How psychologists lost men
If psychologists want to encourage men to seek help, they must make a better argument. In August 2018, the American Psychological...
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Dr. Shane Owens
- Oct 24, 2020
- 3 min
Talking to people who disagree with you on vaccination
I’m frustrated. And I’m scared. The day I started writing this, the local news announced the first adult case of measles in Suffolk...
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Dr. Shane Owens
- Oct 24, 2020
- 3 min
How smartphones—and misleading headlines—are slowly killing your kids
Late last year, a study by Drs. Jean Twenge and Thomas Joiner and their colleagues took the media (and the apparently evil social media)...
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Dr. Shane Owens
- Oct 24, 2020
- 4 min
Turn off the news: How media coverage of disasters hurts you
News media thrive on our belief that the world is headed straight to Hell. Disasters are the news equivalent of Black Friday sales. While...
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Dr. Shane Owens
- Oct 24, 2020
- 5 min
Dear Media, Please stop reinforcing mass shooters
The media frenzy around the latest mass shooting at a school has now passed. We can get back to our day-to-day lives. We don’t have to...
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Dr. Shane Owens
- Nov 27, 2019
- 2 min
With wide-open arms, welcome the unwanted guest
We all have an “Uncle Frank”—annoying and ubiquitous—at family gatherings. You always seem to be seated next to him at weddings and...
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Dr. Shane Owens
- Nov 21, 2019
- 3 min
Be thankful, for your college kid knows everything
As a tribute to my mother, who I tortured in this way, I chose "son" and male pronouns.
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Dr. Shane Owens
- Oct 10, 2019
- 1 min
4 things to know about college counseling services
I am almost certain that you and your college kid know all about food services, residence life, and health services.
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Dr. Shane Owens
- Oct 10, 2019
- 1 min
How parents can identify mental health problems in their college kids
AS A PARENT, YOU’VE watched your child grow from infancy to adolescence and now your son or daughter is entering a whole new world.
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Dr. Shane Owens
- Oct 10, 2019
- 1 min
Talking with your college kid about safe sex
MOST PARENTS KNOW SEX is complicated, and that it can be difficult to talk about the subject with their kids.
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Dr. Shane Owens
- Sep 4, 2019
- 2 min
14 signs of mental health trouble for your college kid
Determining whether your college kid needs help can be really, really hard. Trouble is indicated by changes and you are paying...
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Dr. Shane Owens
- Sep 27, 2018
- 5 min
Your daughter, college, sex and violence
The newest seemingly endless news cycle, which focuses on politics and due process, is overshadowing important lessons about sex and safety.
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Dr. Shane Owens
- Sep 27, 2018
- 6 min
Your son, college, sex and violence
The newest seemingly endless news cycle, which focuses on politics and due process, is overshadowing important lessons about sex and safety
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Dr. Shane Owens
- Dec 19, 2016
- 2 min
2 minutes (or less) on talking to kids about terror
Recent events may cause your kids to overestimate the probability of danger. While limiting your kids' (and your own) media exposure is...
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Dr. Shane Owens
- Nov 16, 2016
- 2 min
The nation who cried "trauma!"
How many times have you heard someone say, “I’m just a little OCD,” to justify her need to keep things neat and organized?
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Dr. Shane Owens
- Nov 10, 2016
- 2 min
5 effective ways to handle kids' post-election woes
In the wake of the election, my feeds are filled with advice on how to talk to kids about it.
All of it reads as though the giant meteor..
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Dr. Shane Owens
- Sep 10, 2016
- 2 min
World Suicide Prevention Day & 9/11: 4 tips for managing distress
This will be a meaningful weekend for many of us. It also has the potential to be difficult. As we observe World Suicide Prevention Day...
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Dr. Shane Owens
- Sep 10, 2016
- 3 min
8 ways to help (possibly) suicidal kids
It is difficult to be specific about what to say to a child or adolescent who may be suicidal because...
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Dr. Shane Owens
- Sep 10, 2016
- 3 min
3 ways to be with (possibly) suicidal kids
Of the myriad difficult things, you have to discuss with your children, suicide is probably not one of them. We are fortunate that kids...
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Dr. Shane Owens
- Aug 18, 2016
- 1 min
Can mindfulness beat the social media buzz?
Any who use social media have had difficulty turning it off. What Jesse Singal describes—that phantom tingle when we lack access...
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