Teen Dads: What’s Trending?

Teen Dads: What’s Trending?

  Young fathers are just as important and integral to their children’s lives as young mothers are, but, it just so happens that we know a lot less about young fathers. Past research on young parents has overwhelmingly focused on the mother, in part, this is...
Dads and Postpartum Depression

Dads and Postpartum Depression

While it’s widely known that some mothers suffer from postpartum depression, current research is now suggesting that new fathers may become depressed after childbirth, too. A study published in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association...
Substance Abuse

Substance Abuse

I. What is substance abuse? First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you. – F. Scott Fitzgerald In a recent study by the University of Michigan, 8th, 10th, and 12th graders across the country are continuing to show a gradual...
Be safe: Have an alcohol-free pregnancy

Be safe: Have an alcohol-free pregnancy

What is FASD? Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a term that describes the full range of harm that is caused by alcohol use in pregnancy. If a pregnant woman drinks alcohol, her baby may have: brain damage vision and hearing difficulties bones, limbs and...