2020 Hindsight: Make this the year of creating a culture of connection at home

by Joanna Jullien | Jan 7, 2020 | Boundaries, Children's Health & Mental Health, Discipline, Faith, Family, Internet addiction, Parent-child relationship, Parental Authority, Parental control, Parenting, Social Media, Substance abuse prevention, Wisdom

Fifteen years ago, just before the advent of smartphones and social media, mobile devices landed in the hands of youth. At that time, my youngest hit middle school. He had purchased a “pay-as-you-go” mobile device with his own paper route money. My husband and I...

Thoughts that make you a secure parent, how to handle vaping and more

by Joanna Jullien | Sep 30, 2019 | addiction, Anxiety, Boundaries, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children's Health & Mental Health, Children's mental health, Faith, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parental Authority, Parental control, Parenting, Relationship, Social Media, Trauma-informed parenting, Wisdom

Fifteen years ago when I started this mission to strengthen the parent-child bond in a cyber-powered world my own confidence as a parent was deeply shaken. And while mostly I observed that the children were making good choices despite their peer pressures – still the...

Why tech-savvy youth need confident parents: What does that look like?

by Joanna Jullien | Sep 24, 2019 | addiction, Cyberbullying, Discipline, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parental control, Parenting, Prevention strategy, Sexting, Social Media, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Texting, Wisdom

When I started this mission to strengthen the parent-child bond in a cyber-powered world, my own confidence as a parent had been deeply shaken with the advent of the mobile device in the hands of youth. In the fall of 2004, my digital native had purchased his own...

Who is in control? Two truths about power struggles with tech-savvy 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...

How to discipline your child without punishing them

by Joanna Jullien | Nov 28, 2018 | Anxiety, Boundaries, Children's Health & Mental Health, Discipline, Family, Parent-child relationship, Parental Authority, Parental control, Parenting, Spanking, Uncategorized, Wisdom

In a recent article Washington Post columnist, Claire Gillespie, questions the modern wisdom of giving unruly children “time-outs” as the best method to instill discipline. A mom of two older children and expecting a third soon, she says she never used time-outs and...

Who is more influential? Parents or social media?

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...