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Recent Articles
Prepping Kids So They’re Ready To Thrive as Adults
By Susan Heitler, PhD.
Posted Nov. 11, 2017
Courtesy of Psychology Today
How can families prepare students for doing well when they finish college?
Reading today’s newspaper I found three depressing themes with regard to young adults. They feel burdened by huge debts from college loans. They can’t get jobs. They’ve had to move back in with their parents after finishing college. What can parents of teenagers do to prepare their kids for the challenges they will face finding work after their education years have ended?
Parenting is the art of preparing children to be adults. That is, the goal of parenting is […]
Can Music Be a Bad Influence on Kids & Teens?
By Amy Morin, Nov. 11, 2015
Courtesy of livestrong.com
Music has the potential to be a major influence in a child’s life. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the average child listens to more than 2 1/2 hours of music daily. Music does not necessarily pose problems for teenagers who live a balanced and healthy lifestyle, according to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The site does warn, however, that, “If a teenager is persistently preoccupied with music that has seriously destructive themes, and there are changes in behavior such as isolation, depression, alcohol […]