Steps to redirect your child’s thinking habits to inspire confidence

by Joanna Jullien | Jan 8, 2019 | Anxiety, Boundaries, Bullying, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children's Health & Mental Health, Children's mental health, Cyber Safety, Cyberbullying, Education, Faith, Family, Happiness, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parenting, Social Media, Suicide, Teenagers, Texting, Wisdom, Youth Suicide

One significant challenge for youth today is that they are born into a cyber-powered world that hypes negative reasoning. This is an intense environment which when unchecked can shape a personal view of the world; that it is never going to “feel safe.”  And this world...

Why my new smartphone made me anxious and still I am hopeful

by Joanna Jullien | Jan 2, 2019 | Faith, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Texting, Wisdom

Last Sunday my youngest son and his wife (who are millennials) helped me select a new smartphone to bring in the new year. Admittedly, I am conditioned differently for trust in that I would prefer not to have every data point about me connected to one mega cyber-tech...

Signs your smartphone is controlling you and your family

by Joanna Jullien | Dec 21, 2018 | Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children's mental health, Education, Family, Internet addiction, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parental Authority, Parenting, Social Media, Texting, Wisdom

As an educator and coach on parenting and family life, I have studied how the pedophiles and commercial interests engage tech-savvy youth so they can exploit them. To that end, I teach caring adults how to engage youth to empower them and impart wisdom. In this...

How to manage age-appropriate use of screen time: Cyber rites of passage

by Joanna Jullien | Dec 11, 2018 | Boundaries, Children's Health & Mental Health, Discipline, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child relationship, Parental Authority, Parenting, Wisdom

The advent of the internet and smart devices in daily life has advanced so quickly that our parenting culture has not had a chance to anticipate how naturally children adapt to and master every innovation. Studies are underway to measure and record the impact on...

A parent’s secret weapon against online threats

by Joanna Jullien | Dec 7, 2018 | addiction, Anxiety, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children's Health & Mental Health, Faith, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parenting, Relationship, Sexting, Social Media, Substance abuse prevention, Suicide, Teen drug addiction, Uncategorized, Wisdom

Key points: When parents criticize, judge and condemn other people’s children and their parents for things that disturb the peace (depression and anxiety/sexting/drug use/crime/bullying), the signal sent to youth is that it is not safe to talk about anything happening...