Teenagers are in a significant stage of growth and development. Even understanding how fast their brain is rewiring as they head towards adulthood helps us recognize that there can be a lot of dysregulation. Often their parents and caregivers struggle to know exactly how to communicate with their teenager during this interesting time of relational […]
Memorial Day Thoughts
The Memorial Day holiday launches us into summer. With it comes all the anticipations of warm weather, vacations, cook-outs and more social gatherings for friends and families. This year we also are anticipating the opening up of our country from the restrictions of COVID-19. What a relief! Yet the true remembrances of this holiday are […]
Why Substance Use is so Risky for Kids with Emotional or Behavioral Challenges
At Lakeside we deal with teenagers who have a number of emotional and behavioral challenges. Often, we find that substance abuse is part of their coping strategies. We know that this is not healthy and recent research also suggests that it is extremely risky. In a recent article on the Child Mind Institute website, Caroline […]
