SACRAMENTO — The FBI just released a free mobile phone app that enables parents to provide the authorities with immediate identity information including current images in the event a child is lost or kid knapped.
Special Agent Steve Dupre of the Sacramento FBI office encourages parents to consider this child identity application as a tool that will act as insurance, but does not signal a rise in the threat of child abduction.
“In the unlikely…
by Alice Rush, M.A., MCC — Owner and Founder of CareerU® Counseling Center
This article is for kids who are stressed out in high school, don’t know how they’re going to make it; parents who are not sure how they are going to afford the new “6 years” of private college tuition or UC System tuition for a Bachelor’s Degree; the high achiever kids that surprisingly ‘don’t get in’ and are wondering what…
Kim Fredrickson is a marriage and family therapist in Roseville, California. She specializes in helping parents connect with their children in meaningful ways, to promote a home that is more…
Barry Lessin is a psychologist specializing in adolescent addiction and ADHD. Through his practice in Ft. Washington, PA, he has observed the challenges parents face in supporting teens in recovery from addiction. He offers insights for parents to take charge of family life and guide your teen into recovery.
Barry Lessin, M.Ed., CACD
Licensed Psychologist
Certified Addictions Counselor Diplomate
Mr. Lessin’s Topic:
HOW DO I KNOW IF MY CHILD HAS…
In the network culture, trust is fast becoming a “currency” as the sting of harassment, fraud and deception impact lives in profound ways. The typical headlines are cyberbullying and pedophile seduction of children.
And then there are bad actors after your money, as illustrated by the FBI news yesterday about Operation Broken Trust.
The FBI Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force announced the largest investment fraud sweep in the United States concluded with 231…
Recent statistics released by the Center for Disease Control bring encouraging news that there has been a decline in the fatality rate of teens aged 17-18 in automobile accidents from 2004-2008.
This report also indicates that the decline in teen fatalities is more than likely a factor of economic pressure to conserve spending, and so teens are not driving as much and/or are delaying obtaining their driver’s licenses.
Other reasons credited for the…
As children access Internet powered applications and tools, including social media (Facebook and MySpace) as well as popular search engines like Google and Yahoo, they can feel like they have everything they need to know.
The children of the Web are conditioned to ignore adults as credible sources of information and at the very best the voices of parents become “noise” to children. Taking charge of family life in this network culture…
Joanna (jullien@surewest.net) and her husband have raised two sons in Roseville, CA. She has a degree from U.C. Berkeley in Social Anthropology (corporate culture). Her honors thesis was awarded the Kroeber Prize and funding from National Science Foundation grant. Joanna writes to help parents with the modern-day leadership challenges of raising children. She is a contributing writer for The Granite Bay View, the Press Tribune, the Sacramento Examiner, and editor of Banana Moments.
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