Pomp and Circumstance
My personal Facebook feed has been flooded with pictures of 2018 graduates, both high school and college students. For so many,...
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Dawn Spragg
- Apr 15, 2018
- 1 min
The Teenage Brain
Those of you who read my blog probably know that the development of adolescent brains and its effects on adolescent behavior is of deep...
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Dawn Spragg
- Apr 1, 2018
- 2 min
Should We Institute Universal Depression Screening for Adolescents?
Recently the American Academy of Pediatrics called for the institution of a universal depression screening for adolescents. According to...
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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...
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Dawn Spragg
- Feb 25, 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...
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Dawn Spragg
- Feb 18, 2018
- 2 min
4 Tips to Help Teens Connect to Adults
Recently my good friend (and award winning author!) Lela Davidson and I sat down for a conversation about my work with teens, and I...
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Dawn Spragg
- Feb 4, 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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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...
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Dawn Spragg
- Jan 7, 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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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...
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Dawn Spragg
- Dec 11, 2017
- 1 min
Born to Be Wild
I am so excited to read Jess P. Shatkin's new book, Born to Be Wild: Why Teens Take Risks and How We Can Help Keep Them Safe. Check back...
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Dawn Spragg
- Nov 29, 2017
- 1 min
How Iceland Took Down Teen Drug Use
Did you know that Iceland used to have terrible rates of drug and alcohol use among its youth, but that these have plummeted in the last...
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Dawn Spragg
- Nov 14, 2017
- 2 min
4 Ways to Help Teens Manage Their I-Lives
In my last post, I wrote about the epidemic of suicide among teenagers. There are probably a lot of causes for this, including increased...
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Dawn Spragg
- Oct 16, 2017
- 2 min
Music for the Ages
I am often told by the teens I see for counseling that music-“my music” is their number one coping tool. My guess would be that many of...
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Dawn Spragg
- Jan 15, 2017
- 3 min
Tale of Two Tables
We opened the Teen Action and Support Center so that every teen who wants or needs a place at the table would be able to find a seat and wor
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Dawn Spragg
- Dec 6, 2016
- 2 min
Teenagers are Our Present
She was just 16 years old and standing in front of an audience of 2,500 adults, most of whom were busy checking their emails, texts, or...
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Dawn Spragg
- Sep 20, 2016
- 2 min
Parenting Pause #2- Sharing Opinions
Parenting teenagers can be very challenging. They are no longer children and not yet adults. Sometimes we just have to stop, take a deep...
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Dawn Spragg
- Aug 21, 2016
- 2 min
Raising Teenagers Without Fear
Our culture tells us to fear the time between childhood and adolescence and adolescence and adulthood. I will admit that it can be...
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Dawn
- Dec 28, 2015
- 3 min
An Unconventional Take On Conflict
I think it is interesting that in the same week we have had side-by-side examples of what kind of discipline works well with teenagers...
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