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Smart Safety: Release Recovery Podcast

Motherhood Moments

Clark knows this all too well. Despite being a great student, a three-sport athlete, and coming from a “good” family, he too descended into years of substance misuse before getting sober in August 2011. In 2013, podcast host David Magee’s own son William died from an accidental drug overdose.

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Should Parents Pay For Good Grades?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

To me, it is normal and natural for a parent to want their child to do well – in school and in life. We rewarded our sons for good grades – through high school. My brother and I excelled in school, as did both of our sons. How to Motivate Your Child — Part 1 ” is bad. The average rate for an A: $16.60.”.

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Healthy Habits: The Mayo Lab Podcast with David Magee

Motherhood Moments

“The problem has never been a lack of information,” asserts Magee, a national recovery advocate and author of the upcoming book Things Have Changed: What Every Parent (and Educator) Should Know About the Student Mental Health and Substance Misuse Crisis (Matt Holt, August 2023, ISBN: 978-1-6377439-6-6, $22.00). It’s the opposite.

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Parenting Pointers: Promoting Emotional Readiness for the Workplace

Motherhood Moments

That’s why children should learn healthy habits well before college-age. Substance misuse and addiction happen in “nice” families—a fact Magee knows all too well after losing his son William to an accidental overdose. It’s no surprise they’re anxious and depressed. Give them a wellbeing “toolbox” and insist they use it.

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