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The past, the present, and the future. Here are some things to keep in mind. The past doesn’t exist. Once you’ve experienced something, that moment is lost forever, except as a stored memory. Also, the images you’ve stored in memory are likely…
The Developing Adolescent Brain: My Discussion with Andrea Zacharias
Dennis Coates | Adolescent Brain, Critical Thinking, Interviews, Podcasts, Teen Success | No CommentsI recently had a fascinating discussion about the adolescent brain with parent coach Andrea Zacharias. If you want to know more about what I do and think about every day, listen in! Learn more about Andrea’s work…
Why Teens Are Vulnerable to Peer Pressure
Dennis Coates | Adolescence, Adolescent Brain, Alcohol, Critical Thinking, Drugs, Fitness, Health & Nutrition, Parent-child Communication, Peer Pressure, Self-Esteem, Teen Culture, Teen Sex, Work, Youth Athletics | No CommentsWhat is self-esteem, anyway? Why is it important to a growing child? Why does it turn out to be a tough issue? What can parents do to nurture stronger self-esteem? Physically, I was a late-bloomer. When I was a freshman…
Radical Naivete – Where the Teen Journey Begins
Dennis Coates | Adolescence, Education, Parent-child Communication, Peer Pressure, Self-Esteem, Teen Culture | No CommentsHow much wisdom did you have when you were 13? What did you know? More to the point, what insights about life – which could have helped you a lot back then – wouldn’t come until much later? I was…
