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 | 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 | 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 | Jun 28, 2017 | Anxiety, Bullying, Children's Health & Mental Health, Cyber Safety, Depression, Faith, Family, Internet Safety, Marijuna use by teens, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parenting, Recovery, Relationship, Social Media, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Substance abuse prevention, Suicide, Teen drug addiction, Teen Drug Use, Uncategorized, Wisdom
(Below is the message Joanna shared with parents, educators, law enforcement, faith leaders and community leaders at the Coalition for Placer Youth, State of the Youth Community annual luncheon at 180 Church in Rocklin, last May 25. Joanna serves as the Chairperson...
by Joanna Jullien | Dec 14, 2016 | Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Cyber Safety, Depression, Faith, Family, God's love, Internet Social Networks, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Social Media, Uncategorized, Wisdom
A recent blog post by Walt Mueller at the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding featured the topic of “too much stuff” for Christmas. Mueller rightly points out that in an affluent society it is easy to get lost in the acquisition of material things that distract us...
