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Monthly research-backed tools for the educators, mentors, caregivers, and coaches who surround young people. One issue, one tool, one conversation worth having this month.
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The Job Math Conversation
How to help your teen work smarter this summer.
A first job can buy a summer back or spend it. The lifeguard math, what the certification actually takes, and how to raise it with a teenager without pressure.
When Your Teenager Won’t Talk
Adolescent silence is data, not rejection. This issue breaks down the science of teen withdrawal and gives you three evidence-based approaches for reconnecting without pressure.
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Identity
Self-efficacy, autonomy, and the slow work of a young person deciding who they are.
1 issue →02Mental Health
What the research says about adolescent stress, withdrawal, and resilience, and what a trusted adult can do this week.
First issue coming →03Race & Culture
Raising and teaching Black and culturally complex young people inside systems that were not built to see them.
First issue coming →04Relationships
Peers, partners, mentors, and the adults at home. How connection is built, and how it is lost.
First issue coming →05Grief
Loss in adolescence: the kinds that get named and the kinds that do not.
First issue coming →06Boundaries
Saying no, holding a line, and the safety that comes from knowing where it is.
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