Category: Teens

Back To School Mental Health Social Good Stress Teens

5 tips to help manage your back-to-school mental health

sudshr47 August 19, 2018

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If you’re headed back to school, chances are you’ve already made at least one checklist. Got your schedule? Check. What about your supplies? Check. Talked with friends about which classes you have together? Bet you checked that one more than once. 

But there’s something likely missing from your list, and it might be the most important thing you take care of all year: addressing your mental health and wellbeing. 

Going back to school can be exciting. It can also be terrifying, particularly for teens who’ve already experienced bullying, anxiety, stress, depression, or trauma. In addition to the nerve-wracking aspects of middle school or high school — crushes, grades, cliques — students today are grappling with intense experiences, including natural disaster anniversaries, school shooting drills, and heightened political and social tensions that disproportionately affect young immigrants and LGBTQ people.  Read more…

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Vans Warped Tour bands back FEND, an app educating young adults about opioid dangers

sudshr47 August 6, 2018

Can a mobile app help to address the opioid crisis in the U.S.? That’s the goal behind FEND, an app that’s taking advantage of technology solutions like machine learning and gamification to increase young people’s understanding of opioids and to change their behaviors. It’s the first large-scale attempt at running a public health campaign in […]

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Roblox follows Minecraft into the education market

sudshr47 May 31, 2018

Roblox, the massively multiplayer online game favored by the under 13 crowd, is following in Minecraft’s footsteps with a move into the education market. The company this morning announced a new education initiative, Roblox Education, that will offer a free curriculum to educators, along with international summer coding camps, and a free online “Creator Challenge” in […]

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To win back teens, Facebook launched a website

sudshr47 May 15, 2018

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Facebook has launched a “youth portal” for “teens” featuring things “teens” like such as dancing emoji, social justice, and “blog posts.”

The company intends for the portal to serve as a youth resource — with a hefty dose of safety tips — so that they can “have a great experience” on Facebook. Experiences that teens are all definitely having, alongside their moms and comment-happy great aunts.

It emphasizes the fact that Facebook can “empower” youth; that it’s a great place to help teens find their voice, and have an impact. 

How do you do, fellow kids?

How do you do, fellow kids?

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Facebook launches Youth Portal to educate teens on the platform, how their data is being used

sudshr47 May 15, 2018

There’s probably an important gap in attention being paid at internet companies to young kids that are good targets for parental controls and older ones who are having to learn to use the internet in a responsible way on their own. Today, Facebook is releasing a new Youth Portal that offers some guidance to teens […]

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Studious teens find out that doing their homework on YouTube can make them go viral

sudshr47 April 19, 2018

When 18-year-old Jade Bowler first turned to YouTube for studying advice two years ago, the best tips she could find told her to get hold of “aesthetic highlighters,” and to light a candle for her study space. Turns out that advice wasn’t actually so…

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Amazon may launch a bank account aimed at teens, says report

sudshr47 March 29, 2018

Amazon has been in discussions with banks to create a product aimed at teens and other younger users who don’t have their own credit cards, or an interest in applying for one, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The company reportedly has held early stage talks with banks including JP Morgan Chase and Capital […]

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America’s youth finally destroyed slacktivism

sudshr47 March 27, 2018

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Hundreds of thousands of young children, teenagers, parents, and concerned people across the U.S. stepped away from their computer screens and left their houses on March 24, gathering in the streets to protest against gun violence in the March for Our Lives.

It would have been much easier just to sign an online petition or tweet with the march’s trending hashtag — in other words, engage in “slacktivism,” or simple activism efforts that require little action and, ultimately, have little impact. But after 17 people were killed in the Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, these Americans couldn’t sit back and value the convenience of slacktivism over the dire need to go out and create real change. Read more…

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Hip teens tempt gravity by sticking objects out the car window

sudshr47 March 13, 2018

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Leave it to bored teens to discover a freaky cool, and slightly anxiety-inducing, thing to do while driving.

Opening and window and speeding down the road, they balance objects against the wind with just a few fingers. 

See this bravery in action:

BET YOU’VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE pic.twitter.com/rVCEHdFUPK

— Jeremy wiegman (@JeremyWiegman) March 11, 2018

This strange, yet thrilling act encompasses a wide variety of balanced objects, ranging from coins and ketchup packets (totally low stress), to flip-flops and McDonald’s burgers (slightly higher stress), and then to their smartphones (nearly heart-attack inducing stress!!!!). Read more…

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RIP Claire’s, the purest store in any mall

sudshr47 March 9, 2018

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As a child, when my mom finally let me roam the mall alone with friends, the first and only stop that mattered was Claire’s.

The hip AF store was the go-to place for accessories you definitely didn’t need, and jewelry that was very, very cheap and ~extra~. It’s where you got your feather-covered slap bracelets and rainbow knee socks. It was the land of statement chokers and press on nails. If you were especially cool, it’s where you got your ears pierced… FOR FREE.

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Claire’s was and still is all that, but according to Bloomberg, the company is prepping to file for bankruptcy — a sign of possible doom for its stores across 47 countries. Read more…

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