For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
Teen zombies walk among us and they can’t be cured! Problem behaviours related to sleep loss: More risk-taking. Less self-control (emotional volatility). Drop in school performance. Drop in school attendance. Neuron growth in the brain hampered – leads to decrease in...
For Teachers & Principals
Teenage Whirlwind Our students face severe challenges such as: Depression Loneliness Bullying Alcohol abuse Disordered eating These are the signals given by youth when they feel overwhelmed. Safeguard not only vulnerable youth, but also all youth. Be proactive by...
For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
“So all I really want is for some 16 year-old kid who’s down and out to put on a song that I helped make and feel inspired to keep going and be happy.” – The Strumbellas frontman Simon Ward Some line samples from “Spirits,” the first single on HOPE, the band’s new...
For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
There is no doubt we need to pay attention to the health of teens, individually and collectively. A new report from the World Health Organization, entitled Health of the Worlds’ Adolescents: A Second Chance in the Second Decade, hopes to encourage that the teen voice...
For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
Girls and Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape by Peggy Orenstein A thought-provoking if occasionally hand-wringing investigation. (New York Times Review, March 23, 2016) The author spoke over three years to more than 70 young women between the ages of 15 and...
For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
Dr. Brian Goldman’s CBC show White Coat, Black Art recently investigated teen anxiety in the episode The Age of Anxiety. Among other highlights, Dr. Goldman includes author and psychologist Jean Twenge’s comments about the links between a kid’s smartphone and anxiety....
