by Joanna Jullien | Jul 19, 2019 | Children's mental health, Eating disorders, Family, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Wisdom
In a recent article on Deccan Herald, cyber-powered extremism among teens is addressed as a mental health challenge that unchecked can lead to eating disorders, addictions and depression. For this reason I spend a lot of time in the field working with professionals on...
by Joanna Jullien | Jun 28, 2019 | Anxiety, Children's Health & Mental Health, Faith, Family, Friendship, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Privacy, Social Media, Wisdom
In his feature on parenting in Fatherly, Modern Parenting is a Scam on America’s Middle Class, Patrick Coleman offers his observation that modern trends in society have shifted the burden on parents to produce “workers” for corporations, and as a result youth and...
by Joanna Jullien | Jun 4, 2019 | Discipline, Faith, Family, Internet Safety, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Privacy, Social Media, Teenagers, Wisdom
One of the greatest challenges of parenting tech-savvy youth is balancing rules and relationships. There is much confusion between trust and faith and private and secret. The biggest obstacle to building trust with tech-savvy youth is a parent’s fear which kills open...
by Joanna Jullien | May 31, 2019 | addiction, Anxiety, Children's Health & Mental Health, Children's mental health, Parent-child communication, Parenting, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Suicide, Teen drug addiction, Wisdom, Youth Suicide
This is to introduce guest blogger, Kenny Hill Sr, CADC II, Certified Brainspotting Therapist. Kenny has a private practice called Recovery Hill in Sacramento, Ca, where he works with people experiencing substance abuse and trauma. Kenny is a combat veteran and...
by Joanna Jullien | May 28, 2019 | Anxiety, Boundaries, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children's Health & Mental Health, Discipline, Faith, Family, Internet addiction, Internet Safety, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parenting, Social Media, Substance abuse prevention, Teenagers, Wisdom
Recently I found a very honest and inspirational book on parenting at the local thrift store, entitled, The Key to Your Child’s Heart, by Gary Smalley. Published in 1984, Smalley (an author, educator, pastor, husband and father) shares some of the fundamentals of...
by Joanna Jullien | May 15, 2019 | addiction, Children's Health & Mental Health, Family, Happiness, Internet addiction, Internet Safety, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Social Media, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Suicide, Teenagers, Wisdom
Executive summary The quality of life for a child or teen is not necessarily defined by social media use. Children who are not feeling a sense of secure belonging at home and in a peer community are vulnerable to the isolating impact of excessive social media use....
by Joanna Jullien | Apr 29, 2019 | addiction, Anxiety, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children's Health & Mental Health, Children's mental health, Depression, Faith, Family, Internet Safety, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parenting, Peer abuse, Recovery, Social Media, Teenagers, Wisdom
Before mobile connectivity, texting, and social media became a primary artery of communication for young and old alike, mental health issues were considered something that happened only to some “flawed individuals”. It is no surprise that the resulting stigma of...
by Joanna Jullien | Mar 29, 2019 | addiction, Anxiety, Children's Health & Mental Health, Depression, Family, Happiness, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Prevention strategy, Wisdom
A recent article on The Ladders features a report about America as a society that is less happy than ever because of mass addictions. The study featured is the World Happiness Report, an annual study sponsored by United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions...
by Joanna Jullien | Mar 19, 2019 | addiction, Anxiety, Cannabis use among youth, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children's Health & Mental Health, Children's mental health, Family, Internet addiction, Marijuna use by teens, Parent-child communication, Parenting, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Suicide, Teen Drinking, Teen drug addiction, Teenagers, Wisdom, Youth Suicide
Recent news stories about the college admissions scandals illustrate how this modern “achievement generation” of parents believe that their child’s life is a trophy for their own mantles, and also reinforce an entitlement mentality that undermines the resilience youth...
by Joanna Jullien | Mar 15, 2019 | Faith, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parental control, Parenting, Social Media, Teenagers, Texting, Wisdom
Executive summary In a world punctuated by dynamic, innovative and disruptive social media trends parents can easily perceive that they have very little control over the security and behavior of their tech-savvy children. When parents harbor a fearful desire to be in...
