Sign up for typing class. (Keyboarding)


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YouTube Randy Pauch The Last Lecture. Watch together.


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When you begin dating it’s all butterflies and moonbeams. Eventually you’re going to do or say something that hurts the other person and vice versa. For that matter, eventually you’ll disagree about something. It’s VERY important to consider how they handle it. Nobody is perfect, it may not be pretty but it had better be civil. If not, don’t think for a second that they will change. Get outta there.


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Big secret to happiness: Let other people talk sh*t about you. They have a right to an opinion and you have the right to ignore it. The only standards you have to live up to are your own.


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open your own business


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One regret I have is how sure I was that I was in the right. Looking back I can see now that there were plenty of times when I was the a-hole. I wish I had been able to be circumspect.


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Read up on the adolescent brain.


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Sometimes grief looks a lot like anger. Are you upset about something you lost or had to let go of?


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Remember when you’re faced with bullies, jerks and people who say bad things , follow advice from the Obama's: "When they go low we go high."


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Watch the news together. Local and national. Today Show has both of mornings are easier than evenings.


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Have fun at parties! Mingle, dance, participate in the good energy. But if there’s drinking to excess, someone needs to be lifeguard. Young people don’t know how dangerous alcohol can be. And sadly, someone needs to be bodyguard. Men often try to take advantage of intoxicated women.


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Keep stuff on hand for guests. Be ready to be a good host / hostess at any moment.


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Hold fast to what is good. (1 Thessalonians 5:21)


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None of us should ever have to apologize for being who we are.


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Look for glimmers. The opposite of triggers. Feels of elation, belonging, peaceful contentment. I just watched you glimmer as you delighted in your first Crunchbox. “I made this!!!”


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Sponsor a child in a developing country. Write letters, learn about their country and their life.


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Be mindful of privilege. Discuss the concept, point it out where you see it.


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Spend time with people you admire, in person and biographies, documentaries, novels and movies.


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Anger is the bodyguard of sadness.


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Watch YouTube video on how to administer an Epi-pen injection. You have friends with allergies you may need to know how to do this.


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A simple trick to calm your nerves: Name 5 things you can hear right now.


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Check out teen life coach Coaching with Will.


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I wrestle with leaving the church but I want to save you a lifetime of feelings of unworthiness. It’s totally normal to feel like you’re not good enough. We all battle those kinds of insecurities, so the last thing we need is to be taught that God thinks it too. Know that in reality we are all precious, down to the subatomic level. So when you think you’re unworthy, shake it off! You belong in every room you enter.


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Never make a decision from a place of hopelessness.


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Teach them how to eat a chicken wing in one bite


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You tackled a big project and you're wondering if it will be a success. Ask yourself: "Was I fair?" Was I kind?" " Did I put in the work?" If the answer is yes, then rest well, no matter what the outcome. If the answer is no, go back and fix it.


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“You have to meet people where they are. Sometimes, you have to leave them there.” -Iyanla Vanzant


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Read J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit together


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You can be angry. But you can’t drive while angry or talk to a child or work, or do anything dangerous when you’re angry.


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