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A Conversation With Your Teens

in Behavioral Norms / Community Counseling / Cyberbullying / E-News / Facebook / Mental Health / Monitoring Media / Online Monitoring / Online Safety / Parent Tips / Parent-Teen Communication / Parenting / Setting Boundaries / Social Media Abuse / Tumblr / Twitter by Adolescent Counseling Services March 17, 2016January 27, 2022 0 comments

Written By: Monica Ippolito, ACS Clinical Intern, Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment and Community Counseling Programs If any parents of teenagers happen to be of Generation X, then you can reminisce with me about the cartoons we grew up watching. Cartoons like G.I. Joe, She-Ra, He-Man, The Care Bears, The Smurfs, and Inspector Gadget all had […]

Audrie’s Law – Stricter Laws for Cyberbulling

in Audrie's Law / Bullying / Cyberbullying / Rape Culture / Sexual Assault / Sexuality by acsteens March 11, 2014January 27, 2022 0 comments

After the devastating suicide of Audrie Pott in September 2012, a week after she drank too much vodka-laced Gatorade at a house party, passed out and woke up to find crude messages scribbled on her half naked body. Facebook messages she sent out looking for answers the next week suggested she knew photos had been taken […]

Cyberbulling: What Parents Need to Know

in Bullying / Cyberbullying / Mental Health / Online Monitoring / Online Safety / Parent-Teen Communication / Parenting by acsteens February 5, 2013January 27, 2022 0 comments

by Katie Luce, LMFT Site Director at Redwood High School & Jordan Middle School This article is intended to educate parents and families about a serious issue affecting adolescents known as cyberbullying. My hope is to provide information, highlight some of the emotional issues that arise from cyberbullying, and offer suggestions regarding what families can […]