Studies have shown that teens who are bored, stressed and/or have lots of spending money are more likely to smoke, drink, use illegal drugs and have sex. When school is in session it’s easier to keep their minds off the “bad” things and more on the “good” things. With school, homework and extracurricular activities teens stay busy and have less time to get bored and therefore in trouble. But during the summer break it only takes a couple of days before parents start to hear “I’m sooo booored.”
So what can we do to keep our teens busy? We’ve already given …read more

During summer vacation kids seem to turn off their brains and forget everything they learned during the school year. They are too busy scoping out boys at the pool or the mall or playing video games and watching television. There is often very little reading or writing or arithmetic. When they are little it’s easier to slip in a lesson without them knowing. When they are little they still want to curl up and have you read a book to them. When they get to be teenagers they start to pull away and start to groan the second you suggest …read more