Both physicians and mental health professionals will tell you a little stress is a good thing and can be healthy. However, excessive long-term stress can be physically and psychologically harmful, which can contribute to your spiraling into a bout of depression. Some stress-related factors that have contributed to teen depression are academic overload, overly high... Continue Reading →
TEENS – Coping With Constant Sexual Thoughts?
“We do not talk about our sexual thoughts to our parents or adults because we don't want to disappoint them, or get yelled at.”–Bethany. In a detailed study of 283 students between the ages of 18 and 25 for a one-week period, the median number of sexual thoughts for men every 24 hours was 18.6... Continue Reading →
TEENS – Is Oral Sex Really Sex?
In the 1980s, a teen couple might be caught kissing behind the bleachers at a basketball or football game by a teacher. Today, it is an entirely different situation. The modern-day junior high school children (13 and 14 years old); literally view oral sex as being no different than kissing one another on the lips.... Continue Reading →
TEENS – Peer Pressure to Have Sexual Relations
“I felt like it was better just to give in because everyone is having sex and I am tired of being the outsider.”–Jessica. Many teens, especially boys, feel pressure to have sex before they are ready. According to research released this week, some 63 percent of teens believe that waiting to have sex is a... Continue Reading →
NETFLIX: 13 Reasons Why Review
13 Reasons Why | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix Published on Mar 1, 2017 Why would a dead girl lie? 13 Reasons Why premieres March 31 only on Netflix. Based on the best-selling books by Jay Asher, the Netflix Original Series 13 Reasons Why follows Clay Jensen (Dylan Minnette) as he returns home from school... Continue Reading →