by Michele Borba | Jun 24, 2014 | School Success and Learning, Self-Reliance and Agency
Parenting advice for before, during, and after your teen’s move from home and off to college for a positive send-off After all the test-taking, application filling, essay editing, campus touring, and acceptance-waiting, the big event is almost here: dropping...
by Michele Borba | Apr 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
Deadly facts about teen drinking every parent and educator should know — Why we must teach our kids how to drink responsibly. It is easy for educators and parents to become overdramatic when warning young students about the dangers of alcohol. Flooded with...
by Michele Borba | Dec 29, 2011 | Depression and Suicide
Parent Alert: College mental health crisis and signs your teen may be depressed or at risk of dropping out Your son or daughter is back from college for the holidays! He or she spent months studying for those SATs, filling out college applications and agonizing. Then...
by Michele Borba | Dec 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
A guest post by Edward F. Dragon, Ed.D. Author of The Bully Action Guide: How to Help Your Child and Get Your School to Listen Sexual Harassment: Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that tends...
by Michele Borba | Oct 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
News at Central Washington University is a parent wake-up call: we have skills to teach. Parenting advice to help you talk to your teen about date rape drugs and what you can help them learn to keep them safer and savvier Scene: Fifty unconscious and semi-conscious...