The Teen Life
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3 Ways to Help Prevent Suicide
Learn three tangible ways to intervene when you think someone may be contemplating suicide.
Good Enough
Too often we want our children and the students we work with to be the best. To reach the stars. To be the top. But sometimes, in reaching for the stars, we miss the small victories.
Traveling New Roads Together
If the kids are misbehaving, does the fault completely lay on their shoulders? What if we learned alongside our teens instead of just dictating the rules?
5 Ways to Connect with a Teen
In my Teen Life Support Group last semester, I had a student who seemingly did not want to be there. She refused to talk. She crossed her arms. She kept her head down. After the first week, we talked to her and said that she didn’t have to talk but needed to participate as a member of the group. She reluctantly did the activities, but still never spoke a word. A few weeks later, another student asked about my family. I explained that my parents live in Alabama, and I don’t see them very often because of the distance. Immediately, my standoffish student spoke. “Wait, you’re from Alabama? Me too.” In that moment, we had created a connection. Connection. It sounds so easy, right? But how often do we strive to achieve it and come up short?
Confronting the Momo Problem
Find out how to handle conversations about worrying internet issues like suicide ideation, drug use, and body image in a way that is helpful to teenagers?
A Common Sense Intervention That Saves Lives
Teenage years are tough, especially for those considering suicide. If more adults saw the opportunity to ask good questions, what an encouragement we could be!
5 Conversations to Have As School Starts
Before teenagers start school again, help them reach their goals this year with these 5 encouraging back-to-school conversations!
Do You Have Grit?
“Grit” is about vision and motivation. It’s important because teens who have grit can clarify their future goals and help them do what it takes to get there.
How to Help Teenagers Make Good Choices
Imagine a world where teenagers make good choices based on good information and support. Let’s help teens make decisions (and good ones at that)!
How to Get the Most Out of Your Teen
Getting teens to open up to parents and adult mentors can be tough. Get intentional strategies to help you become the caring adult that teens need most.
