Category: Student Life
It used to be called “playing hooky” when a teen skipped school—an occasional event in order to do something fun. Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer…
Who’s the best stress management coach in the family? Your dog, of course!
Unless you pick a Chihuahua, your pooch is a model of effective…
The famous potato chip tagline that once sounded like a fun invitation now sounds like an insidious threat. That’s because scientists are…
College represents a major life transition for young adults and coincides with a period of profound cognitive and developmental…
Having worked with adolescents for the past twenty years, it’s been impossible not to notice an epidemic of disrupted sleep patterns in recent…
Does your teenager seem unmotivated, listless or downright lazy? Many teens do. There is a high incidence of motivational difficulties among…
In the past decade, the use and abuse of screen-based technology—smart phones, computers, handheld electronic games, tablets, etcetera—has…
Suicide is the third leading cause of death for young people between the ages of ten and twenty-four years of age. This startling statistic has much…
According to certified therapeutic recreational specialist (CTRS), Corey Hickman, today’s teens are experiencing a recreational…
When I was the headmaster of an east coast boarding school, one of my dorm parents confiscated a marijuana pipe, two lighters, and several ounces of…