Does Your Child Get Enough Sleep?
How much sleep do kids need?
Top 5 Reasons Teens Put Off Doing Homework
Why Teens Procrastinate with their Homework
Homework: it’s rare to find a teen that enjoys it. What’s not rare? A teen that is quite skilled at waiting until the last minute to do it, which causes all sorts of problems. When a teen waits until 9 pm to begin homework, they are setting themselves up for inadequate sleep, higher stress levels, and poor academic performance. Shedding light on the reasons teens delay starting is the first step to help them prioritize their schedules and develop discipline in their work habits. Here are the top 5 reasons that I see appearing time and again with my teen clients:
Above The Fray: Program Aims to Teach Teens to Use Social Media Responsibly
Above The Fray: Teaching Teenagers How to Use Social Media Responsibly
by Mina Frannea
There is an urgent need for an open and honest conversation with teens, parents and teachers about responsible social media use.
In partnership with wellness expert Aja Uranga-Foster, Selvage Media has started an Indiegogo campaign that will run until Christmas. Their plan is to work with a teen focus group for the next few months, learning all they can about what life is really like for them in the social media trenches. They are then going to use that information to a create meaningful and tangible curriculum to share online and in classrooms. The goal is to launch Above The Fray before school gets out for summer.
