Facing the unexpected? Don't do it alone, talk to a confidential email mentor. It’s been several years now, but I can still clearly picture the day I found out my teenage daughter was pregnant. I remember her standing in the kitchen saying, “Mom, embrace it!” My initial response to Amber’s words were, “Yeah, right, that’s easy for...

There is a new form of bullying hitting the streets and no surprise, the new culprits are the mobile phone and the internet. Unlike in my day when you could walk away from the bully, see their face and turn the other cheek, these new bullies are anonymous and operate 24/7, making it impossible for your young people to walk away as you could in...

"I'm really concerned about some of the things my kids are seeing on TV. How can we protect our family from the harmful effects of the entertainment industry?" Dave: Wow, that's a big question these days. Parents have so many more entertainment complexities to face than what parents faced even just 20 years ago. There is a myriad of potential...

As I look into the faces of the real teens that come into my office, I frequently see the troubled eyes of those whose lives have been compromised because of the adverse consequences of risky sexual activity. There are many challenges involved in addressing teen sexuality – sex is a very sensitive topic and it is a topic which stirs up strong opinions....