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    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
    Dawn Spragg
    • Nov 10, 2019
    • 4 min

    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

    Whether teens are dating or not, it's a good idea to talk to them about what a healthy relationship looks like.
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    Standing Up to Bullies
    Dawn Spragg
    • Oct 6, 2019
    • 2 min

    Standing Up to Bullies

    Recently a friend shared that her son had witnessed a classmate being mercilessly teased by another student. Although she said he obvious...
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    Teens and Anxiety
    Dawn Spragg
    • Jul 22, 2019
    • 2 min

    Teens and Anxiety

    The words were hard for the 13 year old sitting across from me in the counseling room. “i want to, but I can’t” she said in practically a...
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    Adolescents and Risk Taking
    Dawn Spragg
    • May 28, 2019
    • 3 min

    Adolescents and Risk Taking

    Recently I've been exploring wide-spread and enduring beliefs about teenagers. This month I was thinking about how we as a society often ...
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    The Mythical Lazy Teen
    Dawn Spragg
    • Apr 10, 2019
    • 3 min

    The Mythical Lazy Teen

    Recently I've been exploring the myths we tell ourselves about teenagers. Last month, I discussed why we perceive teens as selfish; this ...
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    Teens Are Selfish. True or False?
    Dawn Spragg
    • Mar 6, 2019
    • 3 min

    Teens Are Selfish. True or False?

    I love working with teens. I love their optimism, and their energy and their resiliency. I love their way of looking at the world and the...
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    So You Want Your Teen to Be Happy
    Dawn Spragg
    • Nov 18, 2018
    • 2 min

    So You Want Your Teen to Be Happy

    With Thanksgiving this week, I've been thinking a lot about gratitude. Gratitude can act as a bond between people. If someone has been ki...
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    Take A Stand Against Bullying
    Dawn Spragg
    • Oct 7, 2018
    • 1 min

    Take A Stand Against Bullying

    The CDC's latest Youth Risk Surveillance found that Arkansas was number one in the percentage of teenagers who were bullied on school pro...
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    Preventing Suicide
    Dawn Spragg
    • Sep 9, 2018
    • 1 min

    Preventing Suicide

    In recognition of National Suicide Prevention Month, I wanted to share with you the National Alliance of Mental Health’s tips on preventi...
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    Adolescence & Brain Development: The Struggle To Fit In
    Dawn Spragg
    • Aug 5, 2018
    • 2 min

    Adolescence & Brain Development: The Struggle To Fit In

    For the past two months, I have been exploring some of the effects that normal brain development has on adolescent behavior. In today’s p...
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    Adolescence & Brain Development: Why Your Teenager Is Still Sleeping
    Dawn Spragg
    • Jul 25, 2018
    • 2 min

    Adolescence & Brain Development: Why Your Teenager Is Still Sleeping

    This summer I am exploring some of the effects that the adolescent brain has on adolescent behaviour, and today I wanted to look at what ...
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    Adolescence and Brain Development: You're Stressing Me Out
    Dawn Spragg
    • Jul 1, 2018
    • 2 min

    Adolescence and Brain Development: You're Stressing Me Out

    Over the next few weeks, I will continue exploring different aspects of adolescent development, and the ways in which these effect adoles...
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    Adolescence and Brain Development: Responding to Reward
    Dawn Spragg
    • Jun 17, 2018
    • 2 min

    Adolescence and Brain Development: Responding to Reward

    So much has been written -and read!- about the development of very young children, as if once we've got our kids sleeping and eating thei...
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    Speak the Behaviour
    Dawn Spragg
    • Jun 17, 2018
    • 2 min

    Speak the Behaviour

    It’s so easy to remind teenagers about what they are NOT doing and to tell them why they are not doing it. They don't respect their elder...
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    Self Harm and Teens
    Dawn Spragg
    • Mar 19, 2018
    • 2 min

    Self Harm and Teens

    March is Self Harm Awareness Month. What do parents need to know about self harm? First, it's not uncommon. An estimated 13-23% percent o...
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    4 Tips to Help Adults Connect to Teens
    Dawn Spragg
    • Feb 26, 2018
    • 2 min

    4 Tips to Help Adults Connect to Teens

    Last week, I posted advice for teens on how to better connect to the adults in their lives, excerpted from an interview I did with my goo...
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    Born to Be Wild Review
    Dawn Spragg
    • Feb 5, 2018
    • 2 min

    Born to Be Wild Review

    As promised, I want to share my reaction to Jess Shatkin’s book, Born to Be Wild. I can honestly say that this is a wonderful read, but a...
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    Using Our Kindest Voice
    Dawn Spragg
    • Jan 22, 2018
    • 2 min

    Using Our Kindest Voice

    Recently, one of my clients shared a piece of writing with me that describes herself and she has allowed me to share it with you now. On w...
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    Five Questions
    Dawn Spragg
    • Jan 8, 2018
    • 2 min

    Five Questions

    I frequently use videos in my practice to encourage teens to talk about themselves, to explore their feelings, and to help them identify ...
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    My Favorite Books: Untangled
    Dawn Spragg
    • Dec 18, 2017
    • 2 min

    My Favorite Books: Untangled

    While I am reading Born to Be Wild, I wanted to share with you one of my all time favorite books about teens: Untangled: Guiding Teenage ...
    21 views0 comments
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