KATHLEEN'S blog

For the first time in its 45-year history, the Monitoring the Future (MTF) study of adolescent substance use was stopped prematurely due to the COVID-19

In collaboration with a renown national prevention research company, I am seeking input from high school guidance counselors for a major prevention research grant proposal

It’s Wednesday morning, December 16, and in just a few hours you will receive this message in your Inbox. As I wrote in last week’s

It’s Tuesday, December 8, and I’m sitting in a coffee shop right now writing this blog with a lot on my mind and my heart.

Because I said so!” “Whatever you want.” “I really don’t care.” “Let’s talk about it.” Which of these phrases most resonate with you and the

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It always has been. I love watching Thanksgiving Day parades on TV. I love the aroma of pumpkin pie and

Starting at a very young age my son loved country music and even more so, loved to dress as a cowboy. He was the proud

A number of years ago an inner-city organization gathered middle school aged youth together weekly who had one thing in common with each other –

“Miss Kathleen, did you drink alcohol when you were my age?” I froze in my tracks the first time a student asked me this question

Have you ever told your child to eat a food that you were not willing to eat yourself? Have you asked your child to not