
Mar 30, 2024 | Parenting and Children, Teens and Young Adults
As a country we have been faced with many challenging events and difficult decisions over the past few months. The most recent of those challenging decisions involves school for the up-coming academic year. As a parent of children in elementary, middle, and high...
Mar 30, 2024 | Teens and Young Adults
As every parent knows the teenage years with their children can be the most stressful and yet most rewarding. This is the period in life where your teen is growing through a great transition from dependency to self-sufficiency as he prepares for the next phase in his...
Mar 30, 2024 | Teens and Young Adults
Digital technology, including cell phones, tablets, computers, and the web-based world to which they provide access, occupy a unique position in the collective mind. We love our phones! In fact, 71% of people sleep with or next to their cell phones (Burke, 2015)....
Mar 30, 2024 | Parenting and Children, Teens and Young Adults
In a few short weeks college students will be returning home for the summer. We look forward to catching up and spending some quality time and they look forward to some much-needed R and R. Shortly thereafter, parents often discover that their son or daughter is not...
