Author Archives

  • Sportsmanship

      Sportsmanship Robert Seith | CWK Network         “ You need to be proactive about it. And when that behavior does happen, I think you need to act pretty quickly. You can’t let it go and come back to it.” – Psychologist Rick VanHaveren, explaining that coaches and parents need to discipline […]

  • Teen Magazines

      Teen Magazines Karen Savage | CWK Network         “ Things like sex and drugs and smoking. I can come to my parents about that stuff, and I don’t need to read it from a magazine.” – Sloane, 12 –   Related Information What Parents Need To Know Resources “I like to […]

  • Teens & Steroids

      Teens & Steroids Robert Seith | CWK Network         “We’ve been through sheer hell. It has been as though our hearts had been torn out of our chests.” – Don Hooton, whose son Tayor committed suicide while suffering from depression that was the result of steroid withdrawal. –   Related Information […]

  • Online Physical Education

      Online Physical Education Marc Straus | CWK Network         “Online learning is not for every student.Self-motivation has a lot to do with being successful in an online classroom..” – Carol Call, online physical education teacher –   Related Information What Parents Need To Know Resources Running, cycling, weight training, even horseback […]

  • Self-Segregation

      Self-Segregation Robert Seith | CWK Network         “A child may assume that ‘my parents won’t think that this is an okay thing to do,’ to invite a Hispanic child home or to invite an African American child home. But if the parents create that kind of environment at home where, yes, […]

  • Gangs

      Gangs Robert Seith | CWK Network         “It’s all pretty much you want some kind of acceptance.” – ‘Luis,’ who joined a gang at the age of 16 –   Related Information What Parents Need To Know Resources He doesn’t want us to show his face or use his name because […]

  • Insomnia

      Insomnia Marc Straus | CWK Network       “If you don’t have a regular bedtime and a regular schedule that you adhere to, it predisposes you to having bouts of insomnia.” – Dr. Jeffrey Durmer, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta –   Related Information What Parents Need To Know Resources For Ashton Smither, last […]

  • What is HPV?

      What is HPV? Yvette J. Brown | CWK Network       “We’re very concerned about STD rates, especially among young people.” – Leola Reis, Planned Parenthood –   Related Information What Parents Need To Know Resources According to recent national surveys, an estimated 50 percent of all high school students say they have […]