“Karate is kind of that one thing that my mom and I can both talk about together.” – Brian, 12-years-old Summer time or anytime, it’s important for parents to spend quality time with their kids… and sometimes challenging. Some families are taking classes together and building bonds in a whole new setting. 12-year-old Brian takes […]
“You see it everywhere, you see it on the websites, all of these paper mills – places where you can buy papers, [there are] a variety of ways you can cheat, huge variety of ways. [And many teens think] ‘Well, if it’s so widespread, how could it be so wrong?‘” – Hal Thorsrud, Ph.D, assistant […]
“All of a sudden they all started picking on me, saying I had a quote ‘disease’ unquote. I was lonely, I felt lonely. I felt like I had just been outcast.” – Stanzi, 13 years old By definition, cliques are exclusionary. There is always someone on the outside wishing they were “in.” Research shows that […]
“Talking about it will not make it happen. It’ll allow you to have a conversation with your child and hopefully gauge- is this a passing fantasy about getting out of something that’s mildly uncomfortable, but that they’re not seriously contemplating or is this some kind of expression of real misery on their part, and that […]
“The size of the plate actually has something to do with the perception of how much food you’re going to intake – so the larger the plate, the more food that’s put on it, and the more you want to tend to eat.” – Dr. Lonny Horowitz We’re all aware of the obesity epidemic sweeping […]
“Is she going to be okay? Are they really going to keep an eye on her?” – Kimberly, Mother For some families, putting kids on a plane without a parent along is part of the travel plan. Most airlines charge between $75 to $100 each way to escort a child flying solo. What can parents […]
“It’s kind of like [parents] open the door as soon as you get to the party, and they have a bowl to the side where they take your keys before you even start drinking.” – Cameron, Age 19 Earlier this summer, two Harvard Medical School professors were arrested because teenagers were found drinking at their […]
“Once someone has an impression of you, it’s hard to change that. So I’ve had lots of kids tell me that after the first week of school, they felt like nothing they could do changed the way the teacher looked at them.” – Nancy McGarrah, Ph.D., Psychologist In the halls of almost any school, on […]
“If you get your high school diploma, you’re going to be better off. If you get some college, you’re going to be better off. If you get a bachelors degree, you’re going to be better off.” – Martin Segura, Education Counselor For some students, earning a GED seemed like the next best thing to a […]
“There is a tremendous amount of medicines out there that are readily available in the bathrooms, in the cabinets at home as well as on the black market.” – Steven Jaffe, M.D., adolescent psychiatrist According to a recent report from the CDC, for the first time the abuse of painkillers and other medication is sending […]
