Archive for the 'Teen drug addiction' Category
Friday, September 16th, 2016
Children receive a lot of input about what it will take to succeed and be happy. How can we communicate the truth that will help them realize their own potential?
Posted in addiction, Anxiety, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children's Health & Mental Health, Cyber Safety, Faith, Family, Happiness, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parental control, Parenting, Relationship, Social Media, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Substance abuse prevention, Teen Drinking, Teen drug addiction, Teen Drug Use, Texting, Wisdom | Comments Off on On what it means to succeed and be happy
Saturday, March 19th, 2016
Daily offers compelling insight about the neuro development of the reward systems of the adolescent brain, the shame experiences of childhood, and the nature of addiction as an illness that can be successfully treated when we focus on the illness, which he posits is not about the drug. “Addiction is an illness resulting from affect dysregulation,” he said. “It is a pathological relationship to intoxication. So it does not matter which drug is involved.”
Posted in addiction, Anxiety, Bullying, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children's Health & Mental Health, Cyber Safety, Faith, Happiness, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parental control, Social Media, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Substance abuse prevention, Teen drug addiction, Teen Drug Use, Teenagers, Wisdom | Comments Off on Teen addiction to heroin and marijuana is one treatable disease
Saturday, December 5th, 2015
Bob Holmes is a one-man volley ball team who travels the country engaging teens to think radically differently about their value and their future in the face of enormous bullying pressure in their social networks to believe they are small and insignificant.
Posted in addiction, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children's Health & Mental Health, Children's mental health, Cyber Safety, Faith, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, My two cents, Parental control, Parenting, Social Media, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Substance abuse prevention, Teen drug addiction, Texting, Wisdom, Youth Suicide | Comments Off on One-man volleyball team shows teens how to respond to the bully
Monday, September 28th, 2015
Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. According to Jason Ramos, spokesperson for the Sacramento Sheriff's Department, studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. "Many people do not know how to properly dispose of their unused medicine, often flushing them down the toilet or throwing them away – both potential safety and health hazards," he said.
Posted in My two cents, Parental control, Parenting, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Teen drug addiction, Teen Drug Use, Wisdom | Comments Off on Making home safe for tiny tots and teens: Drug take back day
Friday, September 11th, 2015
Historically the teen and young adult years are perceived as times of separation from parents, but I am advocating for deeper bonding in a hyper-connected world. I will be teaching a 2-part workshop on Fearless Communication with Your Teen and Young Adult in Roseville at Recovery Happens, on 3017 Douglas Blvd., 3rd Floor, on September 21, 6:00-7:30pm and September 28, 6:00-7:30 pm.
A mother of two grown sons, I left a career in technology …
Posted in Anxiety, Children's Health & Mental Health, Children's mental health, Faith, Internet Safety, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parental control, Parenting, Privacy, Social Media, Substance abuse prevention, Teen drug addiction, Teenagers, Texting, Wisdom | Comments Off on Workshop to become the trusted resource for teens and young adults
Thursday, June 12th, 2014
In an article via Mamapedia, a blogger mom, Jenny Ball, expresses her simmering rage in an open letter to an Amway lady who deeply offended her teenage son while he concluded a shift at his supermarket job. The lady was a customer and as he finished bagging her groceries, she made a comment about his acne and then suggested she had a product that would take care of it and left him her card.
Personally I recognized this mama bear that surfaced in this blog post. That mama bear lives in me too; and as a mom reformed I routinely redirect that mama bear to her cage. And so I could also appreciate the considerable restraint this angry mom demonstrated not to publish the woman’s contact information as she delivered a diatribe that ascribed misguided and exploitive motives on the part of the Amway lady in question. This mother heart knew intimately how painful that Amway exchange was for her son, which according to her was a kick in the gut to someone who already knew he had an acne problem and was working on it.
Posted in addiction, Boundaries, Children's mental health, Discipline, Education, Faith, Family, Family Business Quarterly, God's love, Happiness, Honesty, Internet Safety, Parent-child relationship, Parental Authority, Parental control, Parenting, Relationship, Social Media, Substance abuse prevention, Teen drug addiction, Teen Drug Use, Teenagers, The Law | Comments Off on Balancing emotion and reason: Taming the mama and papa bear
Thursday, June 12th, 2014
Experiences like the trauma of being physically assaulted, abandoned and betrayed, as well as stimulants like drugs, alcohol, cyber technology, sex and graphic sexual images, and gambling can literally re-wire the brain to become dependent upon external sources to “feel good” or seek a sense of normal in response to painful emotion aroused in the realm of heart and mind. The net result (no pun intended) is that you can believe that there is no normal without the external stimulation – and hence there is no peace. In this state of addiction, the ability to self sooth, your personal power, is disabled.
Posted in addiction, Anxiety, Boundaries, Children's mental health, Faith, Family, Happiness, Honesty, Internet addiction, Parental Authority, Parenting, Teen drug addiction, Teenagers | Comments Off on Twelve steps for the cyber-powered family: Reclaiming peace
Sunday, March 2nd, 2014
So let us be clear. Worrying is not the same thing as caring because it is the product of fear, not love. And worry is in my opinion the most toxic temptation of the modern parent given the truly perilous network culture that encompasses the modern childhood.
Posted in Anxiety, Boundaries, Bullying, Cyberbullying, Discipline, Faith, Family, Family Business Quarterly, God's love, Happiness, Motivation, Parent-child relationship, Parental Authority, Parental control, Parenting, Parenting adult children, Privacy, Relationship, Social Media, Substance abuse prevention, Teen drug addiction, Teenagers, Texting, Youth Suicide, Youth violence | Comments Off on Worrying and caring: Why they are not the same thing
Sunday, December 1st, 2013
...A recent report from the UK sites ads for electronic cigarettes targeting teens in social media are attempting to convince them that e-cigarettes are safe and the way to be cool, like celebrities. And while electronic delivery of nicotine might be a safer alternative than tobacco for smokers, the profit incentive knows no boundaries as this “safety message” is delivered to our youth.
This is how a kernel of truth is twisted into a lie...
Posted in Anxiety, Banana Moments Monthly Round Up, Boundaries, Children's mental health, Discipline, Faith, Family, Hooka, Parental Authority, Parenting, Social Media, Substance abuse prevention, Teen drug addiction, Teen Drug Use, Teenagers, Texting | Comments Off on Commercialism in the social network has no boundaries
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
...Whether your child has suffered trauma from bullying, being exploited sexually, failed relationships due to cyber-powered gossip and betrayal, or suffers from addiction to drugs, porn or devices and apps including video gamming, our challenge as parents is to respond to the human condition with a heart at peace so that your child can believe you are a trustworthy resource for prevention and recovery support. Parents who criticize others outted for risky choices and conduct (such as sexting or drug abuse), for example, send strong signals to your own child that is is not safe to talk about what is happening in their world on and off line without fear of retribution; and then it is not possible to impart wisdom. It is not possible to provide the prevention and recovery support kids need from parents for all the experiences in their life that make up critical decision points impacting their personal security. So I have come to appreciate the following clarification for the modern parent when it comes to understanding our role in prevention and recovery for all of the risks life presents our children:
Prevention and recovery are the arms of God’s love. It is a big bear hug that wraps our compassion around the person who is our child; it is our passion for our child to be free from the bondage of any relationship that keeps them aimed far away from the heart of a healthy relationship with God and family.
The big question for the modern parent is: what do you believe about the human condition? Really, how do you perceive sin? Is it a judgy thing that does not apply to you and your child? Do you believe that your sincere parenting will guarantee your child will be safe from the pitfalls? How do you understand the mighty, cyber-powered pressures of the world that intensify bullying, addiction and exploitation?
Posted in Anxiety, Boundaries, Bullying, Children's mental health, Drug Abuse and Youth, Faith, Family, Family Business Quarterly, God's love, Internet Social Networks, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parental Authority, Parenting, Relationship, Social Media, Substance abuse prevention, Teen Drinking, Teen drug addiction, Teen Drug Use, Teenagers, Texting, Youth Suicide | Comments Off on How to help kids prevent and recover from risks involving drugs, sex and bullying