Archive for 2011
Book review: Alone Together
Friday, November 11th, 2011In her book, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less From Each Other (2011), Sherry Turkle, a technology and society specialist at MIT, addresses the question of whether we as humans will determine how to keep busy the cyber technology that automates our lives and disrupts, or acts as an impervious substitute for, genuine human interaction.
From social media to robots, Turkle observes that we are a society experimenting with a simulated, …
How teens rule their cyber world: House rules to live by
Thursday, October 6th, 2011Post 9/11 fear-based paradigm of the network culture
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011FBI ChildID app offers prarents preparedness without fear
Friday, August 5th, 2011SACRAMENTO — 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 …
How parents help students tame academic anxiety
Saturday, April 16th, 2011by 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 to do? …
Why kids cyberbully and what to do about it
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011Kim 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 like a sanctuary as …
Three ‘C’s for parents leading teens in recovery
Monday, January 3rd, 2011Barry 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 A DRUG OR ALCOHOL PROBLEM? …