I Want to Know More - Tools for Your Child's Success

From the time your child is born, you create enriching opportunities where your child can explore, learn, develop new skills, create, and thrive.  You see your child develop and change in extraordinary ways. You know their developing brain continues to mature as a teen. In fact, during the teen years, their brain goes through dramatic changes, second only to the first three years of life!^1&n...

The key to many parenting challenges is finding ways to communicate with your child/teen where both your needs and your child’s/teen’s needs are met. Although this sounds simple, in the heat of the moment it is difficult to identify and differentiate  ●      your needs,  ●      your wants, and  ●    &nbs...

If you are worried that your child/teen may be drinking alcohol, don’t panic. There are many resources available to help. Let’s explore the signs and symptoms of alcohol use, ways to talk with your child/teen about concerns, and options you have for getting your child/teen help.

If you are worried that your child/teen may be using cannabis or other drugs, don’t panic. Whether you are concerned about the misuse of prescription pain medication, cannabis use, or other drug use, there are many resources available to help. Let’s explore the signs and symptoms of substance use, ways to talk with your child/teen about concerns, and options you have for getting your child/teen he...

As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you are the biggest influence and the strongest intervention against your child/teen engaging in substance use at an early age. Your relationship with them guards against risk factors that your child/teen will encounter as they develop. It is through conversations with you that your child/teen will develop beliefs and understand your expectations about d...

Healthy mental, emotional, and behavioral development is important for young people to lead meaningful, productive, and engaged lives.^1 Research suggests healthy social and emotional development is shaped by genetic, biological, social, and environmental factors that influence all stages of a child’s/teen’s growth (even before conception). “Children’s/teens’ social and physical environments...

All parents or those in a parenting role want their children to be confident, to be resilient, and to make healthy choices. Parents or those in a parenting role can grow these important skills in their children and address common parenting issues like establishing routines, listening, and doing chores by using a parenting process. The parenting process is a way of interacting with your child that...

Your child/teen will naturally test limits, break rules and hurt others. This is a normal part of their development at each age and stage and is necessary for their learning. As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you can choose to be purposeful and deliberate in the ways you apply logical consequences, communicate your expectations, and guide your child/teen to repair harm when needed. ...

Individuals under the age of 21 are particularly susceptible to the negative effects of alcohol and experience disproportionate harm from alcohol use. Although alcohol impacts adults as well, the negative impacts of alcohol on a developing brain [1]   are significant and long lasting.  Delaying the initiation of drinking alcohol until the age of 21 greatly minimizes the negativ...

Children, adolescents, and young adults are particularly susceptible to the negative effects of cannabis due to their developing brains.^1 Cannabis can impact a teen’s present life by increasing their risk for dropping out of high school, and it can affect their future because of the impact cannabis has on a developing brain [1]   that can be significant and long lasting.^2,3 P...