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Ahead of Election Day, PBS NewsHour asks America’s teens, “What would you tell the next president?”
PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs challenged youth around the country to “speak” a letter to the next president voicing the concerns closest to their hearts.
What Co-Parents Of Teens MUST Talk About
Parenting teens under any circumstances will test your patience. But co-parenting teens who move between two households presents particular challenges. H...
What Teens Need Most From Their Parents
Recent studies of adolescents reveal what teenagers need most from their parents during four phases of teens’ intellectual, emotional and social development.
Meaningful Stories: How Teens Connect with StoryCorps and Podcasts
StoryCorps and podcast tools are helping students know others and themselves better through personal stories.
3 Questions That Could Change The World from Kid President
It’s time for SOCKTOBER! Help us activate 2 million people to help their neighbors who are homeless as they prepare for winter! Find out more by watching and...
This is what it looks like when LGBTQ teens tell their own stories
A new PSA powerfully depicts what it's like to be an LGBTQ teen in love — and the importance of empowering at-risk teens to tell their stories.
As Teens Push Away, What Can Parents Do To Support Them?
A study outlines what parents can do to support their teens as they gain independence and test boundaries.
5 Questions to Ask a Child Psychologist
Find the right psychologist for your child and your family.
To Encourage Creativity in Kids, Ask Them: ‘What if’?
Experts try to help children balance the whimsy and freedom of a wandering mind with the rigidity of a prepared one.
3 Questions to Ask Your Child Every Night
Ask your child these 3 questions every night to help your child learn how to verbally express themselves and to help you learn about their day.
Ask Well: Coaxing Parents to Take Better Care of Themselves
Starting a conversation in a caring and nonjudgmental way, leading by example and starting small and easy are among the recommendations experts have for encouraging others to move in a more healthful and positive direction.
What Teens Want to Know (But Won’t Ask Their Parents)
Find out some of teens' most common questions with tips for how to answer.
How to Help Teens Weather Their Emotional Storms
A D.I.Y. snow globe full of glitter is an apt metaphor for the emotional chaos of the adolescent brain.
9 Tips for Parenting Teens
As parents, it’s natural to want to help our children put things in perspective when they face failure, heartbreak, or being left out. But we need to be careful how we offer that perspective, says Dr. Kelly Askins, medical director at BlueCross.
Teens and Sex: What Every Parent Needs to Know (parents of preteens and teens)
Research shows that parents are the key to ensuring that teens make safe and healthy choices – more important than teens’ teachers or peers. In this interactive workshop, you’ll learn and practice tools for teaching your teens and preteens how to make good decisions about themselves and about sex. We will cover: - How the teen-aged brain works, so that you can understand and anticipate your teen’s needs - How to teach kids to feel and defend their boundaries, so that they don’t…
An Everyday Etiquette Guide for Children and Teens
Top 5 Quick And Easy Relaxation Techniques For Teens
Is your teen unusually surly? Is she having trouble dealing with the daily stresses of life? If yes, try these quick & easy relaxation techniques for teens.
3 Ways Working at Camp Benefits Teens
Why is it that teens who spend the summer as camp counselors come home with all sorts of new, practical skills?
Naperville parents learn to promote resilience in teens
In the face of increasing concern about teen anxiety, depression and drug abuse, leaders in Naperville are focusing on resilience to help kids bounce back from difficult situations without making dangerous decisions.
