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 desk/study area needs to have the following supplies.  The High School and Middle School Supplies are think are different than elementary school back to school shopping trips.
This is the list I go through with my clients:
The Basics
-Pens
-Pencils
-Eraser
-Pencil Sharpener (if you have those kinds of pencils)
-Lead (if you have those kinds of pencils)
-Correction fluid or [...]

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Recently, I have been speaking at corporations and parent groups about the four types of net-gen kids they might encounter in the workplace.  Since, the presentation has been so well received and powerful, I realized that modern parenting is affecting how kids perform and act in the workplace as well as in High School and [...]

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For some reason my generation thinks they are not a complete person if they are not multitasking.  One of the problems with this is it is much harder to be effective at what you are doing if you are doing multiple things at once.
I should admit that I am a serious multitasker–not always a proud [...]

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Have you heard of this new trend? Unfortunately, students have always liked to taunt or bait teachers (substitutes in particular have always been the target of teen angst).
I have to admit when I was in 5th grade I had a teacher who everyone thought was really young, pretty and cool and we all staged our [...]

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