Crucial conversations about the hidden agenda behind vaping and other things trending in your child’s life

by Joanna Jullien | Nov 26, 2019 | addiction, Anxiety, Children's Health & Mental Health, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Motivation, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Prevention strategy, Relationship, Social Media, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Wisdom

Executive summary The commercial interests hired experts to craft social media campaigns to engage minor-aged youth in vaping. The response to these commercial efforts using e-cigarette technology to get youth as nicotine consumers includes 1) a Surgeon General...

Nutrition tips to help youth deal with the emotional impact of social media

by Joanna Jullien | Nov 19, 2019 | addiction, Anxiety, Children's Health & Mental Health, Discipline, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Prevention strategy, Relationship, Substance abuse prevention, Wisdom

Device addiction is a thing Commercial interests have used brain science associated with addiction to develop apps and devices that tap the same short-term reward system of the brain like a drug. In this way, the underlying biochemical dynamic with addiction is a...

Five habits of anxiety-proof families in a cyber-powered world

by Joanna Jullien | Oct 19, 2019 | Anxiety, Discipline, Faith, Family, Happiness, Internet porn, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parenting, Prevention strategy, Social Media, Wisdom

A recent report by Pew Research Center indicates that anxiety and depression are among the top concerns for teens. According to the feature, the total number of teenagers who recently experienced depression increased 59% between 2007 and 2017, and the rate of growth...

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...

Countering the addiction epidemic: Responding to opioids and other risky drug use trends with hope

by Joanna Jullien | Sep 2, 2019 | addiction, Anxiety, Cannabis use among youth, Children's mental health, Family, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Prevention strategy, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Substance abuse prevention, Teenagers, Wisdom

There is plenty of reason for parents to be concerned about the drug trends youth are exposed to today. Vaping is rampant among youth at early ages as nicotine and cannabis are consumed with electronic devices and are difficult to detect. Children are literally...

Crucial social media topics: Brave versus risky

by Joanna Jullien | Aug 13, 2019 | Bullying, Children's Health & Mental Health, Cyber Safety, Discipline, Faith, Family, Internet Safety, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parenting, Prevention strategy, Social Media, Wisdom

Concepts for crucial conversations Guidance for conversations with youth in a cyber-powered world, wherein it is easy to believe things that are not true and focus on things that do not really mater. Brave versus Risky Both can make you feel discomfort. However, you...