Dawn Spragg
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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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...
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Dawn Spragg
- Sep 8, 2019
- 1 min
Suicide Risk Factors
Suicide among teens within the United States were at a record high level in 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control. There are...
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Dawn Spragg
- Jul 22, 2019
- 2 min
Teen Anxiety
The words were hard for the 13 year old client sitting across from me in the counseling room. “I want to go but I can’t” she said in...
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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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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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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...
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Dawn Spragg
- Dec 19, 2018
- 1 min
Sleeping in Seattle
This summer I wrote a post about how the delayed released of melatonin effects the sleep patterns of teenagers, and why this means all...
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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...
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Dawn Spragg
- Oct 21, 2018
- 2 min
The Best Way to Right A Wrong
Bullying is one of the most common discipline problems in our public schools. In the past year, 1 in 5 high school students reported...
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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...
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Dawn Spragg
- Sep 23, 2018
- 2 min
What Wasn't Said
As National Suicide Prevention Month comes to a close, I wanted to share this beautiful poem with you. It was written by a teenager who...
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Dawn Spragg
- Sep 16, 2018
- 1 min
Building Connection
This month is National Suicide Prevention Month. Suicide is a growing problem in the United States, no less so among teens than among...
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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...
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Dawn Spragg
- Aug 19, 2018
- 1 min
Adolescence & Brain Development: What Teens are Reading
All this summer I’ve been exploring the effects of the developing adolescent brain on adolescent behaviour. Recently I came across this...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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