One of the reasons why teens love to work is the need to have their own income. We are talking about those teens of the average family, not those rich and super rich teenagers. Teens want to have discretionary funds they can use without their parents poking at them. Giving the teens the opportunity [...] Read more »
Girls Boarding Schools: The only Solution
July 24th, 2006 ,Teenage rebellion can be a sign of health, especially in girls. In an essay contributed to Catching a Wave: Reclaiming Feminism for the 21st Century, Nancy Gruver has written that girls are understandably outraged by injustices. However, the process of socialization teaches girls to swallow their healthy anger. Unfortunately, then, the anger [...] Read more »
Teenagers With Depression
According to a survey 20 percent of teens will experience teen depression before they reach adulthood, 10 to 15 percent of teenagers have some symptoms of teen depression and 5 percent of teens are suffering from major depression. One of the most alarming facts to come from all the research; depression is affecting younger and [...] Read more »
Peer Pressure and Alcohol: a Difficult Combination for Many Teens
However, teens can also experience feelings of doubt and may lack self-esteem. For these reasons, they are particularly susceptible to peer pressure: an overwhelming desire to fit in and do “what everyone else is doing,” even if it means participating in such high-risk activities as drinking, smoking and sex. It’s all part of a [...] Read more »
Truancy in Teenagers
Truancy is something that was easier to deal with in our parent’s day. It is define as the dictionary calls ‘the act or condition of being absent without permission’ were standard. A good lashing helped clear up any doubt as to the relevant authorities’ feelings on the subject. It was pretty primitive, but how delightfully [...] Read more »