dfanthony

Thank you Lori for spreading the word about our organization. We look forward to seeing you at our open house. Let me tell you a little about what we do... We provide mental health services for children, adolescents, and adults. We offer group therapy, in-home family and individual therapy and many other services...

We live in a world with immediate access to information and technology. Almost everyone has a cell phone, computer, i-pod or any number of electronic gadgets that consume our time and energy. Our children are no exception either. I have seen 8 year olds with cell phones and children as young as with electronic games. I’m not a hater of new technology, but how this dependency of electronic networking and state of constant communication affected our children.

Some cultural critics have postulated that over recent decades children have evidenced a level of sexual knowledge or sexual behavior inappropriate for their age group. The causes of this premature sexualization that have been cited include portrayals in the media of sex and related issues, especially in media aimed at children; the marketing of products with sexual connotations to children, including clothing; the lack of parental oversight and discipline; access to adult culture via the internet; and the lack of comprehensive school sex education programs. For girls and young women in partic