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Standing Up for Yourself: From the Teen’s View

by Jacob P. October 29th, 2013| Teen Perspective, Teens
As a teenager, confrontations with your parents are almost unavoidable.  They almost serve as a stepping stone into adulthood, helping learn when it is appropriate to stand up to authority and when it isn't.  At the same time, excessive confrontation with one's parents is definitely a behavioral issue.  Thus,
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Teen’s Perspective on Online Safety

by Sam P. October 24th, 2013| Safety, Teen Perspective, Teens
As a teen, having social media accounts is kind of your life.  It is how you connect with all your school friends and stay up to date on the latest news.

On a site like Facebook, you don't actually have to be quite as paranoid with what you can and
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Fall Date Ideas

by Sam P. October 9th, 2013| Teen Perspective, Teens
Fall is quite easily my favorite season.  The colors are beautiful and it's perfect cuddle weather.  And of course, the slight nippiness in the air is the prime weather for endless cute outfits.  But despite the thousands of reasons why the outdoors is gorgeous and perfect for dates, many couples end
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How to Study Properly: From the Teen’s View

by Jacob P. October 1st, 2013| Teen Perspective, Teens
Like many students, I am a poor studier.  I do not particularly enjoy studying, nor do I study frequently.  So far in my high school career, I have been able to pull off good grades without studying.  Now that I am entering my senior year, though, I am finding
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Your Social Life

by Editorial Team September 25th, 2013| Social, Teens
Editorial note: This week we are taking a different point of view in the Teen's Perspective column.  As our writer is fighting a viral illness, a parent of teens shares her perspective on social life and teens.

As a parent of teens I am grateful that, thus far, the challenges
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Solution: Teen Reacts to Other Teen Being Assaulted

by Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil September 20th, 2013| Parenting Predicament
We had a terrible incident here where a boy my son knows was beaten up on the street. Now my son (age 15) can’t stop thinking about it and believes he may be assaulted himself. He keeps talking about being ready to fight back. I don’t think the assault
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Online Classes: From the Teen’s View

by Jacob P. September 17th, 2013| Teen Perspective, Teens
This year, I am going to be trying something entirely new.  I will be taking a high school course online, because I could not get it to fit into my schedule.  My high school is very small, so there is a very limited number of classes offered.  In order
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Tricks to Getting Homework Done on a Busy Weekend

by Sam P. September 11th, 2013| Teen Perspective, Teens
We've all had one of these weekends. It's the beginning of the school year so you don't think you'll have much, or any, homework.  Because of your supposedly free weekend you pack your planner full of plans, from Friday right after school all the way up till Sunday night
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Predicament: Teen Reacts to Other Teen Being Assaulted

by Editorial Team September 9th, 2013| Parenting Predicament
We had a terrible incident here where a boy my son knows was beaten up on the street. Now my son (age 15) can't stop thinking about it and believes he may be assaulted himself. He keeps talking about being ready to fight back. I don't think the assault
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Procrastination: From the Teen’s View

by Jacob P. September 4th, 2013| Teen Perspective, Teens
Like the majority of people on this planet, I enjoy procrastinating.  Why would I want to hurry to do work when I can mess around and have fun?  This procrastination may seem like an escape from stress and hard work initially, but in the end it never works out
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Teen’s Perspective on Family Vacations

by Sam P. August 14th, 2013| Teen Perspective, Teens
Family vacations. Two words that can send shivers of horror through most older adolescents' bodies. Terrifying memories of being forced to smile while standing next to the clearly fake and quite creepy mouse for the fifth year in a row flash back in a whirlwind of fear and boredom.
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College Applications: From the Teen’s View

by Jacob P. August 7th, 2013| School, Teen Perspective, Teens
On last Thursday, the newest edition of the Common Application was released.  With this release, the unofficial beginning of college application season has begun.  Students are now clambering away to begin their work, so that they can reach that four-year pinnacle of education known as college.  With this also
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