Dr. Wes: While suicide is the third leading cause of death among teens (ranking behind accidents and murder), it remains thankfully rare. About 1,500 teens are known to commit suicide in a given year in the United States. Each incident asks us to reexamine our communities and ourselves to consider why it happens at all. Though we’ve shared them before[1], I worry that lists … [Read more...]
Double Take: Planning a Balanced Teen Summer
Dr. Wes: The last day of school is just weeks away. If you’re a senior (like Miranda!) your high school days are even fewer in number. So what’s on your teen agenda for summer 2012? If the answer is limited to video games, sleep and general mayhem, now is the time to plan a summer overhaul. I’ve come to believe that summers need a little more structure than I might have liked … [Read more...]
Coming Face to *Ahem* Face with Teen Sex
It was almost a year ago that I came face to face, almost literally, with teen sex. Oh, not my girls, but the son of the guy I was dating at the time. He was newly 16, man of the world with a newly minted drivers license and a car. His girlfriend was 15, and was dating a boy who had a car. Ahh young love, or as we adults know now, hormones. For whatever reason that … [Read more...]
Old-Fashioned Friendship
The glare of two computer screens in a dark room assaulted my retina as soon as I walked into my daughter's bedroom to say goodnight to her and her friend, who was spending the weekend with us. I immediately reminded them of the lateness of the hour and the No Electronics After 8pm policy. "Let's be friends the old-fashioned way instead!" I suggested as I turned to leave, … [Read more...]
Teens in 1982 versus 2012
From: BestEducationDegrees.com … [Read more...]
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