Are your kids online? It can be overwhelming at times keeping up with the latest social media platforms and making sure that everything they are posting is putting them forward in the best light….
Category: Youth
You may have seen the recent news stories about teens being hospitalized due to complications from vaping. Here’s why you have to care about this! The truth is, even if you haven’t seen them or their…
Mental health struggles are increasing among our teens. There are a lot of reasons for this. Higher rates of mood, attention and behavior disorders start many kids off behind the eight ball. The mental…
Life is busy. For parents, it seems that much busier. Keeping track of our schedules, our kids schedules and keeping in touch with friends and family – not to mention actual work-we-get-paid-for – can…
I want my grandchild to become a big problem solver for anyone who will pay her extremely well. My only requirement is that what she does must be ethical and legal. How do I…
Yikes, my kid saw pornography, what do I do?!?! First of all, don’t panic. Every week someone writes in to ask, “my child saw pornography, what do I do?” From four years old to…
The last few weeks I shared with you the first few episode of my new Today Show parenting web series. In case you missed it, here is the first one about mental health struggles, and the second episode, on…
Last week I shared with you the first episode of my new Today Show parenting web series. In case you missed it, here it is. Each episode I’ll be addressing a big issue, and how…
It’s been a tough few weeks for many of us in the US. After years of answering reporters’ questions on talking to kids about scary topics, I was confronted with the reality of telling…
Are you ready for back to school? Some of your kids may have headed back this week while others are heading back any day now. I get it, it can be a stressful time…