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 | Sep 14, 2017 | Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Cyber Safety, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Relationship, Social Media, Suicide, Teenagers, Texting, Uncategorized, Wisdom, Youth Suicide
This evening over 300 parents assembled at the Rocklin Community Center to address the things they need to know and can do to help teens deal with the stresses of modern life that if unchecked can lead to depression and suicide. The presentation was delivered by...
by Joanna Jullien | Jul 17, 2017 | Anxiety, Bullying, Children's Health & Mental Health, Cyber Safety, Family, Internet Safety, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Privacy, Relationship, Social Media, Suicide, Teenagers, Texting, Uncategorized, Wisdom, Youth Suicide
Peer pressure, dares and challenges are nothing new. Think about Ralphie’s younger eight-year-old brother in the movie, A Christmas Story, who found himself stuck to a frozen pole in the school yard after accepting and acting on a “triple-dog-dare” to lick it. The...
by Joanna Jullien | Jun 22, 2017 | Abuse & Violence, Anxiety, Bullying, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children's Health & Mental Health, Cyber Safety, Cyberbullying, Education, Faith, Family, Internet addiction, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Sex and sexual exploitation, Social Media, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Suicide, Teen drug addiction, Teen Drug Use, Teenagers, Texting, Uncategorized, Youth Suicide
On Sunday June 11, 60 Minutes aired a very revealing and insightful expose on how cyber tools and applications are designed to efficiently and proficiently engage the intellect and will of people so that they easily become addicted to the device – which then...
by Joanna Jullien | Jun 21, 2017 | Abuse & Violence, Anxiety, Boundaries, Bullying, Child Abuse, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children's Health & Mental Health, Cyberbullying, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child relationship, Social Media, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Substance abuse prevention, Texting, Uncategorized, Wisdom
The sciences of medicine and behavioral health appear to be converging on this discovery articulated by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, that childhood abuse and chronic stress, as well as growing up with parents who are struggling with mental health and substance abuse...
by Joanna Jullien | Jun 2, 2017 | Abuse & Violence, addiction, Anxiety, Bullying, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children's Health & Mental Health, Cyber Safety, Faith, Family, Internet porn, Sex and sexual exploitation, Sexting, Social Media, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Teenagers, Texting, Uncategorized, Wisdom
One of the great challenges of our time is learning how to embrace a forgiveness and grace mindset in the social network. When people say that a post or a text is forever, it can be a very intimidating thought for young people who are bound to experience a snare of...
