This quarter, we explored our quarterly theme, Peer Pressure, by talking about confidence and choices, consequences of giving into peer pressure and the effect of teen cliques and back to school. Let’s take a look at some of the things we talked about. Mentoring A Dream’s vision is to support parents, caring adults and mentors …
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 …
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. I found an article about it on VeryWellHealth by MIchelle Pugle about it called “How Peer Pressure Affects All Ages.” What is Peer …
Our featured author, Laurie Halse Anderson, writes about tough subjects with humor and sensitivity As we talk about peer pressure this month, Anderson’s books are great options to learn about and discuss the challenges teens face. Her background According to Wikipedia, Laurie Halse Anderson grew up in New York with her younger sister, Lisa. As …
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This quarter, we explored our quarterly theme, Mental Health Awareness, by talking about autism, mental health, and teen homelessness and addiction. Let’s take a look at some of the things we talked about. Mentoring A Dream’s vision is to support parents, caring adults and mentors with resources to help their teens succeed. Each quarter we …
Our featured author, Travis Sackett, tells his story through the book called My Life with Karma. As we talk about teen homelessness and addiction this month, Sackett’s story is about how he almost lost everything through an addiction to opioids. I feel the best way to see the impact of a disease or consequences of …
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 …
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. They are a great resource for you and your teen to learn about mental health issues. Who is NAMI? According to their website, NAMI, NAMI provides …
Our featured author, Gayle Forman, writes teen and young adult novels which focus on their struggles with mental health. That is why I chose to feature her this month for Mental Health Awareness. Her background Gayle Forman’s writing career started with writing articles for Seventeen magazine. Her focus was on teens and social issues. She …
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 …
