Here are some situations that no doubt you have dreaded: getting a call from the school nurse and learning that your child tested positive for a drug; seeing your son or daughter come in from a party with unusually red eyes or hearing them vomiting in the bathroom; coming home from a weekend away to find your house unusually neat [...]
The Covid-19 pandemic has stopped everyone in their tracks. What we knew as normal just a couple of weeks ago is at present, a pleasant distant memory. Up is down and down is up. My mother (god rest her loving soul) always wanted me to wash my hands more and now her wish has come true. Living each day in [...]
In all but rare cases, it is safe to say that a divorce always has a profound impact on the members of a family. For children, being the youngest members of the family, and the ones lacking any decision-making ability that would make much of a difference in the marital relationship, it is a particularly vulnerable time. What they have [...]
As the title of this article suggests, many students and adults tend to minimize the significance of marijuana use and see it as a rite of passage; a kids will be kids thing. But the fact remains that the use of pot, alcohol or other substances has an impact on the social, emotional, and physiological development of young people. It [...]
Alcohol Use The experimentation with alcohol and other substances that sometimes begins in high school frequently becomes more thoroughly entrenched as a student enters college. The impact of alcohol on the college athlete is frequently overlooked among the hoopla and glory that surrounds college athletic events. Binge drinking is especially prevalent among college students, both athletes and non-athletes. This [...]
I know of parents who wept upon learning that their daughter had only gotten into Yale and not Harvard. In their grief they asked, "What did we do wrong?" I also know of a father who literally broke a (wooden) baseball bat in half over his knee in frustration when he couldn't get his 8 year old son to effectively [...]
Every parent wishes for their children to do well in life. In the growing up years it is natural for parents to look at how their kids are doing at school, and in their athletic and musical activities and other special interests in order to get a sense for whether or not they are on track. If they are engaged [...]
The relationship between a coach and his or her players is one of the most important parts – if not the most important part – of a child’s sports experience. The nature and quality of this relationship can determine whether children decide to continue in a particular sport or – if they really get turned off by a coach – [...]