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- KevinGrunwald
- March 4, 2009
Kids Who Wear Beer Gear
- caseylight
- April 2, 2009
Top Ten Ways Parents can Protect Family on Facebook
- caseylight
- May 6, 2009
New Study: The more you watch the more you drink
- caseylight
- June 2, 2009
Alcohol linked to brain problems in young and old
- KevinGrunwald
- June 22, 2009
Influence of Dad's Drinking on Kids
- caseylight
- Aug. 17, 2009
Teens reveal risky behaviors on social networking sites
- KevinGrunwald
- Aug. 26, 2009
Teen Survey on Alcohol Use
- caseylight
- Sept. 2, 2009
Who's driving Twitter's Popularity? Not teens as it turns out...
- caseylight
- Sept. 27, 2009
Strict Rules From Parents Lead to Safer Driving by Teens
Parents who are actively involved in setting rules and boundaries, and following up on those rules, lead to safer drivers. Teens who say their parents are actively involved cut their risk of drinking and driving by 70%, are half as likely to speed and 30% less likely to use a cellphone. And kids who don't have access to their "own" car — they have to ask for the keys — are half as likely to get into a crash.
Parents really DO matter!
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Class Dismissed: Should we Eliminate the Senior Year?
The senior year of high school. Cruise-time for some. For others it offers an opportunity for them to take college level courses for credit before entering college, with their high school subsidizing or paying for those credits. For many others, it represents a period of time of treading water. They have applied to college, and some even have been accepted (if they choose early decision) and for those who plan to work after high school, ...
143 4E&E
143 4E&E
What the heck does THAT mean? Ok, so you run across a text that you don't understand, or you walk by your kid's computer when they are chatting with their friend and you see the following:
BTWITIAILWU
Any clue what they are saying? That's exactly the idea! Partly because the internet has created a way for kids to have a secret life from their parents and partly driven by social networking sites like ...
Parent Survey Results
Results of the Tri-town Coalition’s Parent Survey
The Tri-town Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking sponsored a Parent Survey in December and January. Many thanks to all of those who responded and provided helpful feedback! The purpose of this survey was to help the Tri-town coalition evaluate the effectiveness of its programs and to see how we can do a better job of reaching parents. Here are some of the survey results.
Who responded? 106 people ...
Digital Nation
Did anyone watch the Frontline episode called Digital Nation? If not, you should check it out online. It's quite enlightening and shows how wired our kids really are. Certainly not all kids, but a good majority of them. It is changing everything, from the way they are taught in high school and college to interactions in the workplace in the future. Even their hearing is being altered from being wired all ...
Planning for College
Help with Planning for College at E.O. Smith
I would highly recommend that, if you are a high school student or the parent of one at E.O. Smith, that you make sure you are registered to use Naviance through the E.O. Smith High School Guidance Department.
A college/course planning software program, called Naviance, is available to parents of high school students through E.O. Smith. The program allows students and families to investigate, research, track, and ...
Time wasters - all of them!
Facebook. Twitter, MySpace, Cell phones, Blogs, iParentnetwork....
Time wasters. Time thieves. At least that is how the media has sometimes portrayed them. Not real. Online friends? Get serious. That's not really human contact. Those are trivial connections that take up time that we could be spent with our real friends, right? Those using social media, such as iParentnetwork, are the lonely folks, the isolated. Social media must adds to that sense of isolation.
Nope.
A ...
The Generation Gap of THIS Century
I read an article the other day that I just had to share. A little toddler picked up a book and said "Daddy's book!" How cute, you may think. Except the item in that toddler's hand was a Kindle, an e-book, not a book at all, in the traditional sense.
It was at that moment that I realized that each generation will have their own little generation gap to deal with and it all ...
Why Facebook may be unwittingly exposing your kid to underage drinking
Facebook wasn't even around five years ago and now it is may be a central part of your teen's social activity. With over 250 million users, it's doubtful that Facebook hasn't impacted your teen's life in some way, even if they are not registered users of the social networking site.
Roughly one third of active users are under the age of 21. One of the revenue streams for Facebook is through advertising. Facebook pages, applications, ...
Power School - Have you been on the site?
Wow - what a great thing EO Smith had offered parents when they added Power School to their bag of tricks. Have you gotten your user ID and password and gone on the site yet? This is a great web site that allows parents to check the online status of your child's grades, their attendance history, the balance they have on their lunch card and whether they have an detentions on their record.
This ...
This should be the online mantra for our kids
The FCC recently published guidelines for social networking safety for tweens and teens. There are some really good tips in here that every parent should read. We all know that we have to teach our kids to look both ways before crossing the street. That's a no-brainer. What is less clear is how to guide them through this new terrain - the world of social networking.
The first concept you must get across to ...
If You Think Sexting Is Fun
The following is an article that I came across on a blog in the Hartford Courant. It reports the second known "sexting" related suicide to take place in the country.
This is a dangerous practice that is engaged in by naive teens, and the consequences can be significant and far-reaching. I know of at least one local student who was involved in a similar incident and ultimately withdrew from school. Parents need to know about ...
Self-assessment
Self-Assessment 14.2: (Santrock, 2008, Life Span Development)
Think back to your adolescent years, especially when you were in high school. Rate each of the items for both your mother and your father on the following 5 point scale:
1 = Knows nothing
2 = Knows a little
3 = Knows many things
4 = Knows most things
5 = Knows everything
Write your ratings one the lines to the right side. Rate the "father ...
Ungrateful Teenager In My House
This is an interesting article in today's Courant about parents using Facebook to vent about their teens: http://www.courant.com/features/hc-hartfordfacebook1118.artnov18,0,2160735.story.
I think it raises a number of interesting points: should social networking be used in this way, are teens today different, or is this just part of a developmental phase, and how can parents instill the kinds of values in their children that they would like to see them carry into adulthood?
I don't know what the ...
How to post a job for an after school babysitting job
An anonymous question just came in. The writer was wondering where on the site was an appropriate place to post an after school job for a high school student.
There are two places that would make sense. Once is on the Tri Town List (group) that all members are automatically in. This group was set up as a place to do these sorts of things - kind of a la "Craigs List". Another spot might ...
What kinds of questions parents are asking when they drop their child off at a friend's house
At recent fall events, members of iParentnetwork were out meeting and greeting members of each of the three communities. We surveyed parents on a number of questions, one of which was this question: "What kinds of questions do you ask when you drop your child off at a friend's house?"
We were pleased to report that parents are asking questions and even more pleased at the variety of questions parents were posing. We thought it ...
New Anonymous Question Sent in
This just in....calling all parents. If you have any advice for this person or can commiserate, please help if you can!
"Is anyone having issues with the EO Smith Spanish program? I have heard other parents say that they personally have had problems with these teachers for years! How can this be? Are these teachers tenured?
My child tells me that the entire class is failing! This was at progress report time. How is ...
Fresh Facts: Binge Drinking - One more thing to worry about during flu season!
Binge drinking poses one more health hazard during flu season because it undermines the body's immune system and makes a person more prone to infection for the 24 hours after binge drinking.
With flu season approaching, this is just one more thing to be aware of. And to further complicate this particular flu season is the onset of the H1N1 virus.
Source: How Binge Drinking Undermines the Immune System, Medical News Today, September 18, ...
Students learn about underage drinking by studying the science behind it
Students in Boston, using a pilot program developed by the National Institutes for Health in conjunction with scientists from Boston University, study the effects that drinking have on mice. Studying this in this way seems to have had an impact on the way teens look at alcohol consumption. Watch the video to learn more about this.
Advice for parents of younger kids
This is a great video for parents of younger kids. It's a video put out by yahoo that profiles a conversation between three moms along the subject of "what I'd tell parents of younger kids....or I wish I had know this when my kids were young! I highly recommend watching this short video.
Not all parental monitoring software is alike
Wow. It seems as if not all parental monitoring software is alike. Two of the leading brands -- brands rated as tops by trusted source C-net - have been found to be mining kids chats and posts for information so they can tailor their marketing better.
Personally, I'm in favor of open dns as a way to safely monitor our kid's activities online. It not only gives you flexibility in monitoring your kids ...
I'm Just Sayin'....
It seems that our kids move more and more quickly from one slang phrase to another. It's hard to keep up. Between the instant message "speak" to inventive spellings used in text messages, it's hard to even understand them anymore. Am I right?
Well, I'm here to help. I have just learned that UCLA has published it's latest dictionary of slang called the UCLA Slang 6. You can order it from them directly (sorry it's ...
Parents Busted on Facebook for Hosting Teen Drinking Party
Today's Hartord Courant reported from Glastonbury on how an "Charges filed In Facebook Underage Drinking Photos."
In part, the paper reported:
"Parents who hosted a birthday party for their 18-year-old daughter have been cited by police after pictures of teens playing beer pong and drinking alcohol surfaced on Facebook, police said."
You can read the whole article here.
I am ...
Of Substance
As I was watching the Super Bowl, and realized that this is a great opportunity to talk about the impact that advertising has on our attitudes towards alcohol use. We all know that the Super Bowl provides one of the greatest television advertising opportunities of the year, and many of us look forward to the latest Budweiser commercial (remember Spuds McKenzie and the singing frogs?). While I appreciate the entertainment value of those ads, I think we need to consider the impact that they have on the millions of youth who watch them along with us.
Parenting In A Connected World
Parents tell me they are so overwhelmed because kids seem to understand technology better than most adults do. Because they are so connected to each other today, it has become very difficult to effectively parent our kids. After all, when was the last time one of your kid's friends actually called your house to talk to your son or daughter and you got to answer the phone and actually hear who was calling? Most kids today have cell phones, email accounts, Facebook or My Space pages and a slew of other ways of connecting to one another in ways that basically shut parents out of the loop. Am I right? It's time we mount a challenge to that by getting smarter about how all this technology works! B As Cnnctd As Ur Kids R! I'll try to help you understand the power of what has become known as Web 2.0 and how to embrace it. It's not going away.
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Parents of Teenagers
This is a group for parents of teenagers. Come here to share, support, and learn from each other. This period of life is trying, wonderful and sometimes hard to understand. I think we can help each other make it through!
Fun things to do in CT and beyond
This is a group where people can post fun things they hear about in the area. They can be local, or not. I am always searching for something new and fun to do. Join this group to share your ideas on what you have found in the area that was fun for you and your kids or teens to do.
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over scheduled and under stress
Is anyone else dealing with an overscheduled teen? My daughter doesn't seem able to say no to anything. She is a freshman, very social and wants to do it all. When we say no, she goes ballistic. Anyone have any tips on keeping the peace?
EO Smith Drama Association Meeting
From Dara Dominque, President of the Association:
Our First Drama Association Parents' meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 8 at 7:30 PM in Room 30
Weird but fun....
If you're looking for something different to do, my daughter and a friend trekked down to Middletown to see the "World's Largest Jack in the Box" -- it was truly an experience to remember. This is probably best for the tween to teen age set only because of the contents inside Wild Bill's store, which you DEFINITELY must spend some time exploring. I've never seen quite a collection like this.
You can get more info at http://tinyurl.com/d2cob9
Get involved in next year's Safe Grad!
Are you interested in re-thinking the way Safe Grad is organized and run? In the past, there has been a great deal of focus on fundraising in order to support expensive prizes for the kids as a way of encouraging them to attend Safe Grad.
If you'd like to lend your creativity and ideas to the cause, please let us know as there are a few parents who would like to reformat this event with a greater emphasis on fun and camaraderie and less on prizes.
Contact drlisao if interested in working on this project.
Brownstone Exploration and Discovery Park
Brownstone Exploration and Discovery Park is a great place to visit in Middletown. It's a former quarry that they have converted to a natural water park. For an admission of $26 you get to swim, go on the zip line, cliff jump, learn how to wake board and play on a number of inflatables in the water. You can bring a picnic and it's a great day of fun. Because the water is 100 feet deep, everyone is required to wear life preservers at all times, so even young kids can participate in some things. For younger kids, you can pay $18 for just swimming and the inflatables.
This makes it a great park for families that have young kids as well as older ones. There is something for everyone. My personal favorite was the wake boarding.
Teen Driving Rules
This came home from EO Smith today and I wanted to share it.
DMV each year receives questions regarding how the teen driving curfew affects students participating in high school proms and school-sponsored events afterward. This exception does not apply to passenger restrictions. All laws regarding passenger restrictions remain in effect for 16 and 17-year-old drivers.
These school-related activities usually end during the time when there is a curfew, which is from of 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., for 16 and 17 year-old drivers. (The curfew does not apply to drivers over 18 years-old.) DMV below attempts to give general guidance on how the curfew works when school-sponsored activities are involved. However, each case is decided on the facts of the circumstances.
State law gives an exception for “school or religious activities” in Public Act 05-54. However, these are not defined in the statute and to date, no cases have come before the courts for interpretation of this language. The language is quite broad, and DMV believes that the exception was intended to cover school-sponsored or sanctioned activities, whether on school grounds or off. The exception would allow driving after curfew to or from an activity such as a prom or away game, provided that there is no intervening activity to which the student is driving.
For example, a student would not be able to drive from the prom to a friend’s house, attend a post-prom party at the friend’s house, and then drive home. It is reasonable to expect that a student would not be driving home from a prom at 2:00 a.m. when the prom ended at 11:00 p.m., and is in the same town. If the student, however, was traveling to a school-sponsored post-prom party, then travel to the event from the prom and then from the event to home directly afterward would be allowed.
Many schools, though, hold proms and some post-prom parties in neighboring towns. The police departments in these towns may not know the out-of-town school’s prom schedule and school-sponsored post prom activities. To assist patrol officers in making a determination of whether an exception to curfew applies, the DMV suggests that the police departments in hosting towns be given advance notification of the prom itinerary by the sponsoring school district, and/or that students be provided with an official schedule of school-sponsored prom activities to carry in their vehicles.