If you’re looking for a way to help your teen manage stress, anxiety and the conflicting, unsettled feelings that inevitably arise in adolescence, this is the book to give them. A growing body of scientific research is showing clear, measurable, positive effects that come from practicing mindfulness. Millions of Americans (and millions more around the […]
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Jars of Joy
A mother, who is also trained in spiritual formation and is a Presbyterian ‘Stephen’ Minister, created a wonderfully thoughtful way to help her teenage daughter find meaning and move through some adolescent challenges. Pam Robertson wrote out a month’s worth of inspiring quotes on strips of paper, put them in a glass jar, and placed […]
Teen Behavior: There May Benefits In Taking Risks!
Grown-ups have noted since Aristotle, and probably before that as well, that teens tend to take more risks and to be less responsible than adults. It’s easy to write that off as immaturity and to tell ourselves that it is one of those proverbial “stages.” More recently, a rather provocative idea has been discussed in […]
New Research: Mindfulness Training Reduces Levels of Impulsivity and Aggressiveness in Adolescents
A study just published in the journal, Frontiers in Psychology (September 22, 2016), reports that mindfulness training significantly decreases aggressive and impulsive behavior in high school students. The results come from a carefully conducted study of experimental and control groups using pre-training and post-training measures. Subjects were boys and girls 12 – 19 years old […]
Teen Brains: They’re complicated
Many people comment on the impulsiveness and irresponsibility of teens, but the picture is rather more complex. Teens also show considerable maturity in their thinking. This article provides a quick overview of some of the key developments associated with both sides of the picture and how they are related. Basics of brain development in adolescence […]
TEEN SLEEP DEPRIVATION Part 1: The Reality
Teens are notorious for sleeping in late, staying up late and always feeling tired. They seem very different from their younger selves. Younger children hop out of bed near dawn and usually drift off to sleep by 8PM. Parents and researchers have long noticed this change in sleep style and assumed it was due to […]