Resources
If you’re looking for some guidance of your own when it comes to guiding your teen, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor Samantha Straub is here to help. With over 25 years experience teaching and working with adolescents, Sam offers group and individual coaching options for parents. She is also co-host of the podcast, "Parenting Shrink Wrapped," your all-access pass to the wild and wonderful journey of raising kids!
Whether you're handling sleepless nights or the chaos of carpool, you'll find relatable advice and a good laugh along the way. Found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Podcast Republic. 
Tech Talk Tuesdays This newsletter was created by Dr. Delaney Rustin, the maker of Screenagers, the phenomenal movie about the effects of social media and smartphones on all of us.
Each Tuesday, you will receive an email sharing Rustin’s perspective on the impact of screen time on today’s youth and how we can help our kids - and ourselves - to find balance. Spark conversations with your family through Rustin’s blog and weekly emails! 
9 Ways to Reset Your Relationship With Social Media
Time.com, January 16, 2024 Ever tackle the conversation with your child (or yourself!) about how to scale back on social media? How to simply put down your phone more often and change your habits? Read this valuable article from Time to learn how to use social media less often. 
A Strategy to Treat Big Tech Like Big Tobacco
The Daily podcast, November 15, 2023 A historic set of new lawsuits, filed by more than three dozen states, accuses Meta, the country’s largest social media company, of illegally luring children onto its platforms and hooking them on its products. Natasha Singer, who covers technology, business and society for The New York Times, has been reviewing the states’ evidence and trying to understand the long-term strategy behind these lawsuits. 
Severna Park High School Counseling Center: Virtual Calming Room
There are many ways for teens to practice self-care. Sometimes all that is needed is a simple reminder to pause and take a few moments for oneself. We were delighted to see the Virtual Calming Room on Severna Park High School’s counseling web site. You can click on each picture or item to reveal a new mental health self-care resource such as a mini yoga class, meditative art, reminders of kindness and acceptance, and peer support and counseling opportunities. 
Need help?
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Recommended Viewing
60 Minutes story about parents suing Meta for unsafe practices with social media and youth.
A recent recorded presentation from Anna Mueller, Ph.D. Clicking this image will take you to an external site to view this video.
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