- Why do my parents keep saying I can't play my video games? My mom's so mean...she won't let me watch my show every night! What are the risks for playing video games all the time? For warning signs of video game addiction, read this article: Video Game Addiction: Five Warning Signs for Assessing Risk
- In addition to video gaming, there is concern about online gaming, chatting, phone calls, and TV all having negative influences on the Middle Years students. For more information on helping students unplug, read this article: Unplugged and outside: Combating Nature-Deficit Disorder
- Why won't my mom let me have pizza for supper every night?
- Why is sleep so important? According to this article, Tweens/Middle Years students need 9 1/2 to 10 hours per night. How many get that? Read this article for strategies to: Make Sleep a Tween Priority, and Sleep, Tween, Sleep!
- What about other disorders, especially anxiety? For signs of anxiety in tweens, and how to help your tween cope, read the article: Why is My Tween Afraid to Leave Home? Understanding Chronic Anxiety
- Is your Tween showing signs of depression? Childhood Depression - Know the Symptoms of Childhood Depression
- H1N1, aka Swine flu, and teens: Symptoms of H1N1 aka Swine Flu
- Preventing H1N1 (Swine) flu in Middle School Children
- Girls and body image: "Mom, Do I Look Fat?"
- What about alcohol usage? Kids and Alcohol
- Tweens/Middle Years and Sexuality: Talking to Your Tween about Sexuality: What Your Tween Needs to Know
- Have questions about Gardasil and Cervical Cancer in your Tweens? From staff at the Mayo Clinic: Cervical Cancer vaccine: Who needs it, how it works, and more on the debate about it: Gardasil and Tweens - The Debate About the Vaccine
- Smoking: Keeping Your Tween Smoke-Free
- What about drugs? Signs of Drug Use in Teens and Tweens
- Eating disorders - what is healthy? Kids and Eating Disorders
If you have concerns about yourself, or your child, please contact your family doctor or a mental health professional.
