Teenagers are easy targets to complain about. In fact, we all make assumptions when it comes to teens. Here are five assumptions we know to be true.
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Seeking Connection
We are made to be connected, yet so many of us feel disconnected. Not just alone in a crowd, but lonely in a crowd. Too many people lack the connectedness of authentic relationships.
13 Reasons Why: Making Noise or Making Change?
So many people want their ideas, problems, concerns, and injustices heard. That is not a bad thing at all, but there is a difference between making change and just making noise! Here are a few ways that we can encourage teenagers (and ourselves) to make more than just noise.
3 Ways to Help Prevent Suicide
Learn three tangible ways to intervene when you think someone may be contemplating suicide.
Good Enough
Too often we want our children and the students we work with to be the best. To reach the stars. To be the top. But sometimes, in reaching for the stars, we miss the small victories.
Traveling New Roads Together
If the kids are misbehaving, does the fault completely lay on their shoulders? What if we learned alongside our teens instead of just dictating the rules?