by Joanna Jullien | Aug 23, 2018 | Anxiety, Children's Health & Mental Health, Children's mental health, Faith, Family, Happiness, Parent-child relationship, Parental control, Social Media, Uncategorized
Now more than ever parents need to reassess how their children experience love in the home. Today’s youth are swimming in a sea of judgment. It is easy to believe things that are not true (i.e., I am not worthy of acceptance) and focus on things that don’t really...
by Joanna Jullien | Sep 5, 2017 | Abuse & Violence, Cyber Safety, Faith, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parental control, Parenting, Social Media, Suicide, Uncategorized, Wisdom, Youth violence
Regretfully, I must open this update with the reality about the life and death decisions our children are making in the social network and in the flesh. As the Chair of the Coalition for Placer Youth I was invited to attend a vigil for a Rocklin senior high school...
by Joanna Jullien | Apr 14, 2017 | Abuse & Violence, addiction, Anxiety, Boundaries, Bullying, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children's Health & Mental Health, Children's mental health, Cyber Safety, Cyberbullying, Discipline, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parental Authority, Parental control, Parenting, Sex and sexual exploitation, Sexting, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Substance abuse prevention, Suicide, Texting, Uncategorized, Wisdom, Youth violence
Michael Anne Conley, LMFT, is an expert on helping people make positive changes to become better versions of themselves by overcoming limiting habits, such as addiction, anxiety and procrastination. She understands intimately how to perceive and process the connection...
by Joanna Jullien | Jan 19, 2017 | Boundaries, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Cyber Safety, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child relationship, Parental Authority, Parental control, Parenting, Privacy, Sexting, Social Media, Uncategorized, Wisdom
The most important decision a parent will make is how and when to grant their child access to their own smartphone. It is a common question, which is often answered in an ad hoc way, by what is happening in other families. Usually there is extreme pressure because...
by Joanna Jullien | Jun 7, 2016 | Boundaries, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Cyber Safety, Cyberbullying, Discipline, Faith, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child relationship, Parental control, Parenting, Privacy, Social Media, Texting, Uncategorized, Wisdom
(This is a reprint with some edits from my Sacramento Cyber Safety Examiner column on Examiner.com) A recent article published by the American Academy of Pediatrics encourages parents to put down their smart phones and pay undivided attention to their young children...
by Joanna Jullien | Apr 3, 2016 | Boundaries, Bullying, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Cyber Safety, Cyberbullying, Entitlement, Faith, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, My two cents, Parent-child communication, Parental control, Parenting, Social Media, Wisdom
(This is a reprint from my Sacramento Cyber Safety Examiner article in Examiner.com). A recent article by journalist Samantha Tehran in the Parent Herald features the need for parents to let go of control of their children in their teen years. Referencing news reports...
