by DrRobyn on February 10, 2010
Trying to kick your smoking habit? Have an older teen/young adult who needs to quit? Let smokers eat cake! Well, that’s what the studies show. Our self control (our Powerful Word of the Month) can only go so far.
This may be the reason so many struggle with restrictive New Year’s Resolutions. It turns out, if [...]
by DrRobyn on February 8, 2010
You are who you hang out with– or perhaps we should say, you do what you see.
So…want great self control? Hang around with other people who have great self control. A recent study out of the University of Georgia and Duke University suggests that self control or lack of self control, is contagious.
We see it [...]
by DrRobyn on April 8, 2008
After an extremely disturbing YouTube video surfaced showing 8 teens from Florida beating of another teen, parents are confused and horrified. The victim was treated for a concussion and numerous bruises and the attackers were arrested.
Eight teens all working together to beat up another teen? Was this a result of negative peer pressure gone to [...]
