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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While working with parents and kids, I have learned quite quickly that most dreams that parents have for their kids are not so wild, in fact they really all boil down to one concept:
Happiness before success.
Most of us, including myself, believe that if you are happy that is success.   I wanted to put together a [...]

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I have been putting up a few worksheet posts for parents to print-out and work through and have gotten great response.
Today, I want to talk about values, ethics and morals.  Values are so important.  I often try to incorporate values into my lessons.  There are also ethics for different areas of life.  Try asking yourself [...]

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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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I am very passionate about encouraging high self-esteem and feelings of self-worth in young people. This post lists the top findings of what actually makes teens feel good about themselves. On March 25, 2008 OTX and the Intelligence Group Teen Topix Survey asked Teens what makes them happy.
81% of teens say they are happy.
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