Check out this website!  

                  http://www.stageoflife.com/Teen_Challenges.aspx

What Challenges Do Teens Face 

and How Do They Cope?   

We all go through the fire.  For students, growing into adulthood often bring stresses and pressures from lots of angles...

• Problems at home
• Issues with school
• Pressure from friends
• Lack of confidence from within
• Etc.

Hundreds of students shared a personal story in which they faced an obstacle, challenge, issue or problem (big or small) during the school year and shared how they dealt with it when they answered our writing contest prompt...

"I Overcame:  What was the most difficult thing you overcame this past school year?"

Teen Issues - Resources:

For each writing contest, StageofLife.com provides the visiting teens and college students a list of websites or resources to explore before, during or after their essay submission.  Our resource partners for this monthly Stage of Life writing contest were:

• Teen Issues Shared in Books:  Recommended YA Book List about Teen Issues
• Teen Graduation Issues:  GetSchooled.com
• Teen Family Issues:  Teen Advice on Family Issues from About.com
• Teen Bullying Issues:  This Has to Stop YouTube Intro from LearntobeHealthy.org
• Teen School Issues:  ReachOut.com
• Teen Friend or Self-Esteem Issues:  YourLifeYourVoice.org
• Teen Drug & Alcohol Issues:  TeenZeen.org