http://www.choosehelp.com http://cache.choosehelp.com/img6/logo.png http://www.choosehelp.com urn:syndication:583680d5c0f4fb3a278332558ec7fb39 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/parenting/parents-dramatically-underestimate-the-likelihood-their-teen-children-use-drugs-or-alcohol Only 5% of parents believe their teen son or daughter has used marijuana in the last year…in actual fact 28% of teens have. ]]> Parenting Teens Parenting Teenage Drinking Teenage Drug Abuse Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:48:20 -0400 urn:syndication:c2dedf07e099b0db4264f0737bf8cdd1 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/parenting/teens-that-use-facebook-are-5-times-more-likely-to-smoke-3-times-more-likely-to-drink-and-twice-as-likely-to-use-marijuana 70% of teens use social networking sites on a typical day. These teens are far more likely to drink, smoke cigarettes and use marijuana. ]]> Facebook Addiction Teenage Alcoholism Teenage Drug Abuse Facebook Teenage Drinking Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:29:39 -0400 urn:syndication:f2f729277cd55e89a649102c778b9a75 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/parenting/photographer-won2019t-do-photo-shoot-with-teen-girls-who-bully-on-facebook A Pennsylvania photographer won’t take graduation portraits for 4 high school bullies who she found making very mean spirited comments about other students on a ‘slambook’ style facebook page. ]]> Bullying Bullying Statistics Bullies Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:59:57 -0400 urn:syndication:21fb27f76df72b9a089288976b71cbf9 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/parenting/national-survey-shows-that-one-in-five-high-school-students-are-addicted Researchers at Columbia University say that 75% of American high schools students have used drugs or alcohol and that 1 in 5 meets the medical criteria for addiction. ]]> statistics Teenage Substance Abuse Teenage Drug Abuse research high school Teenage Drinking Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:13:09 -0400 urn:syndication:4c82ce669f8e809be55fef45aaefb43d http://www.choosehelp.com/news/parenting/half-a-million-obese-kids-in-england-at-risk-of-liver-disease A culture of binge drinking and increasing rates of childhood obesity in England are putting a half million children between the ages of 4 and 14 at risk for liver disease. ]]> Childhood Obesity Obesity Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:45:15 -0400 urn:syndication:5f4787c047911b9a59e5a608abad2e78 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/parenting/uk-mom-who-2018imprisons2019-daughter-to-stop-her-from-buying-drugs-gets-12-month-prison-sentence.html A mom in Dover England is facing a 12 month jail sentence for tackling and then taping up her daughter to stop her from meeting with a drug dealer. ]]> Sat, 16 Apr 2011 07:53:19 +0000 urn:syndication:1417f277e5f59d11dbb3abe2e4086bdf http://www.choosehelp.com/news/parenting/children-who-feel-neglected-or-controlled-at-11-are-twice-as-likely-to-experience-mental-illness-by-15.html Scottish researchers say that children who report feeling neglected or controlled by their parents at the age of 11 are twice as likely to experience mental illness by the age of 15. ]]> Children's mental health Neglect Depression Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:02:56 +0000 urn:syndication:27f47c06ad5838d615f0bf3f2b41fa96 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/parenting/heavy-video-gaming-linked-to-increased-depression-and-anxiety.html Kids with mental health problems like social phobia or impulsivity are more likely to become addicted to video gaming. Those that become video game ‘addicts’ tend to experience a worsening in social functioning and emotional health while those al... ]]> video games Children's mental health children Mon, 21 Mar 2011 04:04:44 +0000 urn:syndication:5f4f2ad7edd1d95bafe9a93c10b3cad0 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/parenting/childhood-bullying-increases-the-risk-of-substance-abuse-for-girls.html According to recent research, girls who are victims of bullying at school or online, have an increased chance of becoming substance abusers due to depression. ]]> Bullying Girls Teenage Substance Abuse Teen depression Mon, 21 Mar 2011 03:53:26 +0000 urn:syndication:2757ab465798c7d3fc92e49242381a9d http://www.choosehelp.com/news/parenting/neuroscience-researchers-say-that-teen-marijuana-alcohol-or-amphetamine-use-can-cause-permanent-brain-damage.html A roundup of research results on the consequences of teen drug abuse as presented at the Annual Society for Neuroscience Conference in San Diego. ]]> Teen Addiction Teenage Alcoholism Marijuana Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:30:04 +0000 urn:syndication:1f4847284563afdba3d1f610dcf08f32 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/parenting/young-teens-that-hate-school-most-likely-to-drink-have-sex.html Preteens and teens that aren’t happy at home or school are far more likely to drink alcohol and those that drink alcohol are far more likely to have sex at an early age. ]]> Parenting Mon, 15 Nov 2010 05:43:53 +0000 urn:syndication:491fcc2d4a3b8081f076524649fa041b http://www.choosehelp.com/news/parenting/teens-with-disturbed-sleeping-habits-at-an-increased-risk-for-mental-illness.html Most teens stay up too late and then make up for lost whole-week sleeping time by snoozing late into the day on weekends. Teens with coming mental illness display erratic sleeping habits, but no set pattern of behaviors. ]]> Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:55:25 +0000 urn:syndication:cd436a959f32f86111b9490c86c4cbbe http://www.choosehelp.com/news/parenting/new-drug-abuse-prevention-tool-for-parents-k9-drug-sniffing-dogs-for-rent.html Worried your kids are using drugs? Well if you’re willing to hire the K9 dogs from Baltimore’s DogsFindingDrugs, you’ll know for sure if even the smallest traces of marijuana, cocaine, prescription narcotics, opiates or amphetamines reside with... ]]> Parenting Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:33:31 +0000 urn:syndication:737806b49c8f84df5375cbfad9308968 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/parenting/42-students-in-a-single-washington-high-school-are-addicted-to-heroin.html Police in Stanwood Washington say that heroin is now local teens’ drug of choice. ]]> Heroin Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:36:48 +0000 urn:syndication:759794e9a18f6b8406f582777697b929 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/parenting/teen-drug-rehab-reports-cites-important-drug-abuse-issues-for-parents-to-deal-with drugs Parenting drug rehab Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:52:40 -0400