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All of us that work with teenagers have a difficult task. How do we sort through the noise of adolescent life and glean the important information students are trying to tell us so that we can be a helpful adult in their life? Of course, there is no perfect answer but...
How do you interact with a teenager in the foster care system? Don’t miss Shiloh Jones’ tips on how to be helpful and encouraging in the midst of a difficult situation!
When you hang out with teenagers every week who tend to push the boundaries and find themselves in trouble at school, you have learn some new vocabulary pretty quickly! This is the position I find myself in…often. I cannot tell you how many times I have sat in a group, dumbfounded and confused, while the entire room laughs at a word or phrase I don’t know. Teenagers can sometimes have a different language. They talk in lots of letters and seemingly innocent phrases can mean something else entirely!
So what can we do? How do we keep up? What do these words even mean?! If you spend any time with teenagers, you should find these principles helpful (and stick around for our term guide)!
Your teen is going to grow up and become an adult. Dr. David Fraze talks about the transition from adolescence to becoming functioning, responsible adults.
The more I work with teenagers, the more evident is that they are their own worst enemy and biggest critic. Teenagers are surrounded by all kinds of negative and critical voices, but these voices do not just come from outsiders. Sometimes, the worst thoughts are coming from inside their own heads.
So what can we do? How can we help encourage teenagers to think positively and be a better judge of their self-worth? I have a few suggestions for what we can do as parents, teachers, mentors and friends…
Do your social media conversations only lead to fights? Sarah Brooks joins us to talk all things Social Media. There is no need to panic about social media…you’ve got this!