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Jul 18, 2023Liked by Jacqueline Nesi, PhD

Forever 21 is really leaning into the forever in its name. Almost makes them seem prescient.

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Omg - never made that connection. Genius!

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Jul 17, 2023Liked by Jacqueline Nesi, PhD

My overarching teen success thing is find them in person social things to do. Anything works! Sports, drama, Community Access TV, comic book store dungeon & dragons club, WHATEVER. Literally, anything where they can learn something and connect with youth they click with. Don't be too over-picky and worried.

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Definitely - getting involved in extracurriculars (very broadly defined!) fits into so many of these strategies

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Jul 17, 2023Liked by Jacqueline Nesi, PhD

Somewhere around 1978 or 1979, U.C. Santa Cruz had a summer sociology class that consisted of following the Grateful Dead around for eight weeks or so. At the end you wrote a paper about the experience. I *really* wanted to go, but my mom wouldn't let me. That would have covered "exploration and risk taking", "developing values, goals, and identities" (turns out I would have made a terrible Dead Head), and probably compassion and decision-making, since being a Dead Head seemed glamorous, but a lot of those young people were pretty damaged.

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Wow! Have yet to come across a class like that at the places I've studied/worked - I must be doing something wrong!

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Jul 17, 2023Liked by Jacqueline Nesi, PhD

Suburban Connecticut upbringing for me too - and despite being much older than you, definitely made it to a lot of DMB and O.A.R. Great specificity in your examples. Curious if technology has influenced aspects of these 6 key areas, or how they may be helped.

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Oh so glad I'm not the only one. Such a great question about tech influence -- I think these core developmental needs of adolescence haven't changed, but some of the ways they play out certainly has. I'll add that to my list for a follow-up post!

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So much truth. I especially like your specific examples. Next time you choose teens and dealing with social media Diane Graber has a great program Cyberwise.org

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