The Institute for Relationship Intelligence reaches thousands of teens each year in urban & suburban areas of NJ/PA and other states with messages of healthy relationships, self-leadership and service to others.
In the last decade, I.R.I. has reached more than 130,000 youth, helping them to focus on achieving their future dreams and avoiding the traps that could endanger their lives and goals!
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Recent Articles
When teens make terrible decisions: A guide for parents
By James McCue, Edith Cowan University
From getting beyond drunk at a friend’s party, to some seriously questionable outfit choices, teenagers often do things that seem outlandishly stupid.
But there is a biological reason for this behaviour: the areas of the brain that control decision-making don’t fully develop until early adulthood.
A teen’s developing brain places them at greater risk of being reactive in their decision-making, and less able to consider the consequences of their choices.
So how can parents help their teenagers learn and apply good decision-making skills?
The difference between ‘know’ and ‘do’
Most children demonstrate an understanding of “right” and “wrong” behaviour from […]
Social Hygiene: Screening for Social Media Addiction in Adolescent Patients
Ariana Marini
May 21, 2018
You don’t have to look far to see that today’s adolescents love their phones and the social media accounts that go with them. They’re sharing selfies on Instagram, using Snapchat to show what they’re doing right this minute, communicating with their friends on Facebook, tweeting their daily musings, and much more.
Sharing Starts Early
By age 12, 50% of children have social media accounts. The average teenager uses social media for 71 minutes each day; female teens, who report the highest engagement, average 142 minute per day.
“Social media usage resembles a normalized addictive behavior, proportional to overall screen media […]