By Nikki Kontz, LMSW This is a stressful time for teens in Arizona and throughout the country. Dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, social isolation, online learning and fewer school activities can have an impact on your mental health. Teen Lifeline staff and volunteers are asking all teens to pay extra ...
By Marybeth Bock --- If you haven’t already seen the Netflix documentary called “The Social Dilemma,”you need to check it out. SOON. Because if you are like most teens – and adults – you have probably felt addicted to your phone, and to social media apps, at some point in ...
By Marybeth Bock --- If you’ve never heard of College Bound AZ, it’s an East Valley based nonprofit organization whose mission is to give talented and deserving students from under served families the motivation and support needed to graduate from high school and go on to college. Since 2010, College ...
By Joan Marlow --- Let’s celebrate the new name for this website: I am Teen Strong!! ‘I am…’ are two of the most powerful words in our life. In the world’s religions it is a sentence in itself, ‘I Am the great I Am,’ relative to thinking about each of ...
By Kristen Donia --- If you scroll through the collection of images associated with #bodypositive you will find images of well, everyone. Big, small, him, her, sie, zie, black, white, brown, we are all struggling to feel like enough - together. In a time when a lot is tearing us ...