Teens - It’s Time to Grow Up helps teens learn, develop, mature and self-actualize with games, mock videos (skits or role plays for which teens prepare a possible video presentation), interviews, team activities, drawing, journaling, debates, discussion and other modes. These activities guide teens in many directions. As a facilitator, you’ll love the user-friendly activities with fully reproducible handouts as you help teens develop the skills needed to develop into strong, caring adults.
Key Features
- RE-gress or PRO-gress? Security blankets, stages, delayed gratification, to crawl or walk, whine or affirm, are pondered.
- Life Skills Sandboxes, bikes, sports, pets, the senses, railroads, road rules and driving directions provide lessons.
- Parents, Partners and Role Models Parent profiles, idols and ideals, relationships and red flags, leaders and followers are featured.
- Home, School and Work Family roles, behaviour behind closed doors, students, teachers, yearbook analogies, challenges and work habits are addressed.
- Tangible and Intangible Materialism, money, monetary and behavioural costs versus benefits, values and ethics are explored.
- The Journey to Maturity Growth through fertilizer, late bloomers, rites of passage, frozen then freed, gladiator mentality, measures of maturity, perspectives, continuums and sex sense receive focus.
- Life after High School Education and training, career calls, love and partner traits are discussed.
Additional Information
Teens – It’s Time to Grow Up Card Deck This deck of open-ended questions will help teens get in touch with feelings and kick-start lively discussions. Each question corresponds to a specific page in the book.
Sample Questions:
- If you could re-live a moment, day or time period in your life, when would it be and why?
- If you were your parent, what three things would you encourage you to do?
- Look at a current challenge from a positive viewpoint. What strengths and skills can you develop as you deal with the situation?
