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...
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...
by Joanna Jullien | Nov 28, 2018 | Anxiety, Boundaries, Children's Health & Mental Health, Discipline, Family, Parent-child relationship, Parental Authority, Parental control, Parenting, Spanking, Uncategorized, Wisdom
In a recent article Washington Post columnist, Claire Gillespie, questions the modern wisdom of giving unruly children “time-outs” as the best method to instill discipline. A mom of two older children and expecting a third soon, she says she never used time-outs and...
by Joanna Jullien | Nov 21, 2018 | addiction, Children's Health & Mental Health, Children's mental health, Faith, Family, Parenting, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Substance abuse prevention, Teen drug addiction, Teen Drug Use, Uncategorized, Wisdom
As someone who has a passion for establishing open communication about the adult issues impacting the lives of youth and families, I want to share a community’s hopeful response to the opioid epidemic which has touched every family and community in some way. Last...
by Joanna Jullien | Nov 19, 2018 | Children's Health & Mental Health, Education, Faith, Family, Motivation, Parent-child communication, Parenting, Trauma-informed parenting, Uncategorized
This fall I attended a regional event on parenting children suffering from trauma, hosted by Defending the Cause, a non-profit dedicated to helping people of faith communities connect with local resources to help youth by strengthening families. One of the resources I...
by Joanna Jullien | Nov 9, 2018 | Abuse & Violence, Anxiety, Boundaries, Children's Health & Mental Health, Faith, Family, God's love, Parental Authority, Parenting, Prevention strategy, Relationship, Social Media, Uncategorized, Wisdom
Our Core Connectivity guest blogger, Dr. Susan G. Weinberger, founder of the Mentor Consulting Group in Norwalk, CT, is a dear friend and colleague. Over the past 12 years we have shared a passion to respond to the issues of modern youth by educating one another...
by Joanna Jullien | Nov 7, 2018 | addiction, Anxiety, Children's Health & Mental Health, Faith, Family, Internet addiction, Parent-child communication, Parenting, Prevention strategy, Recovery, Social Media, Substance abuse prevention, Teen Drinking, Teen drug addiction, Teen Drug Use, Teenagers, Uncategorized, Wisdom
Executive summary Suffering is a part of the human condition. And families have power to decide what to think about and how to respond to suffering. Brain science tells us that addiction is a form of suffering; it is a pathological relationship to intoxication* making...
by Joanna Jullien | Oct 30, 2018 | Anxiety, Bullying, Children's Health & Mental Health, Cyber Safety, Cyberbullying, Faith, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parenting, Peer abuse, Social Media, Uncategorized, Wisdom
Jeremiah Aha, M.A., M.Div, APCC, is the Assistant Director and Therapist at Wellness Together in Rocklin. Wellness Together focuses on providing mental health services for youth and is a preferred service provider for schools and families in the Sacramento region and...
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...
