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Parenting Pointers: Helping Our Teens

Motherhood Moments

They certainly are—indeed, Magee’s own son tragically died of an accidental drug overdose in 2013—and they need just as much parental attention, empathy, and understanding as girls do. A critical key is to be there with them and for them —really see them and hear them. None of this is to suggest boys are not struggling, too.

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Parenting Pointers: Promoting Emotional Readiness for the Workplace

Motherhood Moments

Ideally, it will take parents, educators, and communities working together to solve the complex knot of problems our young people face, which is why he created the William Magee Institute for Student Wellbeing at the University of Mississippi and The Mayo Lab Podcast with David Magee , available at [link] and on Apple and Spotify podcast platforms.

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Sunday Reads 7/25/16: Bluegrass Undercover, Tin God and More

For the Mommas

This is the first book in the New York Times Bestselling Bluegrass Brothers series. This series is the follow-up series to Kathleen Brooks’ bestselling Bluegrass Series. Whether it’s the sticky heat of a Mississippi summer, or the cold terror of coming face to face with a murderer, her writing stimulates all the senses.

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Healthy Habits: The Mayo Lab Podcast with David Magee

Motherhood Moments

GUEST: Sujith Ramachandran, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Administration, University of Mississippi Future topics will include teen sleep deprivation, the risks of marijuana use in teens, the harm wreaked by social media, the dangers of fentanyl, the struggles of teachers, and more. It’s because for him the subject is deeply personal.

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Smart Safety: Release Recovery Podcast

Motherhood Moments

In 2013, podcast host David Magee’s own son William died from an accidental drug overdose. His other son, Hudson, nearly died from an accidental overdose on his college campus as well. Even though suicide is on the rise (another epidemic threatening today’s young people), deaths from overdose are usually accidents.

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