HELPING YOUR TEEN BECOME BETTER WITHOUT IT
Not sure how to have the “talk” with your teen? It’s ok, we know this can be a difficult subject to approach. Below you’ll find blogs and videos to help you understand how to help your teen with the many issues related to substance misuse.
Advice
If you notice or suspect that your teen is going down the wrong path, be the person that they need, rather than the one judging their actions. Tell them that you care about their well-being, that you hate to see them choose that path, and that you’re there to listen and to help.
Above all, your teen needs to know they can trust you, and that they can come to you with their problems. Be there for them, be involved in (but don’t micromanage) their life, and be willing to have open conversations. It’s one of the most difficult but critical aspects of parenting, but there are many resources out there to help you. Reach out if you need help to connect with and support your teen.
Addiction Center - Teenage Drug Abuse
Child Mind Institute
Stanford Children’s Health
Very Well Family
Drug Free
Start A Conversation: 10 Questions Teens Ask About Drugs and Health
11 Ways to Encourage Your Child to Be Physically Active
5 Ways to Help Unfit Teens Get Moving
How to Talk to Your Teen About Substance Use
Healthy Eating During Adolescence
Understand Teenage Drug Abuse and Addiction
How to Address Alcohol and Underage Drinking
How to Communicate With and Listen to Your Teen
How to Help Your Kids Have A Positive Body Image
5 Lessons for Parents of Substance-Abusing Teens
Bored, Sad, & Smoking Weed: How Do We Talk to Kids About Drug Use?
A parent writes in asking for help to address a teenager's marijuana use. Some teens are turning to drugs in this pandemic as they are looking for ways to cope with the sadness and boredom. Dr. Lisa explains what actually works in getting kids to stop using drugs and how to talk with kids in a way that's likely to keep them from becoming involved with drugs in the first place.
Talking To Teens: Alcohol, Drugs, and Prevention
Click for full show notes, exercises, and parenting scripts from this episode. Stories of addiction and overdoses are incredibly scary. We hear about teens who lose their way after getting in with the wrong crowd, or watch friends and family struggle to keep their lives together while battling substance abuse. As a parent, the last thing you want is for kids to fall into a destructive pattern of addiction.
Healthy Habits for Teens
Click for full show notes, exercises, and parenting scripts from this episode. Getting kids to eat healthy is no easy task. To understand how both parents and kids can lead happier, more nutritious lifestyles, we’re talking to Sid Garza-Hillman, author of Raising Healthy Parents: Small Steps, Less Stress, and a Thriving Family.
Social Media, Eating Disorder Recovery & Body Image with Brie Shelly
Brie Shelly, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Registered Yoga Teacher, avid traveler, and positive social media advocate, talks social media, eating disorder recovery and body image.
Inside the show, we discuss: social media’s effect on mental health; the pros and cons of social media on wellbeing; social media’s effect on body image; and feelings about food choices.
How to Raise Body Positive Children with Leslie Bloch and Zoe Bisbing of the Full Bloom Project
Is it possible to raise children who have a neutral relationship with their bodies? Is it possible to raise children who don't define their self-worth by how they look? How can we raise the next generation of children to look beyond appearances? Well, this week, I talk with the ladies behind the Full Bloom Project, Leslie Bloch and Zoe Bisbing. Their mission is to equip parents with facts and weight science to better nurture children's growing bodies so that children can fully bloom into who they were created to be.
Talking To Teens: Beating Substance Abuse and Depression
Click for full show notes, exercises, and parenting scripts from this episode. Stories of addiction and overdoses are incredibly scary. We hear about teens who lose their way after getting in with the wrong crowd, or watch friends and family struggle to keep their lives together while battling substance abuse. As a parent, the last thing you want is for kids to fall into a destructive pattern of addiction.
Mark Gregston – Judging Builds Walls