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31/12/2025

Check out our recent article from our December newsletter focused on helping you celebrate safely and mindfully of how the holiday season can impact folks in various ways, especially q***r and trans youth.

We all have a role to play in contributing to a joyful and safe holiday for our friends, family, and community members. Check out some of our tips for safer celebrations and some resources for being mindful about how the holiday season can show up for some people.

26/11/2025

Some great ideas for your holiday celebration from our friends at https://sparkandstitchinstitute.com/teach-gratitude-tips-for-teens/

25/11/2025

Holidays are a time of joy, celebration, and opening our homes to others in the spirit of sharing. The truth is, the holidays are also a hard time for many people.

We often don't know that someone is struggling with prescription misuse. That is why we recommend that before you open your home to family, friends, and guests, that you lock up your prescriptions and take the opportunity to dispose of expired and unwanted medication easily at a local pharmacy kiosk or by requesting a free envelope from

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05/11/2025

Let's face it, it's 2025 and screen time for adults and kids alike takes up a lot of our days between work, education, and entertainment. Here are a few helpful articles and some key takeaways from them on the topic:

The 4+ Hour Threshold: About 1 in 4 teenagers (ages 12–17) who used screens for 4 or more hours a day experienced symptoms of depression (26%) or anxiety (27%) in the past two weeks: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db513.htm

Long-Term Risk & Content Matters: The study, which followed 9- and 10-year-olds for two years, found that more screen time was associated with more severe symptoms of depression and anxiety later on. The activities most strongly linked to depression were video chatting, texting, watching videos, and playing video games: https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2024/10/428581/pr***ens-more-screen-time-tied-depression-anxiety-later

The Bidirectional Link: Excessive screen time can cause emotional problems (like depression), and children already experiencing emotional problems often turn to screens to cope. This highlights the need for emotional support alongside boundary setting: https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2025/06/screen-time-problems-children

31/10/2025

Ensure your teens are having a safe Halloween by setting boundaries and leveraging trust. Knowing where they are and checking in with other parents to ensure adult presence and shared understanding is part of our ParentIN "Boundaries" recommendations and night's like Halloween are a great night to exercise those skills.

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07/10/2025

Prevention helps us get ahead of challenges. So that individuals, families, and communities can be healthy and thrive. BPHC is actively engaged in prevention work at all levels--from supporting folks as they navigate raising kids to make healthy choices, to community and state-level policy work and advocacy. Learn more about our work, contact us, or visit our resource hub at www.burlingtonpartnership.org

01/10/2025

What a great family-friendly way to celebrate, of all things, CONSTRUCTION! We can't decided if we're more excited about the big truck themed treats or getting to name a mixer?! Check out all the great fun happening at the Fletcher Free Library at Construction Fest this weekend! https://fletcherfree.libcal.com/event/15305095

16/07/2025

Yesterday we shared a bit about the growth of the edible cannabis product market and their appeal to kids. Other than alcohol, cannabis is the most widely used drug among youth today and is more potent than ever before. The chances of our kids encountering cannabis or seeing it promoted in the community and their social media feeds has increased. That's why we're sharing with you some tips for how to start and have these critical conversations with your kids and included some links to helpful resources. Reach out if we can support or advise you as you undertake this work that looks different for every family.

Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug among youth today and is more potent than ever before. The chances of our kids encountering cannabis or seeing it promoted in the community and their social media feeds has increased. We know that the teen brain is much more susceptible to problems from

15/07/2025

This week we are raising awareness around the growing variety of edible cannabis products that are flooding the market and the appeal and risk they present to children. Check out our recent update on this topic.

Emergency rooms across North America are reporting more youth being admitted after accidentally or intentionally consuming cannabis-infused edibles—products that often look like regular candy, cookies, or snacks. Ingestion of cannabis with THC can lead to severe symptoms in youth, including drowsi...