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I call the 18th birthday the day you become a legal adult. You still have one more “teen year” but you can vote and sign your own medical consent forms. When your 20th birthday arrives you are no longer a teenager but unable to legally purchase alcohol and still carded for cigarettes in most states. […]
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Healthy relationships are essential to healthy growth and development. The teen years can be littered with chaos and turmoil and layered with enthusiasm and dedication. Because many relationship beliefs and patterns are formed early in life, I want to share a guest blog about teen dating. What Teens Need To Know Before Dating Guest […]
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It’s back to school time! Recommendation: Add a portfolio to the school supplies list. Education is power. Youth are full of limitless possibility. They learn from every interaction and experience – either what to do more of or what not to do again and both can have positive consequences. The Teen Toolbox implements the positive […]
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Do you have a passion for children, education, society, law, or making the world a better place through your work? You will want to learn more about Parenting 2.0. Parenting 2.0 is ‘Where every adult is recognized as “raising humanity” and children’s Life Skills Averages are as valued as their Grade Point Averages.’ P20 unifies […]
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By Elizabeth Alraune, Guest Blogger I was about 13 years old and it was one of the worst years of my life. I had a tough time in school, and did not want to go, and often did not. It was a miracle I even made it to 8th grade (a miracle in no small part […]
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I would be rich if I had a quarter for every time I heard someone describe Generation Y in a negative manner. Young people have been tainted as selfish, entitled, lazy, and show offs. It’s been said that the millennial generation is unable to spell and write well, concentrate for an extended period of time, […]
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It’s Back To School Time! Many young people are excited to return to school. They want to catch up with their friends and favorite teachers and show off their new back to school gear. Other students start the school year with a bit of apprehension. Children and teens in foster care are often unsure when […]
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ve heard the buzz about the ABC Family show television “The Fosters”. It is currently the second highest show on ABC Family and has been renewed for another season. I was not impressed with the first couple of episodes. I was left wondering if the show was […]
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In 2012, 36% of the nation’s young adults ages 18 to 31 were living in their parents’ home, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. Past trauma and nonexistent, limited or strained support systems place foster youth at higher risk of unemployment, poor educational outcomes, health issues, early parenthood, […]
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