With teens and young adults getting back to school, the rise of the teen cliques and the pressures they apply to students starts up again. How do teen cliques create peer pressure? Let’s start off talking about what a clique is. What is a clique? As defined by Google, a clique is a small group …
There is no getting around it, peer pressure is a normal part of many young adults’ and teenagers’ formative years. It is also a part of our lives as adults as well. Like we have been talking about this quarter, peer pressure isn’t all negative, but can definitely have some consequences if choices are made …
Welcome to quarter three’s theme resisting peer pressure. There is no getting around it, peer pressure is a normal part of many young adults’ and teenagers’ formative years. How do we help our teens resist what their peers are telling them to? By giving them the tools and confidence to make good choices for themselves. …
As we enter the last month of our Mental Health Awareness quarter, for this week’s blog, I will focus on a growing issue that affects teenagers, homelessness and addiction. When I think about homelessness, I imagine families who were homeless, which is a problem. But what we are talking about this month is teens and …
Good Morning! For this week’s teen challenge, we will talk about Teen Mental Health issues. May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. It is a time for us to become aware of the mental health issues that teens face. But being aware is only part of it. We need to accept that they do suffer …
Welcome to Mental Health Awareness quarter. April is Autism Awareness Month, so I’ll be focusing the posts this month on Autism not only to raise awareness about what Autism is, but also what we can do to accept those who have this disorder. Recently, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) has been referring to April …
A big part of the diversity discussion revolves around how women have battled for equal rights. In many cases, they worked twice as hard to get into key roles which men held before. We see change is happening with an all woman team for the flyover at this years’ Super Bowl. Or all woman flight …
Diversity has become a popular word in our society. It not only shows it self in the differences between people, but also in how we have chose to accept and include those who are different from us. Up until about three years ago, this whole idea of diversity and inclusion was always in the background, …
Diversity and Inclusion are a couple of key buzz words that we are hearing a lot about lately. Do you know what they mean when they say diversity and inclusion? Good Morning! My name is Sharon McAleer and I am the owner and visionary of Mentoring A Dream. Before we get started, I want to …
Good Morning! Here’s the Monday Morning Blog? Have you had a chance to touch base with that teen in your life lately? Maybe ask them if they could be anything, what would they be? And then take that information and find someone thy can talk to about doing it! December’s Theme – Mentoring Month Sometimes …
