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...
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 | 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 | 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 | May 1, 2018 | addiction, Anxiety, Bullying, Children's Health & Mental Health, Cyberbullying, Education, Family, Happiness, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Prevention strategy, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Suicide, Uncategorized, Wisdom
Executive summary Parents and youth are at greater risk of becoming stressed out as online connectivity hypes every uncertain and fearful thought Perfectionism, the idea that you can meet unrealistic standards for self and others, is an unintended consequence of the...
by Joanna Jullien | Apr 21, 2018 | Boundaries, Bullying, Cyberbullying, Discipline, Education, Faith, Family, Parental Authority, Parenting, Social Media, Teenagers, Uncategorized, Wisdom
A recent video stirring up conversations about parenting and discipline went viral last month. It was posted by a Virginian dad who made is son run a mile to school every day for a week after he was caught bullying. According to news reports, the dad received a lot of...
