This article discusses the impact of prolonged screen exposure on kids’ eyesight: http://www.healthline.com/health-news/screen-time-hurts-more-than-kids-eyes-101215#4
Read More »Teens and alcohol
October 13, 2015 | For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
A new study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs suggests that being allowed to drink at home at an earlier age interacts with family structure in terms of its tendency to correlate with later drinking problems. The study found that “Teens living with both biological parents who were allowed to drink at […]
Read More »On video games
October 13, 2015 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers,For teens | Click on title to comment!
The current issue of Psychology of Popular Media Culture explores the effects of playing video games from numerous perspectives: http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=browsePA.volumes&jcode=ppm
Read More »Teens and texting
October 13, 2015 | For parents of teenagers,For teens | Click on title to comment!
A new study out of the the psychology department at Delaware County Community College in Media, Pa explores compulsive texting, which can interfere with sleep and academic performance: http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2015/10/compulsive-texting-girls.aspx http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/12/compulsive-texting-takes-toll-on-teenagers/?_r=0
Read More »Divorced parents and dating
October 09, 2015 | For divorced parents | Click on title to comment!
This article offers some advice to divorced parents on how to consider and handle when they start dating new people: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/antonio-borrello-phd/to-date-or-not-to-date-for-divorced-parents-the-struggle-is-real_b_8265188.html
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