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Sidney Bloom, an online-magazine journalist, returns to her hometown to investigate the sudden spike in teenage pregnancies at her old high school. Almost immediately, she
Posted January 18th, 2010 According to a Reuters report from May 2009, a new analysis of data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth
An article in the December 2009 issue of the Health Education and Behavior, indicates that removing low nutrition items from schools decreased students’ consumption with
Posted January 12th, 2010 The website http://www.checkyourdrinking.net is a great online tool to evaluate your relationship with alcohol in a realistic and straightforward manner. The
Posted January 6th, 2010 Last month, MTV launched a new campaign called, A Thin Line (www.athinline.org) to address the emerging issues teens face now that
In a story reported by the New York Times (5.3.2009), teens can anonymously text a sexual health question and have it answered within 24 hours.
Over nearly the past 30 years, U.S. children and adolescents have dramatically increased their consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), including soda, fruit drinks and punches,
Posted December 17th, 2009 Sexting is the new term that has been coined over the past year and its definition is the act of sending, receiving
Posted December 14th, 2009 My trip to Missouri last week to speak at the Coordinated School Health Conference was wonderful from start to finish. I
Posted December 14th, 2009 The conference participants, mostly school nurses and Physical Education Teachers, embraced the message of my keynote address about the importance of
Education! According to a recent Reuters report in the New York Times, the United States has among the highest rates of STDs of any developed
Posted December 1st, 2009 Every day in his television show, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Fred Rogers talked to children about everyday life. Much of his efforts
Positive parent-teen relationships, high parental awareness and monitoring of whom their children are with, and family dinner routines are all linked to delayed sex among
Posted November 11th, 2009 On November 9, 2009, I gave the opening keynote address at the 17th Annual Parenting Awareness Michigan Conference in East Lansing,
Posted November 17th, 2009 UNITED STATES:”Consumer Reports Puts 20 Condoms to the Test” ABC News (11.03.09)::Joseph Brownstein In recent testing of 20 condom brands
Posted September 25th, 2009 NewsweekBy Vanessa Juarez7/21/2005 Alayne-We’ll leave her last name out of this-is the 40-year-old mother of a middle-schooler in Richmond, Mich., and
Posted September 25th, 2009 Talk Early & Talk Often℠: Unveiling of the Blueprint for Preventing Unintended Pregnancies www.michigan.gov July 6, 2005 Governor Jennifer M. Granholm
Posted September 25th, 2009 Farmington Hills woman coordinates program to help them discuss the topic with their middle school kids. By Kendra Snyder / The
Posted September 25th, 2009 Parents – Is talking to your kids about sex difficult? View these award-winning Public Service Announcements (currently airing in Michigan) to
Posted September 25th, 2009 Why We Need to Take Action As parents we are aware and concerned about the health problems of young people and
Parents, we are proud of you! More importantly, I hope you’re proud of yourself. You’re doing a great job. In normal times, raising a family was hard but now it’s daunting. Take comfort in the fact that you are not alone.
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God Bless you @GovWhitmer for taking time to read to kids w/all that you have on your plate! I am proud to live in the Mitt! Stay strong, stay the course as Michigan heals. #ValueFamilies #MichiganStrong #WeAreInThisTogether
March is still reading month, and since I didn't get a chance to read to as many students as I was hoping to, I decided to read to as many kids as possible right here!
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Parents, we are proud of you! More importantly, I hope you’re proud of yourself. You’re doing a great job. In normal times, raising a family was hard but now it’s daunting. Take comfort in the fact that you are not alone.
https://bit.ly/2Jw90Ks
