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

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

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 […]
January 14, 2016

Light through the Darkness

Minute with Mom By//Kimberly Cabral Over a year ago, I was sitting at my desk coming up with this past year’s editorial calendar.   When I […]
January 8, 2016

Bath Salts

Ivory Wave. White Lightning. Hurricane Charlie. Names of the hottest new bands your kids are listening to? Not by a long shot.   These are the […]
January 8, 2016

Parent Monitoring and Support Keep Kids Safer

When kids are singled out and bullied, it sets the stage for social isolation and feelings of worthlessness. With the digital age, bullying is no longer […]
January 8, 2016

This Way Out

It’s Saturday night and your teen is busy getting ready for a night out with friends. As you watch her do her makeup and hair, you […]