This is one of those things that has to be passed on to others. It’s just too important to ignore. It comes from the Changing the Game Project, an organization created to essentially redeem youth sports, putting the “play” back into games and letting the games be about the kids. . . not the parents,…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on HealthDay. U.S. teens seem to be losing interest in smoking cigarettes and cigars, a new federal report finds. The same can’t be said of e-cigarettes. Fewer students reported trying cigarettes or cigars between 2012 and 2014, the new research showed. The report was a joint…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on HealthDay. For teenagers with lingering symptoms after a concussion, treatment that focuses on the “whole person” may speed their recovery, a new, small study suggests. The researchers tested the effects of so-called “collaborative care” for teens with persistent problems following a concussion. That meant…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on News Medical. A study led by researchers from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Pitt Department of Psychology has identified a possible link between childhood sleep habits and adolescent substance abuse. The study, published today in the journal Drug and Alcohol…
We’ve all been there. We all have encountered struggles that felt bigger than us. And we all develop our own ways of managing emotional pain, shame, and regret. When faced with difficult circumstances, it is very normal to look for ways to cope. Over the years, parents have verbalized their uncertainty with how best to…
New stuff means new words. The folks at the Oxford Dictionary release a list of new dictionary entries (as well as those that have been eliminated) every year. Recently. . . and not surprisingly. . . a host of new terms they’ve included are related to the assimilation of new technologies into our lives. Sadly, as…
A Facebook post I spotted this morning got me thinking. A youth worker was asking his ministry peers for ideas on what he could address during this week’s annual meeting with parents. What caught my attention was his use of the word annual. That word, when combined with parent meeting, once got me in big trouble. The……
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on PsychCentral. New research finds that college students report the psychological impact of childhood bullying is on the same level as severe physical or sexual abuse. The study of 480 college freshmen through seniors, indicated that the detrimental effects of bullying may linger for years….
Words That Build Not long ago, my husband and I were asked to share with a group of parents what we would do again in regards to raising our kids. We began asking ourselves if we had to go all the way back to the beginning (20 years ago) and start over, what would we choose…
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