An article discussing the long term benefits of attending summer camps: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/nurturing-resilience/201202/summer-camps-make-kids-resilient
Read More »Teens and caffeine
March 01, 2013 | For parents of teenagers,For teens | Click on title to comment!
A discussion of the risks and abuses: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/02/24/health/teenagers-caffeine-dont-mix-doctors-say.html
Read More »Violence and video games
March 01, 2013 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
This researcher claims that the scientific community overstated the connection between violence and video games and exceeded the data or ignored conflicting data: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/amp/68/2/57/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23421606 At present, there’s no hard evidence linking fantasy violence to real-world violence. Here is some discussion on the perceived connection: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57571447-235/why-do-we-blame-games-for-real-world-violence/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57571895-235/this-just-in-parents-impact-kids-more-than-video-games-do/
Read More »On Depression
February 28, 2013 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
An article discussing the genetics, biology, and environmental factors: http://mom.me/parenting/health/6141-genetic-factors-depression-children/
Read More »The sidekick, the bully, and the downer
February 26, 2013 | metaphors to help facilitate communication | Click on title to comment!
Sometimes, in order to avoid acting on my emotions or reactions, I find that it helps to separate them from myself. I even imagine an emotion as a separate ‘person,’ giving me bad advice. How I see that person depends on the feeling. Anger reminds me of the sidekick to the bad guy in teen […]
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