This month’s featured author is Rosalind Wiseman. She is an internationally recognized author and expert on children, parenting, social justice, and ethical leadership. She has written two amazing books, one about boys and one about girls, that help us to understand what our teens are thinking and what they are going through. Her Background According …
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 …
As we talk more about peer pressure, I continue to look for resources on how we can help the teens in our life deal with it. It isn’t something that will just go away. We all deal with pressure from our peers, whether it is positive or negative. Since we are in the back to …
This month’s featured resource is the Center for Parent and Teen Communication. It is an organization which is a part of the Division of Adolescent Medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Their mission is to help parents raise teens who are prepared to thrive. They provide knowledge and skills to caring adults to promote …
This month’s featured author is Jodi Picoult. She is an author who writes about sensitive social topics in ways that are relatable to her readers. When looking for a book to read about peer pressure, I chose to read her novel, Nineteen Minutes, which is about how peer pressure and bullying can play a role …
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 …
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 …
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 …
