February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM). All month long, organizations and schools around the US are coming together to educate teens on dating violence and red flags to look for in relationships. Every year about 1.5 Million high school students admit to being in a physically abusive relationship. Most of the time, […]
Archives for February 2020
Body Shaming is Bullying, too!
Every day children are bombarded with images, songs, and videos of skinny, beautiful, and altogether unrealistic looking young women, young men, as well as adult women and men. They see these images and think they need to be skinny and beautiful just like these people or no one will like them or accept them for […]
Drugs and Alcohol and Your Children
Studies have shown that 40 percent of 12th graders, 30 percent of 10th graders and 13 percent of 8th graders have used a drug in the past year. According to the CDC, by the end of high school 72% of teens will have consumed alcohol and those who started drinking before the age of 15 […]
