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.
National Youth Violence Prevention Week
Ways to Prevent Youth Violence
March 18 – 22, 2013, marks National Youth Violence Prevention Week in the United States. The week-long observance is dedicated to raising awareness and educating the public on effective ways to prevent youth violence.
The National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC), whose mission it is to help people keep themselves safe from crime, places an immensely high priority on preventing youth violence. To further its mission and contribute to National Youth Violence Prevention Week, NCPC will highlight its resources on youth crime prevention throughout the week.
DCT’s Teen Brain : Musical focuses on issues and interests of teenagers
Teen Brain: The Musical at Dallas Children’s Theater
It’s Friday in the life of eight young people as they navigate the rough waters of high school. Experience a NEW high-energy musical full of drama, humor, and real-life situations interwoven with the latest discoveries about the mysterious teen brain. Is this your life? Your school? Find out by coming to see the world premiere of Teen Brain: The Musical performed by DCT’s Teen Scene Players playing February 15 – 24, 2013.
DCT’s teen and young adult programming focuses on issues and interests of the underserved teen audience. In response to the many requests for more performance opportunities for teens, last season DCT’s Academy introduced the Teen Scene Players, an advanced acting training course for young adults, with an added level of professionalism by including a public performance. All classes taught in the DCT Academy culminate in a presentation for invited family and friends on DCT’s stages, however, the Teen Scene Players class culminates in a DCT Season Special performance open to the public.
5 Super Powers Available to Teens
Heroic Abilities Aren’t Exclusive to Comics, Novelist Says
Cynical adults may sneer when they say, “Youth is wasted on the young.” But young world-traveler Ryan Pearson sees a more positive message in George Bernard Shaw’s often repeated quote.
“I see it as meaning that youth is an opportunity to seize direction, enlightenment, significance and to expand one’s powers,” says Pearson, author of “Green Hope” from “The Element Series,” (www.theelementsseries.com), about a teenager blessed with wealth and fame who discovers he has the added responsibility of super powers.
“It’s sad that so many teens get sidetracked by trying to fit in with a crowd, or worrying that they don’t measure up somehow. At a time when they should be enjoying a new sense of independence and capabilities, they’re often paralyzed by self-doubt.”
Pearson says all teens have super powers – they just need to recognize them: