President's Message - August 2022

Over the years, it has been interesting to me that parents consistently think Informed Families is not talking to them but to some other family with problems. Denial is a trademark of addiction!

Topics: Family Day, President's Message, teenagers, Informed Families, teens, Family Table Time

As kids transition back to school, they’ll need to brush up on their organizational skills. This is one of the topics in this month’s Family Table Time activity kit, which provides materials, tips, and conversation starters designed to foster family togetherness and participation.

Topics: parenting, teenagers, children, teens, back to school, organization

As summer winds down and young people want to get in all the fun they can before school starts, they’ll be trying to cram in as much party time as possible in the next few weeks.

Topics: parenting, teenagers, children, car trips, teens

It’s hard enough to teach our kids to avoid drugs when even popular celebrities and members of Congress, not to mention the cannabis industry, are trying to normalize its use.

Topics: parenting, addiction, teenagers, safe homes smart parties, children, teens, drug trend

President's Message - August 2022

We deal with this daily – we use different words to describe the same things.

Topics: President's Message, teenagers, teens, hope

When it comes to addiction, a lot of young people think it can’t happen to them. But it can, and it does. Especially with a drug like Xanax. 

Topics: parenting, addiction, teenagers, safe homes smart parties, children, teens, drug trend

Have you tried a free month’s subscription to Informed Families’ Family Table Time activity kit? This is an innovative program we developed to help bring families together, with an extensive set of tools geared toward reclaiming family dinners.

Topics: parenting, teenagers, children, teens, heat, sun

As marijuana use becomes more common across the country, and more
jurisdictions legalize the recreational use of cannabis, the inherent dangers of the
drugs are too often minimized.

Topics: parenting, teenagers, children, teens, social media, drugs

President's Message - July 2022

Recent legislation addressing the mass shooting problem in America may be a step in the right direction but all the recommended solutions start way too late in the process to actually change anything. 

Topics: President's Message, teenagers, teens, hope

The teen years are times of turbulence when their bodies are changing radically, and their brains are pulling them away from the security of the family they’ve known their whole lives in preparation for living life as an independent adult.

Topics: parenting, teenagers, children, teens, social media, drugs