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Teens at Risk – Marijuana and Vaping

If young people are hearing that marijuana is fun and harmless because it’s natural, then they’re missing the facts. Marijuana

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Is Screen Time Damaging Your Preschooler’s Brain?

Brain scans of children 3 to 5 years old show a link between screen time and lower brain development. Here’s

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Empowering Children Part 4: The Balancing Act

Teens are under a lot of pressure to succeed. Here’s how to know if your child is feeling overwhelmed by

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So You Want to Get Your Kid a New Phone for Christmas?

Before you buy your child’s first phone, read this first. Every year at about this time, I dust off this

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Empowering Children Part 3: The Exchanges

Start your child’s day with purpose and positivity. Here’s how. I was dressed in my full law enforcement uniform and

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Empowering Children Part 2: Purpose Driven Praise

Want honorable virtues to live within your children? Here’s how. He was about nine years old and in the race

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How to Talk to Teens About Vaping

Are you concerned about the recent reports of teens being rushed to the hospital after vaping? The vaping problem is

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Empowering Children Part 1: I Love You

How our spoken, written, and physical expressions of affection have more power than we realize. Times haven’t changed for the

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Words and Pictures Matter

How to talk to your child about posting images or words that could be construed as a violent threat. On

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A Real Solution to Stopping Mass Shootings

Students escorted to a school bus at STEM School Highlands Ranch after the shooting. Photo: Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post

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How to Empower our Children Against Bullying

Jill’s first day of high school was a hopeful one. After two and a half years of torment by the

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Keeping Your Kid Safe Over Summer Break

Image Credit: Ourpact.us Summer break is nearly upon us. Most parents think since their child is not in school, the

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How We Teach Children to Be Safe Online

During an afternoon presentation, Sgt. Michael Woodroof spoke with students at Lucerne Valley Elementary School. Here students raise their hands

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The Momo Challenge – What Parents Need to Know

The ‘Momo Challenge’ is making the rounds across social media once more, after going viral in early 2016. I have

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Surgeon General Now Calls Vaping an ‘Epidemic’

In the three years I was a School Resource Officer in a city with 14,000 students, I confiscated only one

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Interview on Living Well with Dr. Peg – Teens and Vaping

On November 8, 2018, I was interviewed on “Living Well with Dr. Peg.” I explain the connection between marijuana, nicotine,

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Sextortion – What Parents Need to Know to Keep Their Children Safe

A parent recently reached out to me with a horrifying and heartbreaking story about his 8th-grade daughter. It was a

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So you want to get your kid a new Phone for Christmas? Read this First!

Every year at about this time, I dust off this article, update it, and hope parents will read and share

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