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An Open Letter to Young Adults about Sex, Drugs and Alcohol

February 27, 2015 by Susan Bodnar Leave a Comment

Dear Young Person: Alcohol, drugs and sexuality can enhance and create life. They work. They can alter your moods, change your perceptions and disinhibit you. It’s fun to be able to behave differently. Blotting out discomfort relieves anxiety. Going wild can release tension. Alcohol, drugs and sexuality have always been part of the human experience. […]

Filed Under: adolescence, human interaction, identity, relationships, young adults Tagged With: adolescent anxiety, adolescent drinking, adolescent sexuality, alcohol and hooking up, alcohol and young adults, drugs and young adults, is saying no okay, sexuality and young adults

Teach Your Children Well

February 26, 2015 by Susan Bodnar Leave a Comment

I’m not going to link to every reported instance of college or high school partying getting out of hand. Nor am I going to link to the number of emergency room visits that occur every weekend due to alcohol poisoning or drug overdoses; nor every instance of campus sexual abuse. In almost every adolescent community […]

Filed Under: adolescence, human interaction, parenting, relationships Tagged With: adolescent drinking, adolescent limit setting, adolescent sexuality, alcohol and hooking up, campus drug abuse, Campus sexual abuse and alcohol, college drug use, ecstasy abuse, molly abuse

Thoughts on Male Sexuality

December 27, 2013 by Susan Bodnar 1 Comment

In an age when sexuality has become openly commonplace, both boys and girls find it hard to recognize and value limits. Conversations offer a beginning point, an opportunity to sort out the new sexual mores for the twenty-first century. See my recent post on CNN.com for some thoughts about helping boys find an honorable sexuality.

Filed Under: adolescence, relationships Tagged With: adolescent anxiety, adolescent drinking, adolescent sexuality, honorable male sexuality, male teen sexuality, parent guide to teen sexuality, raising good men, sexual mores for teens

Underage Drinking: The Real Problem

June 3, 2013 by Susan Bodnar Leave a Comment

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention states that alcohol use by those under the age of twenty- one is a major health problem. Research continues to demonstrate that teenage alcohol use endangers brain, liver and endocrine function. Binge drinking can also be lethal to young bodies. In New York City alone emergency visits due […]

Filed Under: adolescence, mental illness Tagged With: adolescent alcohol abuse, adolescent alcohol misuse, adolescent drinking, alcohol abuse by teens, alcohol and hooking up, high school alcohol abuse prevention, high school drinking, teen alcohol abuse prevention, teen drinking, teen social pressure, underage drinking

Susan Bodnar, Ph.D

Relational Psychologist


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