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These days, most children and adolescents play video games. Some are more interested in sports games such as Madden Football or NBA 2K13, while others are most interested in more violent games such as Black Ops, Grand Theft Auto, or other similar games. While children and adolescents can often spend countless hours playing video games, […]

Many parents worry about their adolescents having difficulty managing their time, taking care of themselves, making good decisions, and being responsible in a manner that will allow them to become responsible and successful adults. Here are a few tips to help your adolescent achieve success and become a responsible adult: 1) Provide parenting interventions that […]

Being bullied is something that most individuals experience at one time or another while growing up. Many individuals also bully others. In today’s society, bullying has gotten a lot of media attention and schools/parents are somewhat more aware of the significant impact that bullying can have on children and adolescents. However, despite anyone’s best efforts […]

As children grow older, they usually develop greater independence and when they begin adolescence, often want to spend increased time with similar aged peers. This is pretty common and normal developmentally for the most part. However, for parents that want to spend time with their adolescents, it can be frustrating when they always want to […]

The general goal of parenting is usually to provide support, guidance, and intervention to assist children in learning to become independent and responsible adults. However, there is often a fine line between parenting to assist children and adolescents in the present versus parenting in a way to foster independence down the road.   Here’s a […]

Hello Everyone: Welcome to my blog! Since this is my first blog post for MyMCMedia.org, I wanted to introduce myself and discuss the types of services that I perform and issues that I regularly work with.   I will then talk briefly about the issues that I will be covering in future posts on this […]