Parents Unaware that Integrative Treatment May Reduce their Child’s Dependence on Drugs and Improve Quality of Life A new nationwide survey released today reveals that just 12 percent of parents with children under the age of 18 have spoken to their child’s doctor about complementary and integrative approaches to medicine, yet nearly 90 percent say [...]
Survey Inspires Hazelden to Launch ‘Four Generations Overcoming Addiction’ Campaign to Inspire National Dialogue about Alcohol, Drugs Nearly half of parents today admit to using alcohol or other drugs to get drunk or high when they were teenagers, and one in four teens say they’ve seen their parents high or drunk. Yet more than 90 [...]
New Zogby International/Blackboard Inc. survey finds parental notification systems are effective, efficient As students head back to school, the CDC is reporting increasing influenza activity across the U.S.. With the H1N1 vaccine not yet available, what can schools do to ease parent’s minds? Communicate. Many schools rely on mass notification systems to relay critical information [...]
Verizon Thinkfinity.org Provides Teachers, Parents, Students and After-School Programs With Thousands of Engaging Educational Resources From the stories of the Spanish missions, to the artists of the Mexican Revolution to the little-known story of the Bracero guest worker program, Hispanic Heritage Month offers a unique opportunity to celebrate the diverse history and important contributions Latinos [...]
Tips for Parents – Talking to Your Teens About Social Networking It’s no secret young people growing up today are more technologically advanced than older generations like the Baby Boomers. In those days, communicating with friends was done primarily by talking on the telephone, writing a note or speaking face-to-face. There was no e-mailing, text [...]