If you are the parent of a pre-teen or older, you've stepped into the intersection of adolescence and social media. Melanie Barwick says when she was a teen, she was lucky to have permission to use the phone. Alone time often depended on the number of siblings you had and the space available where you could be on your own. Being a teenager now means you likely have a cellphone, an email account, and a presence on Facebook - at a minimum. Welcome to the land of the digital native - adolescent version.
WEEKLY CHECKUP
Melanie Barwick, Ph.D., C.Psych.
- Underachieving kids: no quick fix
- Looking out for kids' mental well-being
- To peek or not to peek
- Privacy in the time of social media
- School Violence: What you should know, what you can do
- Shrooms, jib, love drugs and your kids
- Pester power
- Curbing your child's inner consumer
- Putting kids first in divorce
- Lessons from Madonna and Guy
- Political behaviour: You're a liar; No, you're a liar!
- Explaining politicians' behaviour to your kids
- Parenting: Easing the change to middle school
- Parenting: The line between punishment and abuse
- Kids and money: Learning the value of a buck
- Leaving the nest
- Kids and cellphones
- Friend or foe?
- The chaotic world of girl friendships
Andrea Holwegner, B.Sc., R.D.
- Using nutrition to fight Type 2 diabetes
- Telling the difference between true hunger and emotional hunger
- Fuelling: spring and summer sports nutrition
- Good health is good business
- Healthier employees save corporations money in the long run
- 'Newtrition' for the year
- Making your resolutions monthly
- Nutrition guide for the holidays
- Indulging doesn't have to add to your waistline
- The winter weight-gain blues
- Some comfort: how to stop your widening waistline this winter
- Back to school: Packin' healthy lunches for your munchkins
- The best foods of summer
- Good nutrition scare you?
- The magnetic power of the scale
- Elevate your energy!
- Eating habits
- Resolve your resolutions
Dr. Brett Taylor
- The no evidence zone
- A physician’s take on alternative health care
- From here to there: The evolution of healthcare
- What a star's death doesn't tell us about Canadian health care
- Spending ourselves healthy
- How to blow a bundle and be better for it
- Wheeze season: Childhood asthma's September peak
- Consent
- Regarding ourselves
- Story time
- The myth of diagnosis
- Hurting children
Russell Gunner, C.A.T.
- Peak performance: getting ready for the big event
- My season is over, now what?
- Which professional should I see for my injury?
- Post-injury therapy is key to recovery
- The new warm-up: dynamic stretching
- Traditional 'stretch-and-hold' won't prevent injuries
- Body checking
- When is it appropriate to introduce it to kids' hockey?
- Olympic sacrifice
- The medical team behind the athletes
- Gardening injuries
- Proprioception training
- Avoiding injury while you get back outdoors
- Avoiding cold weather injuries
Dr. Lorne Swetlikoff, ND
- Greying nation
- Getting older doesn't necessarily mean burdening the health-care system
- Water: Still your best health bet
- Bill C-51
- Does 'normal' mean 'healthy'?
