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Yessenia Gomez works as a Police Officer at MIT. She shared a lot of great wisdom and advice for teens and parents who are thinking about health and safety in college.

Catch up on everything you may have missed in the last week of sports with TJ Chamberlain!

Join Stoughton Teens Onyeka, Aleksandra and Lauren as they discuss parental attitudes and parental influence on underage drinking from a teens point of view.

It's a teen takeover! Lauren has the microphone and interviews Destiny and Kyree from Avon! Drop in on their conversation about what influences teens and their tips for parents about how to talk about underage drinking

Catch up on everything happening in the world of sports with TJ Chamberlain

Catch up on all the biggest new shaking up the world of sports with TJ.

Stoughton High School principal Julie Miller shares her hopes, concerns and tools for parents in addressing underage drinking. One excellent tool is talking to your teen about the results from your local youth health survey, which we discuss in this episode.

BONUS EPISODE! A local mom bravely shares her journey with addiction, trauma and recovery. We talked about how her history influences how she parents and thinks about prevention and how important it is to reduce stigma around talking about these issues.

This week we are talking with Lisa St. Mary, an Adjusment Counselor from Oliver Ames High School in Easton. We talk about parental peer pressure, the idea of whether underage drinking is inevitable and positive community norms.

Catch up on everything you need to know about the last week in sports.

It's a Teen Takeover episode! Ally Lada takes the host chair to interview Stephanie Patton (your usual host) and Lexi, her 7th grade daughter, about how to talk to middle schoolers about drinking. Spoiler alert: just don't make it weird!

With all the trades, races, and matches this week, TJ is the only one who can keep you up to date with everything you need to know from the last week in sports.

In this episode we welcome Katrina Crowley, the Prinicpal of the O'Donnell Middle School in Stoughton. In this conversation we talk about why curiousity about substance use is not uncommon in this age bracket. At the same time, actual use is uncommon for middle schoolers. In this episode we explore how that contrast can create opportunities for parents to engage with their child around this to...

In this bonus episode we continue our conversation with Katrina Crowley, the principal of the O'Donnell Middle School. If it sometimes feels like your middle school child is speaking a different language or living on a different planet, this episode is for you!

With all the trades and news in sports, TJ keeps you up to date with everything you don't want to miss.

In this episode we talk with Marci daCamara, LMHC, the Director of Be Inspired Counseling , a group mental health practice with locations in Stoughton and Mansfield. Marci shares her perspective on parenting teens today and some of the hopes and concerns that parents that parents deal with. Marci shares some parenting tips and skills, what is typical for teens and tweens and when to think about re...

TJ catches you up on all the biggest sports and team standings.

Welcome to Where's My Handbook?! A show to support parents of kids going through the teen and tween years.

Meet the Prevention Coordinators from Avon, Easton, Norwood and Stoughton Massachusetts as they talk about this new podcast and its role in getting info, tips and tools out to parents of tweens and teens.

Get all the science about alcohol and the teen brain from Dr. Jason Kilmer who has an incredible gift for translating data and studies into info parents can use and he is pretty darn funny too! Dr. Kilmer is an Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. He is many years of experience in the prevention field both as a researcher and providing direct s...

With such a jam packed week of sports, there is a lot to catch up on and TJ has you covered.

With all the changes happening in the world of sports, TJ keeps you up to date.

TJ is joined by guest host Mike Wigdor to cover everything you need to know leading up to the Superbowl as well as everything else going on in sports.

Catch up on everything you missed from the last week in sports.

With some surprises and near upsets, TJ has all the latest sports news to keep you up to date!