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20 Ways for Teenagers to Help Other People by Volunteering - Have you ever thought about volunteering your time to a local charity or community organization? This site will give you lots of information about volunteering, how to get started and what the benefits are to you and the people you help.
Center for Adolescent Studies Home Page - The mission of the Center for Adolescent Studies is to advance the understanding of the psychological, biological, and social features of normal adolescence.
Close to Home Online - When school lets out, five teens face some really big decisions about life, love, and alcohol and substance abuse. This innovative site lets you peek into their rooms to discover clues about their decisions so far in this 13-week soap opera. The comic-book style is gritty and true to life and may not be for all families. For others, though, it is a real discussion starter, and Net-mom believes we all need to talk to our kids more.
Graduation... Now What? - High school seniors may have a lot of choices in front of them. This site sorts it all out and puts the steps to selecting a college into a logical order. Plenty of good advice may be found here. This site was created by students for the ThinkQuest competition.
Helping Teenagers Cope with Grief - Each year thousands of teenagers experience the death of someone they love. When a parent, sibling, friend or relative dies, teens feel the overwhelming loss of someone who helped shape their fragile self-identities. And these feelings about the death become a part of their lives forever. Caring adults, whether parents, teachers, counselors or friends, can help teens during this time. If adults are honest and loving, experiencing the loss of someone loved can be a chance for young people to learn about both the joy and pain that comes from caring deeply for others.
Helping Teens Work Through Grief - There isn't a good time to have a loved one die, but adolescence may be the toughest. With the help of caring adults, even teens who face the devastating loss of a parent, sibling, or friend can survive, heal, and grow.
National Middle School Association - The National Middle School Association offers a wide range of research material for parents of 10- to 14-year-olds, from developmental issues like dating to controversial subjects such as whether Grade 5 should be included in the middle school.
National Runaway Switchboard - Sometimes things just get too tough and kids run away from home. The National Runaway Switchboard can help both parent and child. Crisis intervention counsellors stand by to talk, take and relay messages, and help out any way they can. This site explains it all.
Straight Talk - The home of television's hottest teenage talk show where Teens speak their minds.
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