by suescheff | Nov 22, 2024 | Parenting Teens
Have you noticed your teen becoming more withdrawn? Isolating themselves to their bedrooms or shutting down from family functions? A growing body of research shows that young people are more likely to feel lonely than older adults. Loneliness is hard especially for...
by suescheff | Oct 22, 2024 | Digital Parenting
As a parent, you have every right to be concerned about your teen’s online activity. Not everyone on the Internet has good intentions, and teenagers are usually the ones who fall for the traps of such individuals. Currently, there are 750,000 registered sex...
by suescheff | Oct 1, 2024 | Digital Parenting
Parents today have no shortage of things to worry about when it comes to the online world in which their kids are growing up. From online predators, to scam artists and explicit pages, the web houses many threats to today’s youth. The effects screen time has become a...
by suescheff | Sep 1, 2024 | Parenting
Generations ago, most of us remember our parents sending us outside to play with our neighborhood friends, riding our bikes, building forts and not coming back until dinner time. Many may remember family supper when everyone sat around the dinner table and...
by suescheff | Aug 2, 2024 | Online reputation
Today most young people are attached to their devices, which has become extremely concerning to parents. More worrisome is what is happening to teenage mental health from the rise of the overuse of screens. Years ago, raising our children never included teaching them...
by suescheff | Jul 8, 2024 | Parenting Teens
Is your teen considering a summer job? What are the benefits of summer employment? If your teenager is old enough to apply for employment, it’s time to encourage to get a summer job. There are many benefits to part-time summer work, and you may discover most teens...
by suescheff | Jun 9, 2024 | Parenting tips
There is nothing new about teenagers staying up late; we all did it. However, it seems our generation didn’t have the same stress, anxiety, and mental health crisis that we are facing today. Teen depression, self-harm, and suicide ideation have continued to be a major...
by suescheff | May 16, 2024 | Cyberbullying
What are the effects of cyberbullying on teenage mental health? Research shares that nearly half of teens (46 percent) say they are now online constantly — which means they are more at risk for cyber-victimization. Unlike bullying in person which can be contained to...
by suescheff | Apr 19, 2024 | Parenting Teens
Are you struggling with a defiant teenager, especially if you attempt to remove their devices? Has teen disrespect for you and your home become normal and you feel like a punching bag? Punishing a child is much different than a teenager. How do you punish a teenager;...
by suescheff | Mar 27, 2024 | Digital Parenting
Teenagers and smartphones are part of today’s generation that adults need to accept, but it doesn’t mean we don’t stop being parents. We must take steps to learn how to help our children manage these devices that seem to be causing a shift in young...
