Blog Mission
The mental health of young people is decaying fast. Anxiety, depression, and suicide rates among adolescents and young adults have been rising at alarming rates in the last ten years. Most young people are growing up confused, depressed, anxious, and addicted. They are finding it very difficult to transition into adulthood well.
This blog strives to educate and encourage adults to better understand and become more involved in the lives of adolescents (10-20 year-olds). The struggle is real, but there is hope for every young person. Children can grow up to become resilient, well-adjusted, content, responsible adults. However, they can’t do it alone. They need help from parents, teachers, coaches, and other adults to grow up well.
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What is Adolescence?
Adolescence is a time of tremendous transformation. A 10 year old will grow into a 20 year old with staggering changes along the way. They are searching for meaning and value in their lives. They often struggle with conflicting identity issues, weak self-esteem, and significant peer pressure, in addition to struggling with their academic, athletic, and other performance-based activities. Adolescents are trying desperately to understand themselves, their world, and where they can fit in successfully and happily. It is a time of great turmoil for some, while for others it is a time of great excitement and wonder. For most, it is both an exciting adventure entering a larger world and a terribly anxious time of uncertainty.
This video poem describes an adolescent pretty well.
Growing Up Well 
This is an outstanding, important website that will be a great resource for parents, teachers, and anyone involved in the lives of 10-14 year olds. Thank you for taking the time to share your insights and provide a venue for others to learn, provide insights, and share information.
I am so excited you are taking the time to write this blog. I am confident it is and will continue to be a blessing to all who partake in it and share their experiences through wisdom, victories, and defeats. Thank you for setting aside your time to help us focus on what we all truly desire: to love our kids effectively.
I’m encouraged by your willingness and vision to help adults exert their influence well during the important preadolescent years. I hope that many teachers, administrators, parents and coaches avail themselves of this resource.
All the best on the first day of school! (I remember well my butterflies on the night before as a teacher.) Feel free to send me feedback on Tumblon and what would make it even more compelling to educators: graham at tumblon.com.
I really appreciate your writings and look forward to hearing more. I am also thankful you are influencing a lot of our young people by teaching them. Our kids need as much positive influence as possible. . . .
Wow, this is sure one cool site you got going here, Mr. K. Good work!
I would just like to say that for the past 9 years I have been inspired by your family. Rarely do I meet people who balance time for spouse, kids, work and play as well as you all. Excellent job on the website!
I would also like to say, you did a great job on the website.
Your family is an inspiration to me and my daughter, Lolia.
God bless
Agitha & Lolia
I’m a new blogger and pretty much a social media neophyte. I am particularly interested in your great blog because i am an adult who appreciates help raising kids and your content is outstanding. Jumped on here today and saw your post and the stats you shared. Congrats on a great year! So here’s what has me curious: why do you choose to remain so anonymous? with such helpful and appreciated content, why not do a touch of promotion? Twitter? As a sales guy / sales coach, i can’t help but wonder how many more people would be exposed to this great, valuable and super-helpful blog if it had just a bit more exposure. — and those compliments have nothing to do with the fact that my daughter will show up in your classroom tomorrow for the first time 🙂
Here’s to a fantastic impactful school year and another wonderful year for growingupwell.org!
Well, I am taking the plunge into Twitter thanks to Mike W and my Fandango brothers. Thanks for the push.
Love Mike’s comment:)
Hello!
I am a college student about three years in, working towards a degree under TV/Film to become a film director. Currently, I am working on a project that involves the creation of an original PSA (Public Service Announcement) for a Media Scriptwriting and Storyboarding course. I wanted to tackle the overuse of texting these days among teens and young adults because it is a very prevalent I encounter daily. Whether it’s in a class that other students are hiding their cell phones behind their desks texting away or if it’s with some of my own friends, totally engrossed in their digital conversations of mispelled and uneducated word choices, I believe that texting is engulfing normal conversation far too much and bringing about social problems from its daily abuse for unnecessary reasons. Don’t get me wrong, it is truly an incredible technological innovation, and I partake in my fair share. I just want to make the public more aware that it should be used in moderation, as your article “Texting vs. Talking” addresses smartly. If you could please give me a way to contact you so that I may use your site as a resource in my PSA project with your permission, I’d greatly appreciate it! Thank you for taking the time to create such a great website and helping make the world a better place for parents and children alike!
I am happy to allow use of my articles for any educational purposes, as long as the source is cited.
That there is my boy. He used to love to run and play on the small farm I had grown up on. He’s learned much, and is a great dad!
As a former elementary teacher and the mother of two children, I really appreciate the opportunity you are giving to others to understand a little more the life of an adolesent. Times have changed and adults need to be open to learning how to communicate and assist children as they go through this developmental stage of life. Thank you for what you do.
Beth, Thank you for the kind comment. I will be redesigning this blog soon and will be adding more content, now that my book project is complete. I appreciate your support very much.
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