Lisa Endlich's Blog, page 140
March 15, 2021
What I Learned From My Cathartic Kitchen Clean-Out
Fourteen years ago, our family of five moved to our current home, a 2100-something square foot one level three bedroom, two bath with a bonus room. With a three-year-old girl and one-year-old twin boys, my plan for unpacking was “Get It Done As Quickly as Possible Even Though I Don’t Feel Like It.” I vividly…
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What Teens Need to Know About Evaluating Health Information on TikTok
It’s hard to avoid the lure of TikTok these days. Our kids love it and we often get sucked into the entertainment when we hear them laughing hysterically or they share a favorite video with us. Those choreographed dances, incredible illusions, and adorable cat videos make it so easy to tumble down a TikTok rabbit…
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What Teens Needs to Know About Evaluating Health Information on TikTok
It’s hard to avoid the lure of TikTok these days. Our kids love it and we often get sucked into the entertainment when we hear them laughing hysterically or they share a favorite video with us. Those choreographed dances, incredible illusions, and adorable cat videos make it so easy to tumble down a TikTok rabbit…
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Psychiatry Professor: How to Help Teens With Social Anxiety Disorder
When Ruthie telephones, I can hear that all is not well. She sounds hesitant, possibly embarrassed to be calling me after a successful treatment for social anxiety disorder (SAD) three years earlier. When we first met, Ruthie was struggling to adjust to a new, large high school and she was extremely anxious about meeting people or…
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Five Reasons Why Remote Learning Might Last After the Pandemic Ends
Unlike many states where students haven’t seen the inside of a classroom for almost a year, my state has been offering in-person classes since August. At first, we were anxious about our son attending classes and participating in sports, but my husband and I weighed the risk to our family and community against the benefits…
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March 14, 2021
The New Admissions Normal: Navigating the College Process in 2021
For many parents, mentors and other adults seeking to guide high school seniors through the final steps of the college application process this spring – or those supporting younger students just beginning to embark on that journey – the ongoing pandemic has added elements of confusion and anxiety to a rite of passage that was…
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Pediatrician, Sleep Medicine Specialist: How Teens Can Get More Sleep
In the best of times, sleep in teenagers is a thorny subject. Sleep deprivation is common in teenagers. A study by the Centers for Disease Control showed that fewer than 30% of teens got eight hours of sleep per night on school nights. Only about 15% actually get the recommended nine hours of sleep. Chronic sleep deprivation…
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March 12, 2021
How to Help Your College Student With a Job Search: 7 Tips From Experts
In a few months, a new group of freshly minted college graduates will enter the workforce. When these students graduate, they will have spent the last three semesters of their college careers navigating a pandemic that has drastically changed the landscape of college campuses. These students have had to finish their college careers virtually,…
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The Seven Life Lessons I Learned From “The Facts of Life”
“Look!” I proclaimed to my teenage daughter, 14, as we scrolled through old photos on our computer. “It’s the time I gave you the “Jo” hairstyle!” I grinned at the photo from years ago when my daughter was little. My daughter, however, seemed unimpressed. She might not know what I was getting geeked about, but…
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March 11, 2021
Virtual College Fairs and TV Series Help Students Get to Know Colleges
Virtual college fairs cropped in the past year as a way for colleges to reach prospective students whose movements were curtailed by Covid. Before the pandemic started forcing shutdowns—a year ago—hundreds of admission representatives, each fall and spring, crowded into gyms and other venues, setting up their tables with banners, brochures, stickers, and pens. This…
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