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 | Apr 4, 2018 | Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Education, Faith, Family, Internet addiction, Internet Safety, Internet Social Networks, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parenting, Social Media, Uncategorized, Wisdom
On February 28 and March 1, 2018 over 900 educators and school counselors convened at William Jessup University in Rocklin to attend the Second Annual Student Mental Health Conference. The event was organized by Wellness Together, a non-profit devoted to student...
by Joanna Jullien | Feb 26, 2018 | Abuse & Violence, Children's Health & Mental Health, Family, Internet Safety, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parenting, Prevention strategy, Social Media, Suicide, Uncategorized, Wisdom, Youth violence
The day before the tragic Parkland Florida school massacre, I attended a private forum in Palo Alto on digital solutions to counter violent extremism among youth. This forum was organized through the Department of Homeland Security Office of Public-Private...
by Joanna Jullien | Dec 18, 2017 | Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Cyber Safety, Faith, Family, Internet Safety, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Relationship, Social Media, Uncategorized, Wisdom
I recently came across a feature on Huffington Post about the top things parents worry about that truly captured the essence of the parent trap: expecting perfection from ourselves and our children. Indeed, perfection is the enemy of love. If you really want your...
by Joanna Jullien | Aug 18, 2017 | Anxiety, Children's Health & Mental Health, Cyber Safety, Depression, Discipline, Faith, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parenting, Social Media, Suicide, Teenagers, Uncategorized, Wisdom, Youth Suicide
Adolescent mental health is a growing concern. A Pediatrics study published in November 2016 indicates an increase in major depression episodes reported for youth ages 12-20 from 8.7 percent in 2005 to 11.3 percent in 2014. This study concludes that the prevalence of...
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...
