5 Ways to Monitor Your Teen’s Internet Addiction
Social media is almost a universal feature of adolescence for teens today. This increased connectivity has changed the way teens socialize, but it’s...
Teen Substance Use Treatment Programming at Elevations RTC
Teen substance use is a growing concern affecting millions of families in the US. At Elevations RTC, when we have students struggling with substance u...
The Effects of Cyberbullying on Offline Relationships
According to the Center for the Digital Future, time spent online every week by average Americans has risen from 9.4 hours to 23.6 over the last gener...
Substance Use Advertising on Social Media Affects Trends in Teens
It’s been over 60 years since Congress mandated health warnings be labeled on packs of cigarettes and 40 since advertising was banned on radio and t...
It Goes Down in the DMs: 4 Messaging Apps to Monitor
Teens spend an average of nine hours a day online, most of which is spent “scrolling”-a term used to describe mindless flicking through various so...
The Problem of Teen Sexting & What Parents Can Do
Technology has come with a lot of good: communication across oceans, easier access to information, and higher form of interconnectedness the world has...
Certain Video Game Use in Teens Can Negatively Impact Brain Growth
With the technological revolution, we’ve been given many useful and life-changing tools. The internet, phones, computers, tablets–these ha...
FOMO: Ways to Help Teens Overcome their Social Media Addiction
FOMO (or “Fear of Missing Out”). Social media addiction. All of human knowledge at a user’s fingertips. Today’s world is very different from t...
Sleepless Nights Can Be Caused By Internet Addiction
Internet addiction is gaining attention as technology rapidly integrates itself more and more into our lives each day. The internet has the ability to...
Technology Addiction Treatment: Social Media Can Fuel the Issue
Technology addiction treatment is increasingly becoming needed around the world. As the influence of technology becomes more and more integrated into ...