I wish
What DO you wish?
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Hopes and Dreams
If you had three wishes…
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Mothers Too Soon
Do you know someone who became a mother too soon?
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Education
Is all the work and time at school worth it?
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Violence
What in the world is going on?
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Violence in the media
Are children being sensitized to violence by seeing so much of it on TV and the movies?
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Nutrition
Do you think what we eat and where it comes from makes a difference?
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How to get kids to talk
What would you like to tell parents and other adults?
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Do you know anyone whose parents are always fighting?
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Imitating the work of others
It has been said that “Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.” Do you agree?
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School
What do you think of when you see this picture?
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Grief
Have you experienced the death of someone dear to you?
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Best Advice I Ever Got From an Adult Was…
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Is the economy affecting your life?
How?
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ENOUGH!
Can you relate?
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Technology
How has technology affected your life?
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The South Pacific
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Who was a great influence on your life?
Share a story…
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Stress
What are the biggest sources of stress for kids growing up today?
How do you deal with it?
What can parents do to help?
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Giving
If you feel thankful for what you have and you could donate something to someone
who needs it, what could you give? To whom would you give it? Why?
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Has your life, or the life of someone you know,
ever been touched by mental or physical illness?
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Listening
How important is it?
Is there someone you wish would tune in and really listen to you?
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Teens and Drinking
Is it true that kids are drinking more now than ever before? Click here to respond
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The best thing that has happened to me
all year has been ...
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How are you and your father different?
What do you wish he knew?
If you could write him an anonymous letter, what would it say?
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Are mothers really special?
Are they actually different from anyone else?
Write a note to a mother you know.
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A license to parent?
We all know we need to pass a test to get a license to drive a car. Do you think people should have to apply for a license, or take a course on parenting before they can have a child?
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Life then and now ... your thoughts?
If your parents were teenagers again, what tips would you give them to just survive life right now?
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Time management
What does the phrase “Time Management” mean to you?
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Stress
What causes you stress? What would help?
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Advice to younger teens
If you could give some advice to a younger brother or sister, or a younger teen anywhere in the world, what would you tell them?
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Women & Girls in the Media: What Do You Think?
A recent report of the American Psychological Association called “The Sexualization of Girls” found evidence that the images of girls and young women in advertising, merchandising, and popular media is detrimental to girls’ self-image and healthy development. They found “a correlation between sexualized images of girls and eating disorders, low self-esteem and depression.” Do you agree that what girls see on television, in video games, in clothing ads and on the internet can be harmful to their health?
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Bullying
Respond to one (or more) of the questions: If you could ask a bully at your school one question what would it be and why? If a bully invited you to his or her home what would you say to his or her parents? Could you ever become friends with a bully that used to pick on you?
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Too-skinny models
Spain's government recently banned models considered "too-skinny," saying they wanted to set a healthier body image for young girls. What do you think of this? Do you agree or disagree?
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Plumpynut?
What in the world is a plumpynut? Do you know? Do your parents? Why would this be a feature on a 60 Minutes program? Why would the Wall Street Journal write about Plumpynuts? What does Doctors Without Borders have to do with this?
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Giving to others
If you could give $1,000 to a charitable cause, where would you give it?
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If I could change the world...
When interviewed and asked what she would do if she had the ability to really make a change in the world, one 16-year-old girl from the United States said,
"If I could change the world, I would start with myself and the small world around me. Maybe everybody should just do that, because then at least we would know we have some power." What do you think of her answer? How would you answer that question?
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Change
Some people have said that important changes in our world will only come from young people. Do you agree? Why or why not?
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One Story at a Time:
The Darfur Crisis
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What is one of your favorite quotes?
Who is the author?
Why do you think it is important?
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