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Congrats to TeenLife’s Sail Away Summer Grand Prize Winner!
Thanks to all those who’ve entered TeenLife’s Sail Away Summer Contest! Our Grand Prize winner is Garrett Howell from Weston, MA, who will embark on a Sail Caribbean adventure this summer!...
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Calling Mowgli and Monty Python: Summer Learning Activities Galore
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Five Top Tips for Finals
photo credit: Fort Worth Squatch via photopin cc Throughout this week, I have become intimately acquainted with the Scantron multiple choice answer sheet. Finals week is upon us here in high school,...
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10 Reasons to Visit Your Local Library This Summer
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Tips for Parenting a Child with ADHD
Whether you are wondering if your child has an attention problem or if he or she already has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) , you likely have experienced a...
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How to Raise Assertive Teens Who Speak Up for Themselves & Others
Let’s face it. It’s a hard time to be growing up, and the data confirms it. Bullying is fiercer. Peer pressure is tougher. teens are more aggressive (and at younger ages!). Girls are meaner. Tougher...
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10 Things I Should Have Done with my Money as a Teenager
Here's the latest post on theTeenLife Blog: Here are 10 quick tips about saving money and getting your financial life off to a screaming success. Any teenager can do these 10 things, as they don’t cost...
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11 Eating Disorder Warning Signs
Here's the latest post on theTeenLife Blog:Now that the summer is in full swing, the days are filled with warm days and daily beach trips. This is the time of the year where tweens and teens feel the...
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Teachers Spend Personal Money on Educational Products
Here's the latest post on theTeenLife Blog: The supplies and tools required for teaching students the best and most updated information can sometimes cost a small fortune. But, did you ever think about...
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Today is Malala Day
Here's the latest post on theTeenLife Blog: Today, Malala Day, celebrates not only one youth’s fight for girls’ education but also the power of youth movements all over the world. Malala Yousafzai will...
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Technology Trends in Education
Here's the latest post on theTeenLife Blog: Online learning and the use of technology is becoming more popular and more prominent in classrooms. With this boost of electronics incorporated with...
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Say Good-bye to Writer’s Block: Tips on Writing your College Essay
Here's the latest post on theTeenLife Blog:photo credit: Rennett Stowe via photopin cc You’ve been staring at the blank screen for weeks now. You know the college essay won’t write itself, but no...
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Independence Day: Thoughts on the “Empty Nest”
Here's the latest post on theTeenLife Blog:photo credit: butterfingers laura via photopin cc A bird is termed “nidifiguous” if its offspring leave the nest shortly after hatching, and while human...
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The Most Important Gift to Give Your Child: Confidence
Here's the latest post on theTeenLife Blog: We need armor to go out and survive the war that is life. Forget the iPad, the puppy, or the gaming system that we’ve been begging you for. Instead, give...
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How Teens Are Using Social Media
Here's the latest post on theTeenLife Blog:Social media is taking over! Teenagers–and even younger–in today’s modern society have been exposed to various online networking sites and are using them on a...
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Attention To Detail, Part One: Diagnosis of ADD
Here's the latest post on theTeenLife Blog: photo credit: chris.corwin via photopin cc This is is part one of a three part series on ADD and ADHD. I do not have either of those conditions, nor does...
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5 Ways to Engage Teenagers: Tools for Youth Empowerment
Here's the latest post on theTeenLife Blog:photo credit: SITC Detroit via photopin cc Here are our favorite tips to help engage teenagers and encourage youth empowerment in volunteer programs – or any...
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8 Ways to Make the Most of Your Gap Year
Here's the latest post on theTeenLife Blog: As the new school year approaches, you may find yourself as one of the growing number of students who have chosen to defer their college admission in favor...
View ArticleReflective Learning as Innovative Approach in Teacher Education
Here's the latest post on theTeenLife Blog:Reflective learning involves assessing what one does in the classroom, thinking about why one has to do it and then thinking about if it really works or not....
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From Blank Screen to Stand-out College Essay: 6 Tips
Here's the latest post on theTeenLife Blog:Since junior year, the importance of the college essay has been repeatedly shared with you. You’ve heard it referenced in your meetings with your college...
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