Learning Team A EDD 563

Examines the effects of bullying and its victims and also offers strategies to combat this issue.

Article explores pop culture and how it has influenced self esteem.

Good ways to promote positive adolescent self-concept/identity in school and at home.

Common stress factors for adolescents, how to react, how they cope and how gender, socioeconomic status, and race tie into adolescent stress

TED conversation on how people define their idea of beauty.

Having her image photoshopped to be "beautiful" in different countries had an impact on Honig's self perception. Interesting to see the different cultural ideas of beauty.

Adolescents use technology to communicate about sexual health

Self esteem during the middle school years.... what parents can do to nurture positive self esteem

Discusses self esteem among nonwhite groups.

This is how sibling relationships are impacting child development. It is aimed for parents, but also be used in a middle school classroom to help understand teenagers.

Parents have more power over their child's education than schools do, a new study shows. Researchers from three universities compared social capital at home and school and found family social capital better predicted academic excellence.

Experiences with peers constitute an important developmental context for children and adolescents (Rubin, Bukowski, & Parker, 2006). Children's experiences with peers occur on several different levels: general interactions with peers, friendships, and in groups. Social competence reflects a child's capacity to engage successfully with peers at different levels.

The influence of the media on the psychosocial development of children is profound. Thus, it is important for physicians to discuss with parents their child's exposure to media and to provide guidance on age-appropriate use of all media, including television, radio, music, video games and the Internet.

This article discusses the difference of adolescent subcultures in different ethnic cultures.

This site talks about applicable ways that parents and teens can work together to build trust and repair or build constructive relationships.

This article talks about how sibling relationships positively impact adolescent development when they are in tune with parent expectations and rules.

This article talks about the different behaviors that adolescents can get involved in depending on their family situation. More specifically, it talks about emotional and psychological habits linked to broken families.

My top pick for website promoting positive adolescent behavior and development.

Teen website

Our brains cannot multi task. The dangers of using technology and other distractions while we learn or perform tasks.

Interesting article examining student engagement