Increase your knowledge about healthy relationships. Relationships can be healthy, unhealthy, abusive or somewhere in between. In a healthy relationship partners show respect, honesty, support each other’s choices (even when they disagree), and don’t hurt, humiliate, control or threaten. Read more about the warning signs of abuse, learn about safety planning, or find out how […]
“After a surprise televised address by President Barack Obama, where he discussed his anti-violence campaign ‘It’s on Us,’ [Brooke] Axtell took the stage to deliver a poem about her own experience with abuse. She addressed victims directly, saying that ‘authentic love does not devalue another human being,’ adding, ‘You are worthy of love.’ Her poem led into […]
Celebrities are like America’s royal family & they serve as symbols of our society’s aspirations and, whether we like it our not, role models for our children. This can be problematic, especially when it comes to unrealistic standards for bodies and beauty. Research has shown that girls in particular are highly susceptible to developing negative […]
Parents have long been concerned that puberty seems to be happening earlier and earlier these days. But is it true? It looks like, at least for girls, the answer may be yes. The average age of menarche (first period) has shifted over the last century from 16 or 17 to 13 or younger, and breast […]
According to Time, young girls are getting creative when it comes to using social media to assess as well as influence their own and other’s social status. If it worries you, though, here’s a good takeaway, “While girls may seem addicted to their online social lives, it’s not all bad — and they still prefer […]
It’s not just girls who are affected by the pressure to achieve the perfect body, face, and airbrushed look (although it is still predominantly girls and women who suffer negative self esteem as a result of the unrealistic portrayal of women in the media). Unfortunately, more and more boys suffer from negative body image—and eating […]
The CDC recently <a href=”http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2015/p0114-drug-overdose.html” target=”_blank”>announced</a> that in 2013, deaths involving heroin <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/12/heroin-deaths-cdc_n_6459130.html” target=”_blank”>increased 39%</a> from 2012. While drug deaths related to prescription opioids have remained stable since 2012, the mortality rate associated with heroin increased for the third year in a row. “These troubling statistics illustrate a grim reality: that drug, and particularly […]
Bullying may not always look like adults expect it to. While it can be the skinny kid getting slammed into a locker, or the sensitive child being called names in the comments on an Instagram post, it can also be much more subtle, but no less pervasive. “Relational” bullying is carried out by those whom […]