On Youth and Teens Today with Vanessa Van Petten

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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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Oh boy, the kids are at home, my sisters are scrounging with nothing to do.  I thought it was time for a little 10 tips post!  Most of these are academically geared because I think summer is great time to relax and to get ahead.
…most teens have no problem with the relaxing part, but need [...]

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This seems like it is the debate of the century. Public school parents think their kids are better than private school parents. Private school kids think they are smarter than public school kids…the attacks go on and on.
Disclaimer: I attended public school from K-6th and private school from 7-12th.
I decided to write [...]

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