By Mia Simonsen, a Boston-area mom and former financial writer and editor who enjoys traveling, swimming and playing the piano A runny nose, coughing, red itchy eyes, sinus headaches. Seasonal allergies can be a big drag. Who wants to look like a weeping, sneezing miserable human being? It’s not a lost cause, though. With […]
Are You Getting Enough Sleep?
By Cindy Atoji, a writer, editor and a veteran newspaper journalist, who specializes in healthcare and business coverage. Yea, we know that’s tough to get to bed early. Work or school can start at 7:30 a.m., and then there’s deadlines, family, chores, workout time and more. Modern living makes it hard to catch a break. But […]
Dental Care 101 for Teens: Protecting Your Smile and Teeth
By Mia Simonsen, a Boston-area mom and former financial writer and editor who enjoys traveling, swimming and playing the piano. OK, so taking care of your teeth can be, frankly, a snooze. Brushing, flossing, dealing with braces—well, it’s just something that you have to do as a teenager. But it’s really important to take care […]
No Child Left Behind
By Aseem Mehta, a Yale University graduate interested in public health and economics. Over the past eight years, public schools across the country have been subject to new rules and standards of proficiency and progress for their students. The regulations were a key component of former-President Bush’s No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). The success […]
College Decision Time: Dealing with Acceptances & Rejections
By Ziv C is, a BodiMojo contributor from the Boston area who enjoys writing. Every teenager dreads that time of year when high school seniors rush to the mailbox in anticipation of mail (or nowadays, e-mail.) That means it’s the season of college decisions, when one click or ripped open envelope can cause a flood of […]
Connecting Online: Safe Social Networking
By Adrianne Loggins is a freelance writer with a Master’s degree in journalism from Northeastern University. Are you a teenager who spends too much time on Facebook,MySpace, or other social networking sites? If you do, be cautious. Because while such sites can be great for teens looking to keep up with trends, they can also pose risks. Once you’re […]
Smart Approach to Homework: Ways to Study More Effectively
By Mia Simonsen, a Boston-area mom and former financial writer and editor who enjoys traveling, swimming and playing the piano. Do you like to get all your homework done right away, a little at a time, or do you wait until the last minute? What works for one teen doesn’t always work for another. No matter […]
Job Hunting for Teenagers
By Adrianne Loggins is a freelance writer with a Master’s degree in journalism from Northeastern University. Today’s employment market hangs over the heads of job-hunters like a black cloud, whether it’s looking for a summer job or internship or thinking ahead to a career. But how are teens supposed to know what they want to […]
How Do You Portray Yourself on the Internet?
By Adrianne Loggins is a freelance writer with a Master’s degree in journalism from Northeastern University. The Internet has become a potentially dangerous place for teens to socialize. Although the Web is full of informative and helpful sites, unsupervised teens can run into trouble – including connecting with sexual offenders who are liable to use chats, […]
21st Century Bullying: The Cyberbullying Era
By Kim Ballentine, a Penn State University Graduate, interested in counseling psychology. We all probably met our first bullies on the playground – they were the ones calling us names or excluding us from games. But even when we move from elementary school to middle or high school, bullies just find new ways to upset people. […]
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