November 2014

Connect with Kids : Weekly News Stories : “Mental Health Stigma” Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 “The child is labeled bad. The child is labeled slow. The child is labeled outside the circle.” – Cynthia Wainscott, National Mental Health Association According to a new survey from the National Institute on Mental Health, only about half of […]

Connect with Kids : Weekly News Stories : “Fewer Kids Smoking” Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 “Maybe because their friends are telling them not to smoke. Maybe its peer pressure in a good way.” – Caroline, 17 years old A new government survey finds that more kids are smoking marijuana, abusing prescription drugs and using smokeless […]

Connect with Kids : Weekly News Stories : “Reading Comprehension” Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 “The teacher called me for a conference and she told me that Derrick might be put behind if he didn’t get to the grade level he should be.” – Marna Collins, Derek’s Mother If your child has trouble reading, this finding […]

Connect with Kids : Weekly News Stories : “End of Make-Believe” Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 “I think they need to use their own imagination. They need to be able to figure things out instead of just clicking a switch and having all the pieces put in front of them.” – MaryBeth Gibson, mother With video […]

The Internet Generation Family Viewing Guide

“I think other parents should quit being scared and just to talk to their kids about sex, stop trying to sugarcoat everything, trying to make everything look pretty, just talk to your kid, because if you don’t talk to them they are going to get lost.”