There are just a few months left until school is out for the summer. As winter slowly fades away and transitions into spring, the warmth is reminiscent of the summer months to come. It is not uncommon for the change in weather to make adolescents and teens anxious for their summer vacation from school. As…
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In January 2018, the Centers for Disease Control released a report on the rates of sexual activity in high school students around the country. Twenty-nine states were included in the nationally representative survey. Overall, the survey found, the “proportion of high school students nationwide who had ever had sexual intercourse decreased significantly during 2005-2015.” The…
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Just as the country is settling down from learning about the Tide Pod Challenge in which teens across the country started consuming laundry detergent, a new troubling challenge has risen. Teens and kids are running away from home for the Scandinavian minimalism of Ikea warehouses. For now, the challenge has been isolated to the UK.…
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Convenient stores started carrying questionable beverages a few years ago which raised alarm in treatment centers around the country. Clients who were recovering from opioid addiction started acting like they were on opioids again though their urinalysis tests were negative. Behaviors changed. Personalities changed. Drinks that had the substance “kratom” in them seemed to be…
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The 2017-2018 flu season has claimed the lives of dozens of individuals across the country this year, with some counties having extremely high cases of the flu, and deaths due to the flu. News headlines from across the country cry that this is the worst flu season in decades and that parents of children need…
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The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) released a warning letter against energy drink consumption in children and teens through a published statement in the journal Current Sports Medicine Reports. Children and teenagers are still relatively small in body size and their metabolism is especially high, which makes consuming energy drinks especially dangerous for them.…
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A strange phenomenon swept the country in early 2018 as teenagers from coast to coast started consuming Tide laundry detergent pods as part of a viral trend called the “Tide Pod Challenge”. Parents, professionals, and commentators alike were stunned by the trend. For kids to become so willing to interact with laundry-related activities and products,…
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Step eleven of the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous reads, “Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.” Alcoholics Anonymous, also called “The Big Book” writes, “Step Eleven suggests prayer and…
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Parents who spend too much time on their phone ignore their children. Moreover, their children feel ignored, research has revealed, and feel they have to fight for their parents’ attention. Simultaneously, parents and children feel the other spends too much time on their phones. Meanwhile, ongoing interactions with digital devices cause changes in the brain…
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Many articles and topics of research focus on the effect that technology addiction has on children. Likewise, there is a vast amount of information on how technology affects teenagers, young adults, grown ups, and romantic relationships. The Macquarie Dictionary coined the term “phubbing” to describe a growing phenomenon in romantic partnerships where one partner chooses…
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