In the Media
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 Shrink Rap Radio hosted by David Van Nuys, Ph.D., “Shrink Rap Radio #198 - Understanding Teenage Psychology with Annie Fox” 3/6/09 (63 minutes) More » |
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Annie joined Sarah Newton, Britain’s top teen and parenting coach and host of the Gen Y Guide radio show, in a Student Support System podcast about “Helping students cope with exam-time stress.” Recorded 2/09/09 (53 minutes) More » |
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Grandparents.com, “Having ‘The Talk’: Body Image” Annie was interviewed for this article by Paula Silverman, 1/27/09 – If grandchildren confide in you that they are considering radical cosmetic procedures, discuss with them how this is not a decision that they should make impulsively. By encouraging them to sit down and think it through, you can play a major role in helping them make informed choices. “Hormonally, teens are all over the map — their brain development is not at a place where they can evaluate themselves and do a good job of predicting outcomes of choices,” says Annie Fox, an online advisor for teens and the author of Middle School Confidential: Be Confident in Who You Are (Free Spirit, 2008). “Therefore, they’re more likely to make choices they’ll later regret, from their need for peer approval. Grandparents can be a wonderful antidote to the stresses of peer group, school, and home, as they are less likely to have ‘carved-in-stone’ expectations of the child. Grandparents also have fewer short-term expectations than parents, so it’s easier for the child to just ‘be’ with a grandparent.” ... More » |
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Annie appeared on Britain’s top teen parenting coach Sarah Newton’s radio show: Help My Teenager is an Alien — Annie talked with Sarah about “Helping teens fight Peer Approval Addiction.” Recorded 1/14/09 (44 minutes) (Note: interview with Annie cuts out near the end due to technical difficulties) |
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Shannon’s Corner WTBQ Radio, 99.1 FM, Goshen, NY, “Middle School Confidential” — Live interview with Shannon Devereaux Sanford. Helping parents guide middle schoolers. Recorded 11/19/08 (51 minutes) |
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Teleseminar with Joe Bruzzese, “Ideas for a stress-free holiday season”, a conversation about creating a fulfilling holiday season for your family, free from the typical stress and anxiety many of us seem to feel. 11/13/08 (42 minutes) |
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It’s Different, KZSU Stanford 90.1 FM, “Helping Kids, Teens and Parents Create Healthier Relationships” — Live interview by Sri. Call-in show with parents of teens. Recorded 10/29/08 (66 minutes) Watch parts of this interview on YouTube: Part 1. Part 2, Part 3. |
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SparkLife/SparkNotes, “Dating 101: Consider This Before Making a Move on Your Crush” Annie was interviewed for this article, 9/22/08 – “Find out whether the person is accepting or judgmental, friendly or stuck up,” says Annie Fox, author of The Teen Survival Guide to Dating and Relating. Get to know his character and there’ll be no surprises later. This is is why going out with someone you’ve only chatted with via Facebook is a terrible idea, she stresses. ... More » |
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Free Spirit Publishing Upbeat News, “A teen pregnancy pact?!” an editorial by Annie Fox, 8/08 – Last month’s widely reported spike in the pregnancy rate at a Massachusetts high school stunned many folks. But the 10th-grade moms-to-be weren’t among them. Why? Because apparently most of the seventeen sophomores who got pregnant at Glouster High did it intentionally. You heard it right. The girls were trying to get pregnant!
The school nurse reported that the girls repeatedly marched together into her office for pregnancy tests. They comforted each other when the tests were negative and positive results were met with squeals of delight and hugs all around. On hearing her positive test results, one girl loudly proclaimed “Sweet!” ... More » |
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Hillside Family Forum, WRMM 101.3, Rochester, NY, “When Relationships End” — Live interview with Terese Taylor. Nothing is more painful than the breakup of your child’s first romance. Terese talks with Annie about helping your child through the crisis of a broken heart. Recorded 4/6/08 (25 minutes) |
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Wise Counsel Podcast hosted by David Van Nuys, Ph.D., “Annie Fox on Parenting 21st Century Teens” According to Ms. Fox, the quickened pace, advanced communications technology and media saturation characteristic of the 21st century has resulted in a generation of children who are much more stressed out than prior generations. 2/4/08 (44 minutes) More » |
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It’s Different, KZSU Stanford 90.1 FM, “Helping Kids, Teens and Parents Create Healthier Relationships” — Live interview by Sri. Call-in show with parents of teens. Recorded 1/30/08 (66 minutes) |
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Educational Resource Handbook for Students from
the Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP), “Too
Stressed to Think? Using the Body-Mind Connection to Get Back in Balance” by Annie Fox, 2008 Edition “Hey, how’s it going?” “I’ve got tons of homework and school just started. None of my friends are in any of my clases. Soccer try outs are this afternoon, and I forgot my shoes. And my mom wants me to baby-sit my brother tonight. How’s it going? I’m STRESSED!” Stress is one of those words you probably hear all the time from adults and other teens. Maybe you use it a lot yourself. But what does it actually mean? More » |
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Scholastic Parents, “(Don’t) Rescue Me: When your child reaches middle school, it’s time for a hands-off homework policy” by Abby Margolis Newman, 7/31/07 – Sometimes my involvement in my two middle school boys’ academic lives feels like A Tale of Two Mommies: it is the best of instincts and the worst of instincts, coexisting and often struggling against each other. Many parents of middle-schoolers have to make decisions almost daily as to whether and how much to intervene in their child’s work — when to help and when does “help” morph into hindrance — and we find ourselves veering from one extreme to the other trying to achieve the right balance... More » |
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New York Daily News “Scourge of the Mean Girls. Experts fear epidemic of witchlike,
bullying behavior in schools.” 12/9/06 – Twelve-year-old Brooke goes to a swanky Manhattan private school every day panic- stricken. “I am always afraid I’m wearing the wrong thing, and one of them will make a big deal out of it in front of the entire class and I will be, like, destroyed.”
The “them” she refers to is a clique of popular girls who make a point of belittling, berating and bullying her as well as a few other kids... More » |
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Women’s Radio — Live interview on Dr. Beth’s Compassionate Parenting Program with host Dr. Beth Halbert. Talking with teens from around the country about relationships, making good choices, relating to friends and parents, and dealing with anger and jealousy. Recorded 11/7/06 (27 minutes) |
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Arizona Republic, “Popularity
contest-ed”, by Janie Magruder, 9/14/06 –
So painful were the memories of Laura Lawless’ high school experience that she vowed to attend her 10th reunion this year
only if one of these was true:
Almost achieving one of the three – Lawless was Miss Arizona 2002 – isn’t reason enough to go back to Dominican Academy, a prestigious Catholic prep school for girls in New York City. More » |
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College Outlook, “Getting Real about College Life” by Annie Fox. When you leave for college, you’ll say goodbye to all you’ve ever known (at least until Thanksgiving break). Throughout your college career, you’re going to face many challenges. It’s normal and good to feel a certain level of stress when dealing with new situations—it keeps you alert, aware and on your toes. But when you’re at college, especially during the first weeks and months, you’ll want to be in control of stress, otherwise you can start feeling weighed down and overwhelmed. More » |
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710 KCMO AM, Guest appearance on The Doug Kellett Show – Annie talks about the stress of “back to school”, Kansas City, MO, 9/6/06 (7:55) |
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Marin Independent
Journal “Easing
teen angst: Practical advice for youth and parents” by Rick Polito, 4/17/06 – ANNIE FOX has 5,800
responses to 5,800 e-mails from 5,800 teen-agers in her “sent” box. The problems hit all the tangents in the
teen trajectory - parents, self-esteem, shame, loneliness, sex.
But most of those 5,800 e-mails have one thing in common. More » |
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 UPN
Bay Area “Too Stressed to Think?” – Joe
Vazquez interviews Annie about how teens (and everyone else) can recognize and reduce stress. Also discussed is how parents
should handle their teen’s MySpace.com page, 3/19/06 (7 minutes) |
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KQED FM Forum “Cyber Safety and the popular teenage website, MySpace.com”, 3/3/06 (1 hour) |
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Voice America’s Health & Wellness Radio — Live interview on “Growing Up in America” with host Dr. Charles Nozicka, 2/21/06 (1 hour) |
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Radio Interview — Viewpoint/Annie Fox “Too Stressed to Think?” with Gimmy Park Li. KNBR (AM 680), KSAN/The Bone (FM 107.7), KFOG/KFFG (FM 104.5/97.7), The Ticket/KTCT (AM 1050), 2/18/06, 2/19/06 (30 minutes) |
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 The Atmore Advance On
January 17, 2003, Annie answered questions dealing with relationships and breakups asked by 1000 students at Escambia
County Middle School in Atmore, AL. Photo by James Crawford:
Anyone who’s ever had to deal with tough questions from kids knows it’s not easy being a parent these days. Annie Fox, author of Can You Relate?: Real World Advice for Teens on Guy, Girls, Growing Up, and Getting Along [re-released as The Teen Survival Guide to Dating & Relating: Real World Advice About Guys, Girls, Growing Up And Getting Along], a collection of letters that deal with just those kinds of questions, from kids of all ages, knows it better than most. More » |
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 Discovery Health Channel’s “Berman & Berman:
For Women Only”, segment: “Girls and Aggression” Transcript
for the show is available here as a PDF, 2/19/02 |
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Teen Talk Radio — These archived webcasts (originally recorded for TeenTalkNetwork.com) feature Annie Fox and her teen co-host Jazlan Grigsby. (15 segments, 10-20 minutes each) More » |
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 Annie was a featured speaker at the Phoenix
Public Library as part of their Authors
and Poets series. 125 middle school students from Phoenix area public schools attended the
event. The workshop was video taped for broadcast on local television, 3/01 (50 minutes) |
