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January 8, 2016

Building Character

Peer pressure is one of those things we unfortunately all face. Not just kids—adults are just as likely to find themselves feeling pressure to do things […]
December 18, 2015

Peer Pressure in Elementary School

Teaching young children about peer pressure can be tricky because they haven’t mastered the ability to think abstractly and don’t fully understand that actions can have […]
December 18, 2015

Social Media Pressure

Derek Streeter, dean of Thunderbird High School, says that he meets with close to 40 students a day to discuss behavioral problems that are more often […]
December 18, 2015

Step By Step

Growing up, my ambition was to play professional baseball. But as much as I loved it, there seemed to be an absent spark. Although I was […]
December 5, 2015

The LGBT Factor

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) kids are prime targets for bullying. Eight out of 10 reported being verbally or physically harassed in the past year […]
December 5, 2015

Hidden Pressures

Statistics show that teens—especially teens in high school—are pressured to do drugs and alcohol, and engage in risky behavior. The Adolescent Substance Abuse Knowledge Base reports […]
November 27, 2015

‘Rush’ to Judgment

Sorority. I already have a guess at what you’re imagining just from seeing that word, because it usually draws two types of reactions. You either picture […]
November 27, 2015

Identity Crisis

Popular kid or nerd, goody-goody or goth, band geek or jock. Kids increasingly judge and compare themselves, trying to figure out where they fit in. Adolescence […]
November 6, 2015

The Unseen Bruises of Bullying

  It can be downright overt, like a fist in the face when you don’t hand over the answers to yesterday’s math homework. Or sneaky, like […]