Teens Today with Vanessa Van Petten

Welcome to a secret view into the world of the net-generation. I love writing to you (maybe a little too much) so enjoy, stick around and be sure to tell me what you think…and, duh, get on my email list quick! (on the right, “subscribe via email”). Or subscribe to my RSS feed. [...]

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Every morning I wake up and drowsily check through my website statistics (Google Analytics for you other bloggers).  This can either be a great way to start the day or an awful day to start the day depending on how many hits I got the day before.  Another amazing talent that my web statistics have [...]

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OK, I might have bossed my brother into taking over my share of cleaning up dog poop, but I was not too bad (right mom?).  A lot of girls and boys I work with are complaining about bossy friends.
Parents often see this coming way before kids do.  This is the friend that always comes over [...]

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As you all know I have a great group of teen writers and interns who are practicing writing and learning about doing business online.  They, along with many of my private clients have been a great influence for me and source of information for my parent readers.
I thought I should let you, my readers know [...]

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Shannon Hutton, M.Ed., M.P.A., is a certified School Counselor who works with students on various issues including anger management, social skills, anxiety, divorce, self-esteem, study skills, impulsivity and bullying. She addresses parenting and school issues in her weekly Ask the School Counselor segment on her work life balance blog Believer in Balance.
If you have a [...]

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