January 29, 2016

Identity Theft

Hi my name is, nice to meet you, what do you do? This is something we were programmed to do along the way, right away when meeting […]
January 15, 2016

The Party’s Over

It’s a scene played out in every teenage coming-of-age movie: the over-the-top, out-of-control house party. It begins with someone’s parents going out of town for the […]
January 15, 2016

Setting Limits on Screen Time

According to the 2010 Kaiser Family Foundation survey, American youth ages 8 to 18 years old spend more than 7 hours on entertainment media in an […]
January 15, 2016

Parenting Pressure

Parenting is a process of trial and error that takes us through a rollercoaster of emotions. The very nature of parenting requires us to think through […]
January 15, 2016

Skin Deep

“Imagine a world where beauty is a source of confidence, not anxiety.” According to Merriam-Webster, beauty is defined as, the quality or aggregate of qualities in […]
January 15, 2016

Peer Pressure in High School

Peer pressure during this age range takes on new meaning because teens survive and thrive in a social world filled with social influence. Peer opinions take […]
January 15, 2016

Bullying Evolved

Parents and caregivers also need to know the different kinds of bullying that today’s kids face. Because things have changed over the years.  For example, while […]
January 15, 2016

Finding Hope

On Dec. 11, 2012, my life changed forever. My family and I became unfortunate members of the worst club in the world: survivors of suicide. Our […]
January 15, 2016

N-BOMB

A new drug marketed as an alternative to LSD or mescaline has surfaced. Commonly known as the N-bomb. The drug has been mistaken for LSD. But […]