April 10th, 2007 by Ann Walker
“…We don’t talk much about is the way our culture encourages girls to compete with one another at the expense of developing true, meaningful relationships with other girls, and how that simple arrangement can contribute to the way girls mistreat each other, even within so called “friendships”. I’m not talking about competition in academics or […]
April 10th, 2007 by Ann Walker
Before there was the Internet, Ipods and video games, when television was limited to three broadcast channels and it was safe to send your kids out “to play” for the day, we didn’t seem to hear all that much about Attention Deficit Disorders. Usually an adolescent came home too exhausted from playing ball, riding bikes […]
April 10th, 2007 by Ann Walker
It certainly doesn’t come under the category of teenage drug abuse, but America’s romance with “energy drinks” certainly is indicative of America’s preoccupation with “getting a buzz”, which “energy drink” has become a euphemism for.
It seems a far stretch from an energy drink to a drug problem, but troubled teens who find they “feel […]