Teen an Six Flags

A teenager was killed after hopping a pair of fences in a restricted area at six flags in Georgia by a roller coaster.

Teen and Grizzly

A 14 year old girl teenager-adolescent riding in a mountain bike race was attacked in the late night by a bear and was able to call 911 which resulted in a rescue. This happened in Anchorage Alaska.

Teens Smoking

Twenty percent of teens smoke cigarettes according to a recent survey that was completed between 2003 - 2007.

Teens, Teenagers, and adolescents smoke for a number of reasons: peer pressure, coping with being angry, coping with loss, coping with grief, coping with depression, coping with anxiety, coping with bordem, and other interpersonal issues, social issues, body image, self esteem, family issues and more.

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If the same amount of money was spent on prevention as is spent on advertisements for smoking we would have healthier teen behavior and a reduction in teens that smoke.

My Space Girl stabbed

A 12 year old girl was attacked by her Uncles 18 year old girlfriend in a dispute over a myspace page.

The 12 year old girl was stabbed three times with a knife.

The girl had wounds to her: neck, arms, and ribs and their was a lot of blood.

The victimizer is bein charged with aggravated assault and weapons posession charges.

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Children, child, Teens, Adolescents, adults and Self esteem

Self-esteem is about feeling: valued, loved, accepted, and appreciated. People with healthy self-esteem are able to feel good about themselves, appreciate their intrinsic qualities and abilities.

Self esteem is a life long goal. It can be built over time.

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Criticism can damage self esteem especially as a child.

We can take control of that negative voice and change it to a positive voice.

Anxiety

Anxiety is a natural human reaction that involves mind and body. It serves an important basic survival function: Anxiety is activated when one believes their is danger or a threat.

Physical sensations such as: sweaty palms, faster heartbeat, sickness in stomach, etc can occur.

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Anxiety can be uneasiness, worry, fear. Anxiety is anticipated threats.

There are a number of anxieties: phobia, test anxiety, OCD, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, PTSD,

Teens underage drinking

The US estimates that we have 10.8 million underage drinkers.

Forty percent state they got the alcohol from an adult for free.

In many cases the study reports parents enabled their children to drink while being underage.

Approx 7.2 million underage drinkers binge drank in the past month.

Sleep-Mood-Adolescents

Delaying a teen, teenagers school start time by one hour improves cognitive performance according to Israeli researchers.

Those who started school later slept in later and had better academic performance on school tests.

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Adolescents, teenagers, teens should get on average 9 hours of sleep each night.

Tagging

In Pico Rivera, Ca mayor Ron Beilke is making eradicating graffiti and punishing (teens-adolescents-kids-children) priorities.

The city introduced a global positioning graffiti tracking system. Also vandalism enforcement began sending letters threatening to put liens on the homes of parents of juveniles who have not paid restitution.

Teenage girls dating

Research shows that adolescent girls are more vulnerable to older males in dating and predators if they do not have a solid relationship with their father.

Adolescents girls, teen girls are looking to fill their emptiness that their Dad's are not meeting.

Teenage girls also may also fantasize about older males when they do not have a solid relationship with their Dad.

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Girls need to be able to set boundaries. If a teen girl is embarassed she can establish a code word with her parents so they can pick her up when peer pressure gets to much.

Listen to your teen and get involved in their lives.

Teenagers-Teens and Binge drinking

A research article states that adolescents that say they like school were the least likely to binge-drink, take drugs, or otherwise engage in bad behavior.

Research showed that binge drinking drove other negative behaviors like: fighting, risky sex, stealing etc.

Violence and children

Research has found that victims of child abuse(poor treatment) were more likely to perpetrate youth and intimate partner violence.

The prevention of child abuse( poor treatment) may be essential in preventing future perpetration of youth violence.

Interventions preventing youth violence may help prevent intimate partner violence.

The victim may become a victimizer....this may be physically, emotionally, or sexually.

It is important to understand abuse and victimization is not ok!!!! Not Ok!

Defiant Behavior Child-Teen-Adolescent

Research has found that children with early psychopathic tendencies, such as lack of remorse are likely to have inherited it from their parents.

Strong heritability does not mean that child-teens can not make changes. Children are open to environmental influences early in life.

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Many kids-adolescents get involved in negative behaviors in their teens. Many social, peer, and environmental factors are involved including parenting.

Kids, Teens, Adolescents copy Parents Behavior

Kids Model Parents Antisocial Behavior by Rick Nauert PhD.

Below are portions of above article.

A childs perception of parent's behavior influences the development of the child's behavior as they reach adulthood.

A study by researchers at UC Davis and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, sought to determine how antisocial behavior in one generation is transmitted to the next.

The researchers concluded that the children learned antisocial behavior by observing and interpreting their parents antisocial behavior, as well as by disrupted parenting practices, such as poor monitoring, hostility, and harsh and inconsistent discipline.

The researchers concluded that the children learned antisocial behavior by observing and interpreting their parents' antisocial behavior. Parents' behavior provides children with a model for their own behavior, and children's perception that a parent is antisocial may be a key component in choosing and validating their own behaviors, giving children permission to engage in this type of behavior.

Teens in Prison-Teenagers in Prison forever

Three Teenagers were prosecuted as adults in Colorado to crack down on juvenile crime. Fourteen states including Arizona can charge juveniles with adult crimes. Colorado has 45 teenagers locked away forever.

Sentences that put juveniles in adult prisons for life have created cries for reform.

Teen girls pact to get pregnant

Teenage girls at a high school in MA.
allegedly made a pact to get pregnant and raise their babies together.

Seventeen adolescent girls 16 and under became pregnant at Gloucester and their are 1200 students.

It is interesting to note that on average the pregnancy rate at this school is 4. Also the school has an on-site daycare to encourage teen parents to stay in school.

It is vital that we educate our children about the responsibility of having a baby. The cost to raise a child. How a young girl would pay to raise the child. How the young teen could obtain a career to raise the child? How the teenager might obtain employment and at the same time provide emotional nurturing and time for the child?

Babies ARE NOT dolls they take time, love, devotion, maturity, dedication, responsibility, and more.

Teens and music

It looks like approz 36 percent of teenagers/adolescents are obtaining music from legal sources.

It appears that 64 percent obtain music from peer to peer web sites.

89 percent of teens seem to like buying music from iTunes.

Teens face up to 30 years in Prison Comptuer hacking

Two teenagers in Orange county face from 3-38 years in prison for hacking into the schools computer system.

The two adolescents allegedly hacked into their high schools computer system to change grades as well as to get copies of tests.

It is essential that we teach our teens healthy ethics, healthy life choices, and values.

Teaching adolescents by modeling healthy behaviors is one of the best ways to teach your children.

Adolescents and half-Step Siblings

"On average, adolescents living with half siblings have lower grades and more school related behavior problems, and these problems may not improve over time, according to a recent study( Social Science Research March 2008)"

Teens and Pot

Marijuana has many long term effects:

Memory impairment, judgment impairment and balance.

Increased risk of chronic cough, bronchitis and emphysema.

Increased risk of cancer: head, lungs, and neck.

Iowa Flood

The flood in Iowa is a tragedy. I read a report that studies were done approx 15 years ago detailing that the levees' could break.

A recent report states up to 27 levees on the Iowa/Illinois line could break.

Why are we spending Billions of dollars a day on issues outside of the US? We must take care of our country and it's people. It seems our priorities are upside down.

I think the Space Program is fascinating: sending explorers to Mars, the space shuttle, the space lab, however, we must allocate funds to protect people at home ( the Iowa flood, Katrina etc) first!!!!!! ????

It seems that we are reactive not preventive as far as tax papers money.

Let's look inside our country's needs and make change.

Angry Drivers

"A recent study at CSU by social psychologist William szlemko states that drivers with bumper stickers, window decals and personalized plates not only get mad when someone cuts in their lane or is slow to respond to a changed traffic light, but they are far more likely than those who do not personalize their cars to use their vehicles to express rage by honking, tailgaiting and other aggressive behavior."

This is a part of a full article written by Shankar Vedantam called Who's Prone to road rage? Check for bumper stickers. Washington Post.

Consume Consume and then Consume..Buy Buy Buy.....Why????

The media is able to amplify and elevate the concept that we need "things". Do we really need any 800 dollar stroller, 500 dollar jeans, 100,000 dollar vehicles, face lifts, gastric bypass surgery??????

Are we becoming more and more egocentric by believing what we buy gives us value and self esteem?
Children that are given whatever they want may become spoiled, entitled,and narcissistic, and value money more than people, family, or friends.

Parents and individuals can stop and really take time to see why they are making a purchase and take time to see if it is a need or any unknown impulse to buy. We can say no and set boundaries and limits for ourselves and our children.

Violence on TV and Violence at home impacts children, teens, adults and families.

Ultimate fighting a bloody anything goes brawl that has been promoted on TV is now being accepted by parents for children as young as six years old.

Parents are treating this violent support as casually as baseball or volleyball.

In a recent movie called Never Back Down two high school students are glorified and glamorized as: the most popular and the best looking most desirable students at the school because they are strong ultimate fighters. They are considered heroes because they can knock each other out and brutalize others with strength.

This sport is on the rise to become the nations most popular contact sport.

Our society loves to normalize violence: commercials for the marines look like fun( even though you may have to kill people)...Video games with top sales are Violent.

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As long as we accept violence and make it socially acceptable we will continue to see and exponential rise in violence.

Relationships and Communication

It is important to become aware of ones feelings so it does not spill over onto our relationships, coworkers, family, and friends.

It is vital to own our own feelings and express them without blaming, attacking, or shaming our loved one.

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Listening, mirroring, and reflecting your loved ones emotions is a way to display empathy and connect with your partner, spouse, girlfriend. Many people blame, attack, and judge and this creates a seperation emotionally. The idea is to join in your relationship not divide.

Stress Management and Anger Management for relaxation

Close your eyes. Take several slow deep breaths, find a calming relaxed pace.

Taking 8-10 breaths per minute is a good rhythm.

As you breath notice any areas in your body where you feel tension in your muscles. When you find any area that is tense intentionally hold that tension for 5 seconds that release the tension and get loose in that area...

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Imagine each muscle that is tense as a warm area..as the area gets warm imagine more stress flowing away.

Happy Teens...Happy adolescents....Happy children. Happy parents. Fight depression.Teens fighting Depression.

Be grateful..Be grateful for all you are..Be grateful for all your strengths. Be grateful for all your intrinsic qualities. There is a famous quote about a man who was upset and sad that he had no shoes until he met the man with no feet.

Get busy do activities : call a friend, go to the mall, go for a walk, go for a bike ride, get up and hike camelback mountain, squaw peak(Piestawa), go fishing, lift weights, play hoops, garden etc...

Give something to someone else! ( Volunteer, help clean, help with house work, charity work etc)

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Change negative self talk to positive self talk!!!

Depressed Teenager, Depressed Teen, Depressed Adolescent.

There are a number of things that can be contributing to any adolescents depressed mood. Teenagers are growing physically and hormonally.

Teenagers have a tremendous amount of pressure from: peers, school, and families.

Do not feel like you are alone. Many teens feel stressed out, angry at times, and down in the dumps.

It is important to talk to your parents and get support.
It is important to address your depressed mood with a professional.

Set goals and work toward them. This will give you a sense of accomplishment.

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Eat a well balanced diet. This means vegetables, protein, carbs. Do not skip meals. It is important to eat 3-5 small meals daily. Drink lots of water daily especially in the summer.

Get at least 9-10 hours of sleep daily. Exercise daily (45minutes).

Relationship Killers

Many couples in relationships hope to fill their emptiness through their relationship. This will ruin your relationship. Individually we must work on self-love, self-esteem, as well as finding our happiness within ourselves.

Controlling your partner will crush your relationship. The only thing you can control is your thoughts and your own actions.

It is essential to express your thoughts and feelings and not expect others to read your mind.

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A healthy relationship is built on mutual respect and mutual actions and behaviors that support love and respect.

Disrespectful children-teens

Children and teens must respect their elders and parents.

Disrespecting parents can become addictive if it is not addressed with a serious consequence the behavior will continue.

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It is important to explain to your child, adolescent that disrespectful talk will not be allowed. It is important to discuss consequences, loss of privileges: cell phone, computer, tv, video games, going out, spending time with friends, loss of allowance, and more.

Limits with Teens

Teens, teenagers, adolescents, and children must be taught limits. If they are no taught limits life will be a struggle.

Parents can set limits without criticizing or judging or belittling your teenager.

Parents should monitor their childrens activities.

Firm limits are needed when a parent believes a situation will be unhealthy for their child, children, or teen.

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It is a good idea to set up a policy for unacceptable behavior and it is a great idea to explain the policy and help form the rules.

Film-Movies

I went to a movie called "Do not Mess with the Zohan". The movie is filled with sexual innuendo and sexual activities.

I was most suprised that half of the theater had children under the age of thirteen watching the movie.

It seems as if their are no boundaries set for children. exposure to: sex, violence, nudity, etc is at an all time high.

The movie is an adult movie and I believe children should be left at home.

Angry Child-Angry Teen-Angry Adolescent-Angry Parents.

Anger is used in many situations to cover up feelings of fear or pain.

Anger "seems" normal in our society so people act out their anger.

People feel vulnerable when they express fear or their pain.

If we do not look at the roots of our anger we will stay locked into our anger and we will never be able to cope with lifes challenges in a healthy manner.

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It is important to understand what triggers your anger and how to recognize your anger in your body.

We can take deep breaths and choose a different way we can look at our anger. There is always a healthier perspective if we want to make a shift.

We can work on acceptance rather than judgment.

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There are numerous ways to manage anger in healthy ways.

Teen Behavior

The Center for disease control and prevention stated that risky teenager behavior is on the decline.

The report states the nations campaign to get teens to delay sex and use condoms is faltering.

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The study stated hispanic teenagers take more risks using drug, alcohol on school grounds.

Letting go of Anger

We can not run from angry emotions. We must cope with what is triggering our anger so we can get a handle on it. Anger will not just disappear so we must move through it.

Yelling and abusing others with anger will only lead to "drama" and more pain. Anger that is not addressed can lead to : depression, anxiety, high blood pressure, heart disease. Anger can lead to alcoholism and potentially drug abuse.

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You are always in control of your anger regardless of how rude or poorly someone acts/behaves. Do not allow others to bring your mood down!

Building Self Esteem is a Life long process: adults, teenagers, children.

It is never to early to work on building self-esteem. Our worth comes from who we are. Our intrinsic qualities are the elements that create our essence.

We can affirm ourselves on a daily basis or we can "play" negative non affirming messages. The latter can create low self esteem, loneliness, sadness, anger, frustration, stress, and all types of imbalance: physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

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Here is an example of positive affirmations. You can create your own!

I am a kind person.
I have the power to make positive choices.
I am grateful that I can exercise.
I am grateful for my loving family and friends.
I like my sense of humor.
I am grateful I can help others.
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Relationship Keys-Couples

Be Honest

Address "issues-challenges" as soon as possible in relationships.

Give each other space to participate in seperate interests in your relationship.

Give your partner more of what they want-need.

Agree to disagree in a relationship if you can not find common ground in your relationship.

Listen- reflect- summarize and empathize.

Treat your partner with kindness and respect them...mutual respect is essential.

Anger in Child-Children-Teenagers-Parenting

It is important for parents not to respond in fear to a child's anger. This is an invitation for a power struggle and for anger escalating.

Stability and logic is best not an emotional quick reaction to your child's anger.

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Stay calm and confident and do not be threatened by protest.

Asking your child what choices they can make in relation to their anger is vital. Allowing your child the power to make healthy choices will allow them to fill confident they can regulate their anger in the future.