- Double Take: Differing methods to deal with indiscretion
- February 25, 2013
- The success of a relationship — like that of a suspension bridge — should be measured not in its length, but in its strength.
- Double Take: Online beau may not be as he appears
- February 18, 2013
- I’ve been dating a guy for two years. Now I’ve met someone through an online game, and I think we’re in love. I want to go and meet him in person, but my friends say that I’m dumb to break up with someone I know for someone I don’t know.
- Double Take: Dating advice for teens
- February 11, 2013
- Teen and young adult dating is a strong predictor of how kids will couple later in life, so we want to take it seriously.
- Double Take: Trips abroad often inadvisable in high school
- February 4, 2013
- Dear Dr. Wes and Katie: My high school student wants to go on a senior trip out of the United States. This isn’t exactly sponsored by the school, but adults from the school are going. I have heard some negative things about these trips in the past, and it bothers me that I won’t be there to see it for myself. What do you recommend?
- Double Take: Teen stimulant use shockingly common
- January 28, 2013
- My son was caught “borrowing” someone else’s Adderall during finals in December. I’m really frustrated with him. He’s claiming that this is not like drug abuse because he’s doing it to help, not hurt himself, and everyone else is using stimulants so without them he’s at a disadvantage.
- Double Take: Take depression in teens seriously
- January 21, 2013
- Dear Dr. Wes and Katie: We used to hear a lot about depressed teenagers. Then there was the concern about too many kids being on antidepressants and that medication might even make things worse. What’s your current view of this? I can’t tell if my daughter is just moody like a normal kid or if there’s something more wrong. I don’t want to label her for no good reason.
- Double Take: Acquaintance rape a danger for young adults
- January 14, 2013
- The dynamic of acquaintance rape among teens and young adults is so full of angles, and at times even politics, that I’ve been reticent to move on it. Last week, NPR ran a story about a horrific serial rape in Steubenville, Ohio, that’s landed at least two 16-year-olds in jail. It’s a discussion we need to have.
- Double Take: How much to work depends on teen
- January 7, 2013
- Dear Dr. Wes and Katie: I’ve always heard students benefit by working up to 20 hours per week. Is that still true?
- Double Take: Striving and respect: 2 themes for year ahead
- December 31, 2012
- We arrive tomorrow at the year 2013, in remarkably good shape for a world destroyed on Dec. 21. As one who grew up in the shadow of an oft-imagined Cold War mushroom cloud, I found the threat from long-dead Maya a bit underwhelming.
- Double Take: Some advice for a successful family gathering
- December 24, 2012
- The holidays are here, the kids are home from college or high school and the spirit of the season is everywhere.
- Double Take: Tech gifts may require ethics manual
- December 17, 2012
- Holiday shopping for kids often means high-tech gifts. But there’s one accessory you won’t find in among the chargers and quick-start guides — the ethics manual.
- Double Take: Parents should consider Plan B guidance
- December 10, 2012
- On Nov. 26, the American Academy of Pediatrics placed itself firmly in this camp. In the journal Pediatrics, the Academy officially recommends that doctors begin prescribing emergency contraception in advance for all teens so they can access it within 120 hours of sexual contact.
- Double Take: Meaningful career not dependent on salary
- December 3, 2012
- Dear Dr. Wes and Katie: I was troubled by one sentence in your column on drunken driving. You described Jordan as “a good student who I suspect will eventually knock back a six-figure salary.” I think you wanted to say you expected Jordan to be productive/have a rewarding career/do good things — something more than, even other than, financial success.
- Double Take: Pros and cons of legalizing marijuana
- November 26, 2012
- With the recent passage of laws legalizing recreational marijuana in some states, do you think this is a good idea and do you think it’s going to spread to other states (like maybe ours!)?
- Double Take: Myths surround eating disorders, treatment
- November 19, 2012
- Katie: Anorexia nervosa whittled me down to 90 pounds when I was 15, putting my body mass index in the first percentile of girls my age. I’m not proud of that, but I am proud to write that after regaining the weight I lost, I have achieved happiness and healthiness. I’m sharing my recovery story today for the sake of those who can’t yet say the same.
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- Opinion: Redskins mascot can’t be justified June 16, 2013 · 104 comments
- City approves Menards store next to Home Depot at 31st and Iowa streets June 18, 2013 · 13 comments
- Kobach considering filing charges against protesters who came to his home June 17, 2013 · 109 comments
- Residents irate over quarry blasting June 18, 2013 · 12 comments
- U.S. Supreme Court strikes down voter registration law similar to the one in Kansas June 17, 2013 · 75 comments
- Blog: State seeking proposal to develop resort at Clinton Lake State Park June 18, 2013 · 20 comments
- Opinion: Dick Vitale loves life, wife and Andrew Wiggins June 19, 2013 · 2 comments
- Blog: City commissioners now will consider 700 block of Vermont as home for downtown transit hub June 18, 2013 · 17 comments
- Blackmail charges dropped against Baldwin City woman June 18, 2013 · 3 comments
- Letter: Energy folly June 15, 2013 · 41 comments
- Kansas Board of Regents to vote on proposed tuition, fee increases June 18, 2013
- Report says schools underfunded $657 million in FY 2015 June 17, 2013
- City girls make all-region soccer June 1, 2013
- Thread of pain ran through Jackson’s career June 28, 2009
- Day 2: From the Emerald Triangle to the Sunflower State May 27, 2013
- Free State’s Dieker, Hodison first-team all-league soccer June 4, 2013
- KU dean blasts negative national report on teacher preparation programs June 18, 2013
- Police investigate string of almost 20 auto burglaries in west Lawrence June 18, 2013
