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6 Steps to Lighten Your Student’s Backpack!
by VANESSA VAN PETTEN
‘The backpack’ is a dream for a packrat. I seem to remember standing at my locker looking at my assignment sheets for twenty minutes, and then just deciding…”ughh, I’ll just take ...
10 Ways to Tackle Any Problem
by VANESSA VAN PETTEN
Learning how to approach a problem or a big project is a life skill that I think many adults do not ever learn how to do (I am still learning).
Recently, I have been working with a lot of teen...
5 Strategies to Manage your Family’s Chores—permanently!
1. Use the Web
• Chorewars.com – Yes, someone has turned chores into a video game. If you have kids that really cannot keep focus, this will help.
• Mozilla Sunbird- an amazing way to keep ...
What Do Teens Today Really Worry About? The Top 5 Issues Revealed
Teens love to talk: they love to talk online, on aim, on the phone, at school, after-school, at the mall, in the car, behind their friends back–what on earth are they talking about...
Me: “Do you know who is Mitt Romney is?”
16 year-old: “Oh ya, isn’t he like some rock star….right?”
Wrong. Many teens today, as well as adults are extremely unprepared and uninterested in the upcoming primaries and elections. As a 24 year-old, I...
What are Kids Doing On Facebook, MySpace and Other Social Networking Sites?
by VANESSA VAN PETTEN
This is from my series about Teens Online: Workshop Presentation where I give parents and kids a really basic explanation of teens and the Internet...
I am having a quarterlife crisis.
And it reminds me of cotton candy…how wonderful at a summer carnival, big pink fluffs of sugary goodness. Until two hours later, then your teeth hurt a little and you are hungry for real food.
I am (maybe unfort...
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- I feel like i have thousands of kids--all of my teen writers for my blog and readers! Love them, cannot wait to have my own (don't worry it will be a few years!)
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- Childless
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- Dream big, work hard and you will get there.
- Best parenting advice you have given or received?
- Celebrate everything you can.
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6 Steps to Lighten Your Student's Backpack!
6 Steps to Lighten Your Student’s Backpack!
by VANESSA VAN PETTEN
‘The backpack’ is a dream for a packrat. I seem to remember standing at my locker looking at my assignment sheets for twenty minutes, and then just deciding…”ughh, I’ll just take home everything, just in case.”
In Sophomore year, my backpack had babies, or found its long lost cousins. I could no longer fit all of my books, sports equipment, lunch, water bottle, pencil case, planner and extra sweatshirt into one bag. I got a tot… Continue
by VANESSA VAN PETTEN
‘The backpack’ is a dream for a packrat. I seem to remember standing at my locker looking at my assignment sheets for twenty minutes, and then just deciding…”ughh, I’ll just take home everything, just in case.”
In Sophomore year, my backpack had babies, or found its long lost cousins. I could no longer fit all of my books, sports equipment, lunch, water bottle, pencil case, planner and extra sweatshirt into one bag. I got a tot… Continue
Posted on November 22, 2009 at 8:32am —
10 Ways to Tackle Any Problem
10 Ways to Tackle Any Problem
by VANESSA VAN PETTEN
Learning how to approach a problem or a big project is a life skill that I think many adults do not ever learn how to do (I am still learning).
Recently, I have been working with a lot of teens on how to approach and get through their big school projects. I realized there was a system to approaching all of their issues, whether it was a science fair project, a history report, and, in one case, planning the school prom.
Here are 10 id… Continue
by VANESSA VAN PETTEN
Learning how to approach a problem or a big project is a life skill that I think many adults do not ever learn how to do (I am still learning).
Recently, I have been working with a lot of teens on how to approach and get through their big school projects. I realized there was a system to approaching all of their issues, whether it was a science fair project, a history report, and, in one case, planning the school prom.
Here are 10 id… Continue
Posted on November 16, 2009 at 12:34pm —
5 Strategies to Manage your Family's Chores--permanently!
5 Strategies to Manage your Family’s Chores—permanently!
1. Use the Web
• Chorewars.com – Yes, someone has turned chores into a video game. If you have kids that really cannot keep focus, this will help.
• Mozilla Sunbird- an amazing way to keep track of all scheduled maintenance things in your house. It is a really easy (and free) way to manage Weekly, daily and yearly chores and tasks
• ChoreBuster – Another easy and free website to manage the chores online—and as they stress a very fa… Continue
1. Use the Web
• Chorewars.com – Yes, someone has turned chores into a video game. If you have kids that really cannot keep focus, this will help.
• Mozilla Sunbird- an amazing way to keep track of all scheduled maintenance things in your house. It is a really easy (and free) way to manage Weekly, daily and yearly chores and tasks
• ChoreBuster – Another easy and free website to manage the chores online—and as they stress a very fa… Continue
Posted on November 9, 2009 at 10:06am —
What Do Teens Today Really Worry About?
What Do Teens Today Really Worry About? The Top 5 Issues Revealed
Teens love to talk: they love to talk online, on aim, on the phone, at school, after-school, at the mall, in the car, behind their friends back–what on earth are they talking about?…and why does sudden lock-jaw occur when parents are within a five foot radius?
I decided to see what the most popular calls were at a hotline called Teenline (where teens call in to get help from other teenagers) So what are the most po… Continue
Teens love to talk: they love to talk online, on aim, on the phone, at school, after-school, at the mall, in the car, behind their friends back–what on earth are they talking about?…and why does sudden lock-jaw occur when parents are within a five foot radius?
I decided to see what the most popular calls were at a hotline called Teenline (where teens call in to get help from other teenagers) So what are the most po… Continue
Posted on November 4, 2009 at 10:55am —
5 Tips: Get Teens Interested in Politics
Me: “Do you know who is Mitt Romney is?”
16 year-old: “Oh ya, isn’t he like some rock star….right?”
Wrong. Many teens today, as well as adults are extremely unprepared and uninterested in the upcoming primaries and elections. As a 24 year-old, I can honestly say that I did not become interested in politics until more recently and wish that my friends and I had been more involved from an early age. It is really important that parents help their teens and kids become more involved and informed u… Continue
16 year-old: “Oh ya, isn’t he like some rock star….right?”
Wrong. Many teens today, as well as adults are extremely unprepared and uninterested in the upcoming primaries and elections. As a 24 year-old, I can honestly say that I did not become interested in politics until more recently and wish that my friends and I had been more involved from an early age. It is really important that parents help their teens and kids become more involved and informed u… Continue
Posted on October 27, 2009 at 10:58am —
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6 Steps to Lighten Your Student’s Backpack!
by VANESSA VAN PETTEN
‘The backpack’ is a dream for a packrat. I seem to remember standing at my locker looking at my assignment sheets for twenty minutes, and then just deciding…”ughh, I’ll just take ...
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