COVID-19 and Your Child’s Online Safety
Has your school been shut down because of Covid-19? Your Child is going to spend a lot more time online. Are you ready? COVID-19 is shutting schools down and discouraging […]
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 only getting worse. This is how we talk to teens […]
Words and Pictures Matter
How to talk to your child about posting images or words that could be construed as a violent threat. On August 25, 2019, Alaska authorities arrested two 13-year-old students for […]
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 via Getty Images For some parents, their child’s back-to-sch… You’re […]
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 hands of three girls in middle school, Jill was finally […]
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 after “Sgt. Mike” asked a question about internet saf… You’re […]
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 pack of cigarettes. I confiscated a vaping device on nearly […]
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, and vaping, and how to talk to your children about the […]
Preventing Campus Violence Through Creating Safe School Climates
On February 19, 1997, 16-year-old Evan Ramsey entered his high school in quiet Bethel, Alaska and used a shotgun to fire on fellow students. He killed one student and the […]
How to Stop Violence in our Schools Before it Happens
We are heartbroken. As a parent of two teenaged boys, my blood ran cold when I heard the news anchor break in to the television show I was watching: “Seventeen […]