Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) Is changing views about alcohol and pregnancy:They do not mix. This creed is something often repeated to women expecting children nowadays even though it is a truth we have only just discovered. In fact, Fetal Alcohol...
[caption id="attachment_1708" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image by Scott Chan"][/caption] Recently, I wrote a post about a study conducted by researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire which shed important light onto the influence that smoking in movies has upon adolescent...
Not too long ago the definition of a rated ‘R’ movie was a far cry from what it is today. I remember clearly the first time I saw one, not to date myself, but it was The Bodyguard starring Whitney...
I was about 11 years old when I went with my grandmother to an “OA” meeting. My brother and I were staying with her for the summer as my parents prepared for us to move across the country. I had...
The risks of underage drinking are severe enough without the added issue of driving while under the influence. Despite the fact that drinking alcohol is illegal for anyone under the age of 21 across all 50 U.S. states, teens are...
As we head into the summer season here on the east coast, we should focus on teen misbehavior -- because idle time for our kids and teens has many parents and educators concerned about the best ways to keep kids...
Today, I wanted to take some time to look a few brief, but informative articles about research in various CW fields. First, an interesting study on minnows conducted by Idaho State University’s Mike Thomas may hold the key to environmental...
[caption id="attachment_1566" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Image courtesy of David Castillo Dominici"][/caption] The topic of teens and depression can be really difficult to broach. Over the past few years, incidents of suicide among, especially gay, young men and women who suffered in...
The buzz term “distracted driving” has taken up a lot of print in the past few years as more and more traffic accidents each year are blamed on this dangerous phenomenon. While drinking and driving is still seen as the...
The topic of drug use among adolescents continues to cause pain and confusion for parents, teachers, and society as a whole. Despite the rally cry of the 1990s anti-drug movement and the subsequent efforts to engage in combat on the...
[caption id="attachment_948" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image courtesy of dream designs"][/caption] As educators, looking for the signs of drug and alcohol use among our adolescent students is an unwritten part of the job. So many students fall victim to these substances each...
The American Academy of Pediatrics held its annual Pediatric Academic Societies meeting in Boston, MA this weekend. Yesterday, I reported on one important presentation at that meeting that linked bullying and depression among special needs students. Today, another one of...
