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Communications
Summer Fun: Creating Opportunities for Teens to Make Good Choices
Additional Family Meeting Resources
Tips for listening Without Judgement
Top Four Things to Talk to Your Children About Before They Go Back to High School
Using the Theory of Multiple Intelligences to Understand Your Child’s Learning Style
General Parenting
Back to School Tips for Children on the Autism Spectrum
Cultivating Resourcefulness in Teens
Get In Gear for the New School Year
Help Your Child Prepare for Back to School
Ideas for Setting Up A Homework Station
Innovative ways to Celebrate Your Child’s Accomplishments
Supporting Children’s Different Kinds of Intelligence
How Free Play Can Define Kids’ Success
The Intentional Family: Simple Rituals to Strengthen Family Ties
Reframing Parent-Child Time Can Reduce Stress
Is Your Child Overscheduled? Questionnaire
10 Signs Your Kids are Overscheduled
Drugs and Alcohol
Teenage Drinking: Understanding the Dangers and Talking to Your Child
Mayo Clinic: Underage Drinking: Talking to Your Teen about Alcohol
MADD’s Pocket Guide for Parents: Talking with Kids and Teens about Alcohol
15 minute video: Empowering Parents to Prevent Underage Drinking in New Jersey
Legal Consequences In New Jersey for Underage Drinking and Driving
It’s Illegal to Provide Alcohol to Minors
Talking to Teens About Alcohol
Empowering Parents to Prevent Underage Drinking in New Jersey
Thoughts for a Safe Holiday: Taking Action To Reduce Impaired Driving Deaths
Talking to Teens About Marijuana
Talking to Your Child About Alcohol
Free Marijuana Talk Kit from the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
What’s So Bad About Teen Marijuana Use
A More Scientific Angle: Cannabis: A Danger to the Adolescent Brain
Drug Use Prevention for Parents of Student Athletes
National Impaired Driving Prevention Month
National Directory of Designated Driver Services
Healthy Living
Party Smart: How to Stay Safe While You Have a Good Time
Holiday Party Hosting Safety Tips
Safe Celebration Tips for Party Goers and Social Hosts
Non-Alcoholic Cocktails from Bon Appetit
Wellness
Nutrition Know How For Parents: Trans Fat 101
Let’s Move: America’s Move to Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids
Choose My Plate: Dietary Guidelines
Trans Fat is Double Trouble for Your Heart
Whole Grain Council
Eating Well Recipes
Real Simple Whole Grain Recipes
Can Meditation Positively Impact Your Teenager? It Absolutely Can!
UCLA Health – Guided Meditations
Center for Mindful Learning – Guided Meditations
Mindfulness for Teens – Guided Meditations
Inward Bound Mindfulness Education (iBme)
Guided Meditation Apps Your Teen Might Enjoy
The Importance of Family Time on Kids’ Mental Health and Adjustment to Life
COPE Parenting Workshop Packets
Mindfulness and Emotional Regulation
Setting Boundaries and Communicating
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