Want to know what particular vice or psyhco-social problems the teen in your life is currently suffering, or about to suffer from, without spending a fortune on parenting courses, psychologists, or dvd box sets of Dr Phil? Well read on and save your teen, and your money. While conducting my daily scour of the internet […]
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You don’t have to spend much time around teens to be aware of the power of peer pressure. From fanatical fashionistas to drug dealing deviates, the teenage peer group has an infamous reputation as the primary corrupting force responsible for transforming darling children everywhere into high-maintenance juvenile delinquents. Never mind how ridiculous the idea, if […]
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Justin Bieber. If you have never heard of him then you are obviously not a tween and not spending a lot of time with tweens or teenagers. Justin Bieber is the current pop sensation of the “fans scream hystercially at the mention of his name” kind. In the same vein as Elvis, the Beatles, and […]
Continue readingIn my previous post I discussed what self-esteem is and some key factors that influence the self- esteem of teenagers. In this post I will look at 5 ways adults can help increase and maintain healthy levels of self-esteem for teenagers. Focus on Things That Matter to the Individual Self-esteem is the way someone evaluates […]
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Our self-esteem, the general self evaluation one makes of oneself, can vary throughout life – particularly during major life changes. It’s no wonder then that during the changes and challenges of adolescence there can be significant fluctuations in a teenager’s assessment of their own self-image and/or self-worth. My next couple of posts will be dedicated […]
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Digital Natives was a term first used my Mark Prensky (2001) to refer to the generation of kids who grew up with digital technology as a given – those who don’t remember a world without the internet, mobile phones or mp3 players. The term is used to differentiate between those for whom digital technology is […]
Continue reading“Oh mum it was so LOL!” Part of living in the digital world, that many teens inhabit, is learning the lingua franca, or native language. Many of you may already be doing so and doing so very well – particularly if you regularly communicate via SMS or Twitter. However for some of you the native […]
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According to a recent international survey 74% of teenage males stated they enjoyed shopping. Before you start thinking the survey is flawed it also found 92% of teenage girls like clothes shopping – so it’s not that out of sync with reality. Other interesting findings in the Habo Global Fashion Survey, which polled over 60,000 […]
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In the previous post I suggested that parents often doubt the role they have in their teenagers life and development. The doubt springs from 2 basic beliefs; teenagers don’t really need their parents, and teenagers don’t really want their parents. The previous post suggested 5 reasons why the first belief is misguided. This post will […]
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It sounds like a question that shouldn’t be asked. One feels kind of guilty for even formulating the question. But time and time again I get the impression that in various ways people do ask the question. Never explicitly, but in subtle ways the question is asked – do teenagers really need their […]
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