Life might be hard these days for teens but there is a awareness of it.
No one is a island so in that people listen. Talk and let it out the staffwill listen. There are changes happening now in schools.
There is a push to get more funding more in technology
and in more useful classes. Many schools are falling behind
and so to not be behind because there would be no schools is
a change to keep up with society.
If it's not working there is a time to be brought up and move on down
the road making a new path. Do or die!
~~~~~The Old System Is Dying
Most parents dread to hear that their kids don’t want to go to school and get a degree. It’s been engrained in our collective psyche that “We need to go to school, get a degree, and get a job”. As I type those words I already feel less inspired. Just by looking at how miserable people are in their lives it’s amazing that many would want their kids to follow suit. It’s almost as if parents feel that because they had to suffer their kids should too. Believe it or not, there are other ways of creating a successful life. And by the looks of how many adults in the world are having mid-life crises, it shows that the old system is dying. However, because this is really the only “game” in town, it’s understandable that most parents get nervous when their kids don’t want to follow suit. So what is the real problem with school?
http://parentingteenagersacademy.com/school
~~~~~Fewer teens having sex, doing drugs but more are depressed
Fewer high school students are having sex than ever before, federal health officials reported Thursday. And they’re also less likely than some earlier generations to abuse drugs, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s annual survey on teen behavior finds.
But kids report that bullying at school is common and a third of students report persistent feelings of sadness and hopelessness, the report finds. One in 10 girls and one out of 28 boys report they’ve been forced to have sex.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fewer-teens-having-sex-doing-drugs-more-are-depressed-n883276
~~~~~Are depressed kids bully magnets?
Psychologists, not to mention parents, have long observed that kids who seem depressed tend to have trouble getting along with - and being accepted by - their peers.
What the experts haven't been able to agree on is which comes first, the depression or the social difficulty. Most researchers have supposed that kids who are excluded or bullied become depressed as a result (rather than vice versa), while others have suggested that the two problems go hand in hand and are all but impossible to tease apart.
A new study, published this week in the journal "Child Development," provides some of the strongest evidence to date for a third theory: Kids who cry easily, express negative emotions, and show other signs of depression ultimately suffer socially because they are shunned by their peers and attract the attention of bullies.
"Bullies target youth who are unlikely to fight back," says lead author Karen P. Kochel, Ph.D., an assistant research professor at Arizona State University, in Phoenix. "Youth who are depressed really have the potential to appear vulnerable, and are easy marks for victimization, unfortunately."
http://schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/08/are-depressed-kids-bully-magnets
~~~~~Depressed teens at risk of early heart disease, say doctors
Teens suffering from depression and bipolar disorder need to be monitored for early heart disease because their mental illness puts them at risk for many of the conditions that lead to a damaged heart.
In a new scientific statement, the American Heart Association asks that doctors watch for heart and blood vessel disease among severely depressed teens.
Dr. Benjamin Goldstein, a child-adolescent psychiatrist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the University of Toronto was the lead author of the statement. He says that until recently, teens with mental illness were not widely recognized as being at increased risk for early heart disease.
But he and his fellow researchers say that recent studies have found that mood disorders should be considered "moderate" risk factors for heart disease.
After analyzing the published research on the topic, the authors found that teens with depression or bipolar disorder are more likely than other teens their age to have:
• high blood pressure
• high cholesterol
• obesity, especially around the midsection
• type 2 diabetes
• and hardening of the arteries.
They also point to a 2011 study of more than 7,000 U.S. young adults, which found that a medical history that includes depression or an attempted suicide was the number one risk factor for heart disease death from clogged arteries in young women. In men, it was the fourth biggest risk factor.
While teens with mood disorders were more likely than other teens to engage in unhealthy behaviours such as smoking and being physically inactive, the doctors say those factors alone do not explain their raised heart disease risk.
Dr. Goldstein says doctors should be ready to take action to help these patients at the earliest possible stage."
"Mood disorders are often lifelong conditions, and managing cardiovascular risk early and assertively is tremendously important if we are to be successful in ensuring that the next generation of youth has better cardiovascular outcomes," he said in a statement.
Researchers already know that adults with depression and bipolar disorder experience heart disease at much earlier ages than other adults. The reasons aren't fully clear but sleep deprivation, inflammation and other types of cell damage from stress could play a part.
Since cardiovascular disease can begin early in life, the heart experts wanted to increase awareness that mood disorders in youth raise the risk for heart disease.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/depressed-teens-at-risk-of-early-heart-disease-say-doctors-1.2510578?autoPlay=true
