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Caring Causes: Student Volunteering on the Rise

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Brainly , the leading education and homework help platform, conducted a nationwide survey to better understand students’ views on volunteering. The survey found that students volunteer for reasons beyond enhancing their college applications. Check out this conversation Brainly students are having on the importance of volunteering.

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Parenting Pointers: Helping Our Teens

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A 2021 survey of more than 17,000 high school students found that 30 percent of the girls had considered suicide—a rate that’s double that of boys and almost 60 percent higher than ten years ago. Hold regular conversations to normalize how teens are feeling. Too many parents preach or hold one-sided conversations with our children.

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Parenting Pointers - What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Children on Social Media

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Student wellbeing activist David Magee couldn’t agree more. Have age-appropriate conversations with your children about the risks, such as cyberbullying, mental health disorders, and solicitations from online drug dealers,” advises Magee. Change is long overdue, and Magee says it starts with real conversations with our children. “We

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Website Spotlight: Wee Lions

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Knowing that a curious mind is better prepared for learning, our dedicated staff of early childhood experts built the Wee Lions platform based on proven education practices that empower and lead parents to help their children become innovative thinkers and problem-solvers,” states Michelle Hsu, Chief Executive Officer of Wee Lions.

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Brunswick: FREE Bowling Summer 2011 For Students

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Students 18 and under can bowl FREE this summer (June-August) when they join the Bonus Zone from Brunswick. Students just need to present their Student Ball Pass and they will get a FREE game of bowling whenever lanes are open all summer long. I know my son will love this, especially in the hot summer days.

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Parenting Pointers: Promoting Emotional Readiness for the Workplace

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Ideally, it will take parents, educators, and communities working together to solve the complex knot of problems our young people face, which is why he created the William Magee Institute for Student Wellbeing at the University of Mississippi and The Mayo Lab Podcast with David Magee , available at [link] and on Apple and Spotify podcast platforms.

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Healthy Habits: How Twin Cities construction workers are accessing free mental health services

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Finishing Trades Institute of the Upper Midwest students and seasoned workers will all have access to this unique employee assistance program aimed at educating members, reducing stigma and encouraging craftworkers to seek help in times of crisis. The coursework gives workers tools to develop compassion and empathy.

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