A new paper by Murdoch University suggests that teens experience similar feelings of happiness and lower levels of sadness, jealousy and worry when with friends on social media and other online forums as they do when they are actually in the company of their friends than with their families http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-03/online-friends-equally-potent-teenagers-murdoch-university-study/7380810
Read More »Teens and social media
May 03, 2016 | For parents of teenagers,For teens | Click on title to comment!
Teens and internet addictions
May 03, 2016 | For parents of teenagers,For teens | Click on title to comment!
A new survey from Common Sense Media found that: Half of teens and over one-quarter of parents feel they’re addicted to their mobile devices. At least a few times a week, more than three-quarters of parents and 41 percent of teens feel the other gets distracted by a device and doesn’t pay attention when they’re […]
Read More »CDC Recommends Behavior Therapy as First Line of Treatment for Young Children with ADHD
May 03, 2016 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
http://www.chadd.org/Understanding-ADHD/About-ADHD/ADHD-Weekly-Archive/Newsletter-Article.aspx?id=52#sthash.OnaQjIjy.dpuf
Read More »Screen time
May 02, 2016 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
An app that allows parents to control their kids’ screen devices: https://www.kidtrol.com/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_content=Emotional+Appeal&utm_campaign=Facebook+Ad+2
Read More »Young Adult life skills
April 30, 2016 | For parents of teenagers,For teens | Click on title to comment!
Some tips from a dean from Stanford on essential life skills for 18-year-olds: http://qz.com/644491/a-stanford-dean-on-adult-skills-every-18-year-old-should-have/
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