by Joanna Jullien | Sep 25, 2018 | Boundaries, Cyber Safety, Faith, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parental control, Parenting, Social Media, Teenagers, Texting, Uncategorized, Wisdom
Last Sunday night I served on a cyber-safety panel at HUB Church that meets at Quail Glenn Elementary School in Roseville. My topic was “Keeping Tabs on Your Child’s Social Media,” which inspired me to write this feature below. *** Executive summary Parents and...
by Joanna Jullien | Aug 23, 2018 | Anxiety, Children's Health & Mental Health, Children's mental health, Faith, Family, Happiness, Parent-child relationship, Parental control, Social Media, Uncategorized
Now more than ever parents need to reassess how their children experience love in the home. Today’s youth are swimming in a sea of judgment. It is easy to believe things that are not true (i.e., I am not worthy of acceptance) and focus on things that don’t really...
by Joanna Jullien | Aug 21, 2018 | Children's Health & Mental Health, Discipline, Faith, Family, Happiness, Parent-child communication, Parental Authority, Parenting, Relationship, Uncategorized, Wisdom
Last Saturday I attended a seminar on Parenting and Soul Care at the Rock of Roseville facilitated by Dr. Ken Logan who specializes in neuropsychology, trauma, and relationship enhancement. Informed by his scientific inquiry, Logan offers a very practical view of soul...
by Joanna Jullien | Aug 13, 2018 | Family, Internet porn, Parent-child communication, Parenting, Sex and sexual exploitation, Sexting, Social Media, Uncategorized, Wisdom
Last week Anthony Harland, AMFT, MS, CADCI, with Sharper Future, spoke at the monthly meeting of Women’s Association for Addiction Treatment in Sacramento. His topic: Sex Offender Myths, Assessment and Treatment. In his practice, Harland specializes in working with...
by Joanna Jullien | Aug 8, 2018 | Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Cyber Safety, Faith, Internet porn, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Sex and sexual exploitation, Sexting, Social Media, Uncategorized
Executive summary: Children are exposed to shame-inspiring experiences about sex and sexuality at very early ages Shame emotion associated with sexual exploitation, whether witnessing or experiencing it, kills open communication essential to think correctly about it...
by Joanna Jullien | Jul 6, 2018 | Abuse & Violence, Bullying, Faith, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Social Media, Uncategorized, Wisdom
Last week on the CBS morning show there was a segment on “Uncivility” that featured anthropologist, Helen Fisher, a research fellow at the Kinsey Institute. She explained why we are experiencing so much uncivility which is disturbing everyone. To explain uncivility,...
by Joanna Jullien | Jul 2, 2018 | Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Family, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Prevention strategy, Relationship, Social Media, Teenagers, Uncategorized, Wisdom
Growing up with apps and devices introduces a level of chronic stress for youth and parents alike which can result in hostility. Communication is always a two-way street in that listening is involved. For parenting tech-savvy youth, it is easy to believe that we need...
by Joanna Jullien | Jun 27, 2018 | Bullying, Children's Health & Mental Health, Cyberbullying, Faith, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Sexting, Social Media, Substance abuse prevention, Suicide, Teenagers, Uncategorized, Wisdom
Executive summary Studies and personal experiences indicate that tech-savvy youth are more vulnerable to depression and suicidal ideation than pre-internet generations Parents and youth are dealing with strong barriers to the head-to-heart communication essential to...
by Joanna Jullien | Jun 7, 2018 | addiction, Anxiety, Children's Health & Mental Health, Depression, Discipline, Faith, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Prevention strategy, Recovery, Social Media, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Substance abuse prevention, Uncategorized, Wisdom, Youth Suicide
As a result of our network culture lifestyle, we are all more vulnerable to believing things that disturb the peace. Especially for youth, it is easy to believe things that are not true (such as “I am not worthy of love and acceptance,” and “all my parents care about...
by Joanna Jullien | Jun 4, 2018 | addiction, Anxiety, Children's Health & Mental Health, Cyber Safety, Discipline, Eating disorders, Faith, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parenting, Prevention strategy, Social Media, Substance abuse prevention, Teen Drinking, Teen drug addiction, Teen Drug Use, Teenagers, Uncategorized, Wisdom, Youth Suicide
This article features my remarks at the annual meeting of the Raising Placer/Coalition for Rocklin Youth, hosted at 180 Church in Rocklin, May 17, 2018. I am a founding member of Raising Placer, Coalition for Placer Youth and Coalition for Rocklin Youth, and currently...
