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Christopher Pepper Discusses Health Education and Boys

November 23, 2023Guests, HealthBabyQuip, Better Help, Christopher Pepper, health, sex, sex ed, teenage boys, teens, vapingJennifer L.W. Fink

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COVID-19 Listener Q and A

April 16, 2020Listener Q & A, Uncategorizedanger, college, coronavirus, COVID-19, listener Q & A, mental health, online school, parenting, school, teens, vapingJanet

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COVID-19 (the disease caused by the novel coronavirus) has changed everything. Our daily lives now look nothing like we imagined at the beginning of the year. We’re hunkered down in our homes, and wondering how to get toilet paper and flour — basics we once took for granted. Some of us are working from home … Continue reading COVID-19 Listener Q and A →

Best of 2019

December 26, 2019Parenting, Uncategorized#MyBoyCan, #MyBoyCanDance, boy code, Breaking the Boy Code, Bryan Post, Charlie Capen, esports, fathers, Katy Rank Lev, Meagan Francis, mental health, Michael C. Reichert, Middle School Matters, Phyllis Fagell, racial disparities, Raising Boys, Sassy Harvey, Steve Biddulph, suicide, The Mom Hour, vapingJanet

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340%. The ON BOYS audience grew by 340% this year. We now have listeners in more than 110 countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, the UK, India, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Botswana and Bolivia — which means that our message of support for boys is resonating and empowering parents worldwide. This year, we hosted … Continue reading Best of 2019 →

Middle School Matters with Phyllis Fagell

December 5, 2019Guests, Uncategorizedbody image, consent, gender, Help, male development, man box, masculinity, middle school, Middle School Matters, Middle School Matters: The 10 Key Skills Kids Need to Thrive in Middle School & Beyond and How Parents Can Help, Phyllis Fagell, stereotypes, Stryke Club, tween, tweens, vapingJanet

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“Middle school,” Phyillis Fagell says, “is a stew of simmering hormones, shifting relationships and increased expectations.” It’s also a time of massive confusion and overwhelm — for middle school boys and their parents. Phyllis Fagell is a school counselor and the author of Middle School Matters: The 10 Key Skills Kids Need to Thrive in Middle … Continue reading Middle School Matters with Phyllis Fagell →

Vaping & E-Cigarette Use: What Parents Need to Know

April 4, 2019Health, Uncategorizede-cigarettes, health, Juul, Juuling, smoking, teen, teens, tween, tweens, vape pen, vapingJennifer L.W. Fink

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Nearly 1 in 3 high school seniors tried vaping in the last year. Middle schoolers are vaping too. According to the Centers for Disease Control, e-cigarette use among middle school students increased by 48% between 2017 and 2018. Now, nearly 5% of middle school students in the United States vape on a regular basis. Kids … Continue reading Vaping & E-Cigarette Use: What Parents Need to Know →

112: Potty Talk, Vaping & School (Listener Q&A, Part 1)

May 24, 2018Health, Parenting, School Lifeaddiction, e-cigarettes, homework, humor, potty talk, school, vapingJanet

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When we put out a call for listener questions, you sent us some doozies! In this, our first-ever Listener Q & A (Part 1), we tackle three of your questions: “I just finished listening to the podcast episode with Amy Lang. I know she says we should begin talking to boys about bodies at 5 … Continue reading 112: Potty Talk, Vaping & School (Listener Q&A, Part 1) →