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Mar 10, 20236 min read

Teach Your Teen to Have a Growth Mindset: Why it Matters and Powerful Strategies that Work

It’s been said that when our kids have a growth mindset they view their failures as learning curves, obstacles in their path as...

Feb 16, 20233 min read

How to Teach Time Management Skills to Teens

While your teen may think it's fine to wait until the last possible second to complete her high school science lab or her math project,...

Sep 7, 20225 min read

8 Ways to Motivate Your Lazy Teen

Sleeping for hours on end, beyond the eight recommended hours, or refusing to get up off the couch to help around the house are almost...

Jul 19, 20225 min read

Summer Break with a Defiant Teen: 5 Tips for Parents

Summer vacation. This favorite time of the year for kids is often the most stressful time of the year for parents. Whether your child is...

Mar 31, 20224 min read

Teen Sports and Mental Health: 10 Mental Benefits of Sports

10 Scientifically Validated Mental Benefits of Sports Scientists have been exploring the link between exercise and mood for more than 100...

Jan 3, 20225 min read

THE TOP TEN BEST NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS FOR TEENAGERS

For many people, a new year feels full of hope and possibility, which is probably why so many of us feel the desire to improve ourselves...

Nov 8, 20214 min read

Talking to Your Child About Vaping

The leading myth of e-cigarettes is that they are safer than cigarettes. However, e-cigarettes present health risks including nicotine...

Oct 5, 20214 min read

Discussing Boundaries and Expectations with Your Teen

One of the most difficult parts of parenting is knowing how to set healthy boundaries and expectations with your teenager. Adolescence is...

Sep 16, 20215 min read

Stop Doing These 8 Things for Your Kids This School Year

Don’t judge me if you happen to see my kids eating packaged Ritz crackers for school lunch. Don’t judge me if they’re on the sidelines of...

Jul 21, 20214 min read

How To Motivate Students During Summer Break

For decades, we have romanticized the idea of children taking the summer off to enjoy warm weather, summer camps and family vacations....

Jul 8, 20214 min read

The Physical and Mental Health Benefits of Surfing

Could there be more to surfing than the smooth progress of wax over water? Mental health experts think so. There’s abundant evidence that...

Jun 29, 20213 min read

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

For teens, life is not a playground, it's a jungle. And, being the parent of a teenager isn't any walk in the park, either. In his book,...

Jun 8, 20213 min read

How Teens' Moods Affect Their Physical Health

Mood and physical symptoms often reinforce each other in a downward cycle. Key Points: Teenagers are often still learning to identify and...

May 18, 20213 min read

Warning Signs of Mental Challenges in Children

I have been dealing with mental illness since I was nine years old — well over half my life. With an initial diagnosis of OCD, the...

May 12, 20214 min read

Journal the Journey

I started writing on a daily basis a couple of a years ago at a cliff side coffee shop on top of the red rocks in Sedona. Same time, same...

May 11, 20215 min read

The Importance of Mental Health Awareness

Mental health awareness shouldn’t be dedicated to a specific month; it’s something that needs to be prioritized on a daily basis. That...

May 6, 20211 min read

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

The month of May is Mental Health Awareness month. It’s something very common, especially during the pandemic, and it’s also treatable....

Apr 28, 202110 min read

The Mental Health Benefits of Exercise

You already know that exercise is good for your body. But did you know it can also boost your mood, improve your sleep, and help you deal...

Apr 19, 20212 min read

Bullied To Death

The countless stories regarding bullied teens taking their own lives are too numerous to ignore. There is an undeniable link between...

Apr 19, 20213 min read

Majority Of US Teens Apprehensive About Returning To School In Fall 2021

Lack Confidence That Schools Are Prepared As schools reopen across the nation, a new poll shows that a majority of teens are apprehensive...