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How To Guide Teens In Coping With Peer Pressure
To better understand how to help your child cope with peer pressure, let’s start by defining “peer.” A peer is anyone close in age to your child. Given the proximity
- by Olivia Gillespie
The myth of the addictive personality has been well-established in our conversations around behavior, personality, and substance abuse since the 1990s. At that time, the phrase became a selling point...
- by Olivia Gillespie
The first documented manifestation of social media appeared in 1997. At that time, you could create a profile and connect with other users, much as you can do in the...
- by Olivia Gillespie
Today, many techniques from the psychology and mental health fields make their way into mainstream conversations in popular culture. Grounding is one of them and includes the idea of centering,...
- by Olivia Gillespie
A pounding heart, dizziness, excessive sweating, phobias that keep you isolated rather than plugged in socially—these are all indicators of an anxiety disorder. While many adults experience anxiety, these feelings...