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This program empowers and educates parents to help build resilient teens and how to handle bullying situations. They'll learn how to teach a non-emotional response when dealing with a classroom bully as well as strong character building skills to "bully proof" their teen. It shows parents how to deal with classroom drama, texting and social media sites such as Facebook and Instagram. Parents discover how to monitor and control the use of social media...
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Due to the postwar "baby boom" in the 1960s there were more teenagers in America than ever before. Popular culture became increasingly youth-oriented, with fads and fashions departing from those of the 1950s. Young women rebelled against the conservative values of their parents by wearing revealing fashions such as miniskirts and hot pants, and young men rebelled against convention by growing their hair long.
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The growth of the "baby boomer" generation following World War II led to a new emphasis on youth culture in the United States. Teenage couples shared milkshakes at malt shops after school, went to drive-in movies, and listened to rock and roll music that catered to their tastes.
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This program from The Doctor Is In deals with peer groups, one promising solution to the increasing number of teen suicides. Teenagers are accustomed to going to their friends with their problems; in this case, the friends have been trained to recognize the signs of impending suicide. In the program, Jim Wells, a nationally recognized expert on suicide, says that even as teens are taking their own lives, they do not really want to die. The purpose...
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The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) reported last year that one in four teenage girls had contracted a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Sexually transmitted diseases (also known as STDs - or STIs for "sexually transmitted infections") are infectious diseases that spread from person to person through intimate contact. STDs can affect guys and girls of all ages and backgrounds who are having sex - it doesn't matter if they're rich...
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Explains teens' vulnerabilities to dating abuse, and describes tell-tale behaviors of teen abusers and teen victims. Addresses parents' role in recognizing associated warning signs. Provides guidelines to parents for communicating with teens to support healthy relationships and for monitoring teens' behavior to ensure their safety.
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Deceived by the woman who raised him, 17-year-old George found himself stranded in San Francisco, where for two harrowing weeks he lived in a tree. "I felt safer," he tells reporter Chris Cuomo, "because on the ground a lot of people could tamper with you." Dakota's story has disturbing parallels-she says she was abandoned by her mother in a parking lot at age 16. Featuring additional profiles of teens Rebecca and June, both of whom left home because...
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Real Life Teens is an unbiased and realistic look from the perspective of teens, at the wide variety of issues teens face today featuring young teenagers telling their real stories, in their own words. The series discusses significant issues in adolescent society and cuts through many barriers with its honest and relevant advice and information. Teenage rebellion is a normal part of adolescence. One of the major developmental tasks teens face is developing...
9) Teen Alcohol
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Should we be rethinking underage drinking? In this video clip, experts in Australia discuss new research on alcohol's impact on the still developing adolescent brain, the alarming trends in underage alcohol consumption, and new evidence of a link between the age that drinking begins and later alcohol dependence. Australia is known for its heavy drinking culture, but this clip suggests that it comes at a heavy cost.
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Today's teens are more exposed to illegal, prescription and over the counter drugs than ever before. Many teens are starting to see drug use as part of the normal teenage experience whether to escape, self-medicate, get instant gratification, or hide feelings of low self-esteem and lack of confidence. This program discusses the ways teens can resist pressure to try drugs, ways they can say "no" to their friends and the dangers and consequences if...
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We all have innate health, common sense, and wisdom but we often do not live from this place because our negative thoughts distort our perception of reality. In this film, Dr. Nimi Singh from the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital discusses the health realization model of cognitive behavioral therapy.
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I'm literally rotting... there's nothing I can think of that's good in my life, says Ashley, who smokes as many as 100 hits of heroin a day and is barely out of her teens. For eight months, ABC News producers followed Ashley and two other heroin abusers through the agony of addiction. Dylan, a rehab veteran, has three younger brothers who openly fear for his life. Justin is even more at risk: he struggles alone, thousands of miles away from his family....
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One of the major developmental tasks teens face is developing independence from their parents - a transition that may manifest in behavior patterns such as ambivalence, defiance, and full-blown rebellion. In this video, teens express their attitudes toward rebellion, their parents, their schools, society in general, and their peers. Subjects covered include healthy versus unhealthy rebellion, anger issues, the role of parents, differences between...
16) Boy Interrupted
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A few days before his suicide, Evan Perry made a list of six things to live for, then matched it with a list of six things to die for. "We'll never know what was really in Evan's head the night he killed himself," his mother, filmmaker Dana Perry, says. Through home movies and interviews with those closest to the 15-year-old, this HBO documentary tells the story of Evan's battle with childhood bipolar disorder. Perry's footage captures early manifestations...
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Illicit drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription drugs used without a prescription. These drugs are chemicals and while each drug produces different physical effects, all abused substances share one thing in common. They hijack the normal function of the brain and change the way the brain responds to issues of self-control, judgment, emotion, motivation, memory and learning. Drugs...
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Legal highs are man-made substances (chemicals) and strong stimulants that have similar effects to illegal drugs like cocaine, cannabis or ecstasy. They are sometimes called club drugs or new psychoactive substances (NPS) and provide physical, emotional and hallucinogenic effects and are marketed as a "legal" high. They range from plants, to synthetic drugs, to medicines you can buy from a pharmacy. What makes them similar is that they're all legal...
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Video gaming has exploded over recent years and the realism and escapism that is now on offer to teenagers can be a source of relaxation and pleasure. But this same realism and escapism can become a trap that turns carefree gamers to serious addicts. This program delves into the world of video game culture to try and shed light on the issue of video game addiction. Thomas Clare was an average teen when he got lost in the world of gaming, and neglected...