June 17, 2020

Managing Family Conflict

Time waits for no one and before you know it, your kids are grown. Although family life provides a type of happiness found nowhere else, it […]
June 15, 2020

Be a Parent, Not a Dictator

    We sign our daughter up for piano lessons and art classes because we know music and creative endeavors are good for her brain.  We […]
June 15, 2020

Virtual Pressure

  Virtual Pressure And then there’s the Internet. A hub of endless information, the web is yet another way the message of having the “perfect” body […]
June 12, 2020

Divorced Dad

Divorced Dad on Sharing and Sacrificing Single mothers make countless sacrifices. For me, one sacrifice really hit hard. Recently, I suggested that my daughter’s father and […]
June 10, 2020

Necessary Skills for New Drivers

Necessary Skills for New Drivers Put a brand new driver behind the wheel of a car and say to them, “Make a right turn here.” But […]
June 8, 2020

Magnesium and Depression

  Magnesium, a vital mineral, is associated with normalized blood pressure, strong bones, and regulatory heart palpitations. Recently, studies have shown there is also some connection between the consumption of […]
June 5, 2020

Genetics and Addiction

The Nature vs. Nurture Debate   Genetics, early life experiences and environmental factors all play a role in addiction.  “Roughly speaking, 50 percent of the contributors to […]
June 3, 2020

Fake Xanax

  Xanax. We’ve all heard about it. Some of us may have even joked about needing it to deal with the insurmountable stress in our daily lives. Despite this drug’s […]
June 1, 2020

Addiction and Eating Disorders

  A toxic and often secret partnership    At school and in the media, school-aged youth are bombarded with unhealthy, unrealistic messages about being thin, popular, attractive, […]