Good Kids
Do you know any good kids doing good things? |
Choices
Ask your parents about choices they did or didn’t have when they were young…
and about decisions that defined their lives.
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Advice to Parents
What advice would you give to this mother?
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Hands of Peace
Could it be we are more alike than different?
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Influence
Who was a great influence on your life?
Share a story…
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What is one of your favorite books?
Who is the author?
Would you suggest it to someone else?
Why?
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Writing
Why is writing helpful?
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Grief
Have you experienced the death of someone dear to you? |
Sex
What do parents NOT know?
What should parents or other adults know? Why?
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Advice to younger kids
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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Skinny models
Spain's government banned models considered "too-skinny," saying they wanted to set a healthier body image for young girls. What do you think of this? |
Disaster Relief
Have you ever heard of Shelterbox?
Look up www.shelterbox.org and see what they do to help victims of natural disasters such as the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Read about the history of Shelterbox and learn who Tom Henderson is and why 1999 was an important year.
Write an essay of 500 words or less, sharing your opinions about this project and win a chance to be recognized by a Rotary International Club and have your essay submitted for publication in The Rotarian Magazine.
View a timeline from 1999 to 2009 |
Success Story
(Photo: Urban Prep Academy)
Urban Prep charter school in Chicago must be doing something very right! For the second year in a row every single senior has been accepted to a four-year college or university, including some of the country's most selective schools. Urban Prep is the only all-male, all-African-American high school in the city, and the students come from some of the roughest neighborhoods in Chicago. When they arrived at Urban Prep four years ago only 11 percent of these students were reading at grade level. This month is was announced that all 104 members of the 2011 graduating class have been accepted to 103 colleges. To read the complete Chicago Tribune article, click here . To read more about Urban Prep and other charter schools, go to Chicago School Sends 100 Percent of Seniors to College -- Again or waitingforsuperman.com. |
A college degree
Is it worth it? |
Cyber Bullying
How does this work? What harm can it do?
Why is this in the news so much lately? |
Literacy
If you don’t know how to read, what do you need? |
Depression
Has your life, or the life of someone you know, ever been touched by depression? |
I wish
What DO you wish? |
Hopes and Dreams
If you had three wishes… |
Mothers Too Soon
Do you know someone who became a mother too soon? |
Education
Is all the work and time at school worth it? |
Violence
What in the world is going on? |
Violence in the media
Are children being sensitized to violence by seeing so much of it on TV and the movies? |
Nutrition
Do you think what we eat and where it comes from makes a difference? |
How to get kids to talk
What would you like to tell parents and other adults? |
Parents fighting
Do you know anyone whose parents are always fighting? |
Imitating the work of others
It has been said that “Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.” Do you agree?
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Advice from adults
Best Advice I Ever Got From an Adult Was… |
Money
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
Click here to read what students from the beautiful island of Pago Pagoin American Samoa have to say |
Helping
Can just one person really make a difference?
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Teens and Drinking
Is it true that kids are drinking more now than ever before?
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Birth Order
Do you think it makes a difference?
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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? |
Illness
Has your life, or the life of someone you know,
ever been touched by mental or physical illness?
Read what others have to say |
Listening
How important is it?
Is there someone you wish would tune in and really listen to you?
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Thank you
The best thing that has happened to me
all year has been ...
(Fill in the blank and let someone know.) |
Fathers
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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Mothers
Are mothers really special?
Are they actually different from anyone else?
Write a note to a mother you know. |
Growing up
Growing up in the 21st Century: What life is like where I live
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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?
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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? |
Stress
What causes you stress? What would help?
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School
What do you think of when you see this picture?
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Women & Girls in the Media
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? |
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? |
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?
Click here to find out
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Giving to others
If you could give $1,000 to a charitable cause, where would you give it? |
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? |
Change
Some people have said that important changes in our world will only come from young people. Do you agree? Why or why not? |
One story at a time:
the Darfur crisis
Click here to read what some students have to say and to share your own thoughts
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