Posts by author: Sara Haley
Every parent wants to have the teenage years go by smoothly and without a glitch. They envision the episodes of “Full House” where the children sit and talk openly to their parents about their problems and concerns, and visualize this loving bond between them and their teenager. But then there is reality–a teenager that is [...]
When you think of your teenagers and what they enjoy doing, the top three activities out of your mouth might be: video games, watching TV, and sleeping. So when you’re trying to plan a family vacation getaway, the last thing you see in your vacation plans is…well…video games, watching TV, and sleeping! Trying to plan [...]
Space monkey. California choke. Cloud nine. Purple Hazing. Scarf Game. Airplaning. These are all common names used for one game in particular that has drawn a lot of negative attention: the “Choking Game.” This game has received an insane amount of media recognition recently because of the increase in deaths and hospitalizations from this particular [...]
You hear more and more stories on the news about teenagers using everyday household items to get high. The statistics are staggering, and even pharmacy and department stores now need to put common cold and flu medications behind the counter to keep teenagers from purchasing them to use for inexpensive highs. There are a number [...]
You may very well remember bullies from the playgrounds–they would use unwarranted verbal and/or physical attacks on other students. But these days, there’s a new kind of bullying–cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is the “new bullying.” Since this generation of children are much more in-tuned with technology when it comes to communicating, it makes perfect sense that bullies [...]
As your teenager enters high school, the possibilities are endless–they have their life ahead of them, they’re preparing for college, and they are faced with a number of clubs and activities that may very well pique their interest. In addition, many college scholarship applications fare better with a few extracurricular activities and volunteer work. But [...]