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Educate yourself and your children about marijuana risks

There are many rea­sons why teens choose to use mar­i­juana. Some may see fam­ily mem­bers or friends using mar­i­juana; oth­ers may feel pres­sured or are curi­ous about the drug. Some younger chil­dren may become curi­ous about mar­i­juana when they see “Pot­head Lol­lipops” and “Pot­head Ring Pots” in con­ve­nience stores or online.

Know the Signs of Bullying and Conflict

Kids go to school to learn and to social­ize with friends and peers. Unfor­tu­nately, some kids refuse to go to school because they fear they will be bul­lied. Bul­ly­ing recently has been blamed for some young peo­ple tak­ing their own lives and because of these tragedies; the word “bul­ly­ing” has taken a whole new meaning.

Smart phone activity another area for parents to monitor

If your child does not already have a smart phone, chances are he or she will be ask­ing for one. It is esti­mated there are more than 2.4 bil­lion smart phones being used world­wide and the Apple iPhone and Motorola Android seem to be the most pop­u­lar for teens. Smart phones have changed the way we con­sume infor­ma­tion with the many appli­ca­tions or “apps,” as we know them, that can be down­loaded onto the phone.

Keeping kids safe means watching what they eat

A new snack intended for adults to help them relax after a hec­tic day are noth­ing like what mom used to make. Lazy Cakes brown­ies con­tain mela­tonin, which occurs nat­u­rally in the body and is a top sell­ing sleep aid; valer­ian root; and rose hips. It has been reported that peo­ple who have used syn­thetic mar­i­juana, such as Spice or K2, say they get the same effects after eat­ing Lazy Cakes, caus­ing rumors that the brown­ies con­tain the same ingre­di­ents as syn­thetic marijuana.

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