Are Teen Boot Camps Effective? You May Be Surprised
1/20/2007
In spite of recent media attention, "scared straight" boot camps are proving to be ineffective.
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Accendo Academy
Are You Doing Enough to Protect Your Troubled Teen from Media Influence?
1/20/2007
Discusses foundational principles of media literacy for troubled teens.
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Accendo Academy
Your Thrill-Seeking Child: Leader or Drug Abuser?
1/20/2007
Discusses thrill-seeking as an indicator of drug abuse in troubled teens.
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Alex Gwen Thomson
Getting the Kids to Listen: Danny the Dragon Author Offers Some Tips
12/17/2009
Aren't kids supposed to have problems listening to their parents? Aren't they, after all, just kids? I asked children's author, researcher, and humanitarian Tina Turbin (http://TinaTurbin.com), author of the Danny the Dragon (http://DannyTheDragon.com) children's series and mother of three grown children, about getting kids to listen. "Teaching kids to listen can be a process, but in the end it's entirely possible to have kids who listen to you, and in fact, this is actually how things should be," Tina says.
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Alex Gwen Thomson
Helping Children Cope with Violence
12/12/2009
Witnessing violence on television or in video games really pales in comparison to witnessing violence in real life situations. Children who have been exposed to violence, such as...
