Posts by author: Amy Kelly
Nearly 15 million people in the United States practice yoga as a way to deal with the stresses of today’s busy lifestyles. Corporate marketing executives, graphic designers and computer engineers turn to the mat to relieve stress, increase mental awareness and improve their overall health. But adults aren’t the only ones striking a pose. Dozens [...]
When your teenagers were born, you were probably getting your first cell phone and your computer still greeted you with “You’ve Got Mail.” It is no surprise that teenagers would rather text than talk, would rather Google than research and rely more Twitter than a newspaper. By staying on top of the latest technology trends [...]
The drive to win is as natural as the drive to live. Teenagers thrive on competition more than any other age group and competition among teens brings the opportunity to enhance talents and skills. Competition is a great way to understand challenges and lessons of winning and defeat, and it’s a way to keep teenagers [...]
There is one common word that can describe every single teenager in America: changing. When you combine growing minds, changing bodies and raging hormones with friends, family issues, school and new relationships, it’s no wonder why the teenage years can be so hard. While breaking through the barrier between childhood and adulthood, teens can have [...]
With today’s busy schedules and families going in different directions all day long, it is easy to be functioning more in chaos than in order. Here are four essential keys that will help you get a sense of peace and organization in your lives. I Don’t Have Time! Before you can get control over much [...]
Academic success can be a never ending power struggle between teens and their parents. School-struggling can make tensions rise as teens fall into patterns of avoidance and parents nag and hound to the point of exhaustion. Meanwhile, the school year progresses and teens begin to fall behind and parents can feel hopeless. Ironically, according to [...]
Move over Twilight Saga, step aside Hunger Games. There are shelves full of hot new releases in teen literature that may stay behind the headlines, but are getting high reviews and are quickly rising in popularity. Here is a quick run-down of the some of the best teen books you never heard of. The Fault [...]
Drunkorexia is a new trend, taking binge drinking to the next dangerous level. Drunken anorexia, also unofficially known as “drunkorexia” is the act of skipping meals in order to have more calories for alcohol. Another form is when teens decide to eat while drinking too much, to make vomiting more likely, and again consuming less [...]
The Federal Trade Commission enacted The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule more than ten years ago, long before children even knew what a smartphone was. This Rule requires that operators of websites obtain consent from parents before collecting, using, or disclosing information from children under the age of 13. For most websites, including Facebook, this [...]