It can be hard to maintain the structure and daily routine for your teen over the summer. This blog offers tips to parents on how to maintain structure for their teen over the summer months.
Talking with Your Teen About Porn: Is Today’s Pornography Harmless? Part 2 of 4
Advanced brain imaging scans now show us that viewing pornography creates a neurochemical high in the brain that compares closest to the high of using Heroin. The pleasure centers of the brain are impacted, neurochemicals are firing (ie., norepinephrine, dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, vasopressin, testosterone, endogenous opiates), and connections are made that reinforce the desire to repeat the behavior.
How to Support Your Teen in Grief and Loss
Grief and loss make anyone feel helpless. For parents, watching their child grieve can be one of the most painful experiences. A few thoughts are offered on how to best support your teen when they experience grief and loss.
The Growing Parent: Too Busy to Be a Parent
“Why is there always so much chaos in my home? It’s always a battle to get my kids to do anything, and I’m constantly frustrated with them…”
Begin Increasing Your Willpower Today
Willpower helps us live consistent with our values and long-term goals, we are typically more content and happy. Learning to recognize your own signs when you are stressed is one of the most important steps in improving your willpower.
Talking with Your Teen About Porn: Is Today’s Porn Harmless? Part 1 of 4
Do I really need to talk to my son? It seems like viewing porn is pretty harmless and just a normal part of being male these days. Isn’t this just a phase most boys (or young people) go through?
How to Connect with Your Stepchild
Although building a new relationship with someone you care about can be an exciting and rewarding time, a step-parent’s experience can also feel painful and confusing.
How to Unlink our Sense of Self Worth from Social Media
So what should you do if you find that social media is negatively affecting you or someone you love? Here are some tips to help you unlink social media from your sense of self worth.
How To Talk to Your Child About Counseling
You’re worried about your child and think they might benefit from counseling. But how to do bring this up with them? What do you do if they are upset with you and don’t want to go? Find some crucial tips for how to walk through this here.
Is my worry normal or is it anxiety?
Anxiety is a prolonged form of stress that can be really detrimental when left untreated over time. Therapy has been shown to be extremely effective at treating anxiety and the accompanying symptoms. Reach out to a therapist to talk about how therapy could help your anxiety!