Parenting Advice

Preventing Teen or Young Adult Drug Use

Talking with teens or young adults can be challenging for any parent. Having meaningful, ongoing conversations about drugs and alcohol…

5 years ago

Vaping-Related Illnesses and Deaths: What is Known

A NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) blog: In 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) established a rule…

5 years ago

Can Teen Addiction be Predicted?

Who gets addicted and who doesn’t?  Teen addiction is fact of life for 15% of high schoolers, and it’s important…

5 years ago

How to Talk to Your Kids about Gambling

Teach, Model, Listen Let them know gambling isn’t a way to make easy money. “Professional poker player” is about as…

5 years ago

Workshops for Youth and Families This Summer

Workshops for Youth and Families is a program of notMYkid, a nonprofit organization. The Workshops program offers preventive educational programs…

5 years ago

Talking to Children About Alcohol: Are Dads the Overlooked?

Conversations between parents and their children play a role in determining a child’s alcohol use. In fact, previous research shows…

6 years ago

Suicide and the Media

Anthony Bourdain. Kate Spade.  Chester Bennington. Chris Cornell. Robin Williams. Collectively, we gasped. Knitted our eyebrows in confusion. Shook our…

6 years ago