This website is devoted to helping children grow with wisdom. The adolescent and teenage years are stressful times, full of problems to overcome and lessons to learn. Research has proven that self-esteem plummets in girls during this very important stage of development. Why?
Society's role is changing for females. No longer are they required to stay at home and just raise children. (Although if this is your life's calling, it's a wonderful choice.) But the options for women today are infinite. This adds a stress to growing up that women fifty years ago didn't have.
The education system has a long history of favoring boys over girls. For most of recorded history, going to school wasn't even an option for girls in most cultures. In the 20th century this finally began to change. But there is still a prevailing attitude that boys are smarter than girls, especially in math and science. This is not true!
And then there is peer pressure. This need to conform to what "everybody else" is doing can be overwhelming. Young girls need a special kind of guidance to overcome these limitations. My hope is that they can find this guidance here.
What about boys? Growing up is also difficult for boys. Society expects them to be the breadwinner and the pressure to pick a career begins early. Boys also experience the peer pressure as do girls. And bullying seems to be more of a problem for boys than girls. All of these issues will be addressed on this site.
I truly believe that raising self-esteem is the quickest way to make growing up with wisdom easier.
Click here to learn about the 10 Easy Steps to Self-esteem. Please go to the instruction page and click on each link. This is such important information you need to read it over and over until you totally understand it. If you have questions just click on the feedback button on the left side of this page.
A list of topics is found below:
Friendship, The Power of
Friendship, Tips to having a good
Learn How to make friends
Why do friends betray each other?
What Makes a Good Friend? as written by 6th grade boys and girls.
What is Love?
Subconscious Mind
Affirmations--click here to learn how to write them
Anger--A Hot Topic
Crying--Is It Good for You?
Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Dance, Can It Be Good For You?
Hotlines
Self-Esteem
10 Easy Steps to Self-Esteem
Eating Disorders
Depression
Bullies, don't be a victim
Music, The Power of
Internet Safety Tips--What you need to Know to be Safe
Manners, It's Never Too Late to Learn!
Should you have a tattoo?
Asthma-healthy, natural way to cure asthma without medication (Breathing exercises you can learn to do)
Caffeine--Good, Bad, or Indifferent?
Coffee-learn to make a healthy cup
Humor, includes Healing benefits of laughter, jokes, inspirational quotes, funny sayings, interesting facts
Brain boosters from www.discovery.com
Rebus word puzzles
Dreams-- What are they and what do they mean?
How to Interpret Your Dreams
Click here for a list of poetry. Go to pet poetry or educational poetry.
Educational topics in the news!
Websites to help you study
Saving the Earth--Why it's up to you!
Scam alerts--Should you download free ring tones?
***New PlayStation 3 (PS3) information
Video Game information
Online Computer Games information--free downloads
I surveyed a group of adolescent students about what traits they felt a good parent should have. Click here to read exerts from their essays on traits of good parents.,
I also had these same students tell
about what traits they felt a good teacher should have. Click here to read exerts from their essays on traits of good teachers.,
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