ASAP Family

May 17, 2011

Parenting: Keep Love Alive

Eat like grown-ups. Snack when the kids have dinner, but sit down to a real meal later. “Eat by candlelight, use china plates, and drink from the stemware you haven’t seen in months,” says Jody Johnston Pawel, author of The […]
May 17, 2011

Mixing Sex, Drugs and Alcohol Puts Many Teens at Risk

Experts say adolescents should be made aware of how using drugs and alcohol can lead to sexual activities that may change their lives forever. While drinking and having sex may be unofficially authorized milestones in the typical American teen’s coming […]
May 17, 2011

Kids Overdosing on Cold Medicine to Get High

Parents concerned about whether their children are abusing drugs might also want to keep their medicine cabinets under lock and key. Across the country, children and teens are intentionally overdosing on cold medicine or “robotripping” in order to get a […]
May 17, 2011

Finding the Best Teen Drug-Treatment Programs

“Life with Spencer while he was using was life without the Spencer I know and love,” the father said. “Instead of family weekends, dinners and water skiing, there were calls from police, searching his room for clues to what was […]