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

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

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

If only our kids knew what we know as adults:

• You have to work hard to achieve your goals.
• You can’t let yourself be distracted.
• You can’t solve your problems by hiding them in drugs or alcohol.

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

It’s hard to walk the fine line between giving our kids too much freedom and not enough. This is why it’s important that we begin early to build trust with them.

Topics: parenting, teenagers, teens, parents

We’ve all had times when we wanted to slap the daylights out of somebody. But because we live in a civilized society, we know this is not an acceptable way to release anger. Which is why Will Smith’s slap of Chris Rock at the Oscars was such a shock that people were still talking about it days later.

Topics: parenting, violence, anger, anger management

The first Thanksgiving was all about gratitude. So is the reason we celebrate it today. So one of the topics in this month’s Family Table Time activity kits focuses on the subject of gratitude.

Topics: parenting, positive parenting, thanksgiving, healthy kids

It’s tough being a kid, learning how to cope with daily life, wondering whom to trust, and trying to discern how you fit into the world around you.

Topics: parenting, stress, childhood, healthy kids