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Supporting Your Siblings: A Teen’s Perspective

by Sam P. March 7th, 2014| Teen Perspective, Teens
As much as we hate them, we love them to death.  At times we take them for granted though.  I think we forget how much it means to them when we support them.  I mean I hate it when I have an important event and my brother decides to
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Parents, Too Difficult to Deal With?

by Sam P. February 21st, 2014| Behavior, Teen Perspective, Teens
As teens, our behavior isn't always the best.  Whether you are having a teensy argument with a parent, or a full-blown war between the two of you, your parent is still your elder and respect is necessary.  Oftentimes, parents will deem some sort of punishment necessary, and if your
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Seatbelts: From the Teen’s View (Part Deux)

by Jacob P. February 14th, 2014| Safety, Teen Perspective, Teens
For those of you who may not know, I have previously written an article on seatbelts and teenagers, which you can read here.  This article is my follow up, seeing how things have changed over the two years since I wrote the last article.

First of all, the
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How to Be More Involved

by Sam P. February 7th, 2014| Teen Perspective, Teens
As first semester rolls to an end many of us are probably looking back and wishing we'd done more.  High school is a one-time thing and you want to make the most of it. Get involved in your high school and join as many teams and clubs as possible.
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Safe Relationships

by Sam P. January 17th, 2014| Safety, Teen Perspective, Teens
As teens it may often feel like society pressures us into relationships. But as a teen I completely understand that we don't always want a relationship. We see intimacy and couples all around us and oftentimes it is easy to give into the pressure and start dating. And as
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Grades are Rigged: From the Teen’s View

by Jacob P. January 10th, 2014| School, Teen Perspective, Teens
No, I'm not here to profess some conspiracy theory about how the educational system is rigged to help some students more than others.  Rather, I'm saying that the system is rigged for all students.  Grade inflation is rampant throughout the school systems in the U.S.

A "C" is supposed to
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Society Killed the Confident

by Sam P. January 3rd, 2014| Social, Teen Perspective, Teens
Many teenagers these days suffer from low self-confidence.  As time has progressed, low self-confidence has become a bigger and bigger issue with teens of America.  The only thing is that it used to mainly affect females, but as society has become more messed up it has stopped being sexist and
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Driving: From the Teen’s View

by Jacob P. December 27th, 2013| Safety, Teen Perspective, Teens
Like most 17-year-olds, I have my driver's license.  While this is not a big deal, it becomes one around this time of year.  This will be my second year as a licensed driver, but that makes the weather no less of a concern. With car accidents being the leading
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How Teens Can Earn A Free Rein

by Sam P. December 20th, 2013| Behavior, Teen Perspective, Teens
Many teenagers complain about not having any free rein and not being allowed to do anything.  But with that sort of trust from the parents comes responsibilities.  And many teens aren't trusted with those responsibilities because their behavior doesn't reflect that they can handle them.  If you can't remember
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Managing Your Money: From the Teen’s View

by Jacob P. December 13th, 2013| Teen Perspective, Teens
As a teenager, I often find myself with a list of expenditures on my hands and not much money to pay for them with.  This can cause problems, especially as life continues to get more expensive every day.  This not a problem unique to me, though, but one shared
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Solution: Replace Stolen iPod?

by Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil November 29th, 2013| Parenting Predicament
My son’s iPod got stolen earlier this year after he left it in his unlocked gym locker. I think he’ s learned his lesson, but I’m wondering if I should get him a new one for Christmas? What message would that send?

If he's learned his lesson it would be
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Competencies and Finals

by Sam P. November 21st, 2013| School, Teen Perspective, Teens
If you were to go back 10 or 20 years, every school gave finals.  And then a few years ago, the idea of competencies was proposed.  Many schools dropped finals and switched over completely to competencies.  Not my school.  We are just about the only school that has both
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