I asked our friend Robin Morris of Hospice of Washington County for some tips for teens who are dealing with the death of a friend. The last month has been a difficult one for many people, first with the loss of Quinn Hoover, and now with the loss of Mitchell Akers. It’s a small county, [...]
Created to Be Me – Letters from Camp
In yesterday’s post, I talked about Washington County’s high teen birth rate, my conviction that our young people need accurate information about sex to counter all the misinformation that they get from the media, and my discovery of and involvement with Teens Have Choices and Just Say Know. I then wrote about Created to Be [...]
Let’s Talk About Sex… Your kids and your grandkids are!
Let me start by sharing my brief bio with you: I am a native of Washington County, grew up in Hagerstown and graduated from North High. I was an active youth group member at First Christian Church, Hagerstown, and attended every youth camp I could in our Region. I felt so connected to the camp [...]
Howdy!
Hey there! I’m Nicki and I am new here to Teens Have Choices. A little bit about me; I am from Smithsburg, MD. I moved to Hagerstown when I was six. I’ll be graduating from SHHS next month. I am a bit of a Country Girl; I love fishing and swimming in the river, riding [...]
Help us answer this teen question
If you’ve seen our “Teen Questions” posts, you know that one of the features of this blog is our Anonymous Teen Q&A . Teens send their questions in, and we do our best to give a thoughtful and timely response. We received an anonymous question today that we aren’t too sure what to make of: [...]
Prom and the Teen Mom
A young woman who had gotten pregnant in high school reached out to us and offered to share her story so that local teens could learn from her experience. Yesterday, I had the honor of hearing her speak at Boonsboro High School’s Prom Promise – a pre-prom rally that the entire school attends to learn [...]
Teen Question: What can change do to yourself and to your group of friends?
At Teens Have Choices, we invite teens to ask about anything that’s on their minds, and we do our best to provide a response that is both sincere and caring, while pointing out additional resources that may be needed. If one teen is asking, we know that other teens are wondering the same thing, but [...]
Preventing dating violence – there’s an app for that
Warning: this post includes a description of my personal experience with sexual assault. While it is not graphic (consider it PG-13), it is intense. It was an early summer afternoon – lovely, sunny, warm and clear – when he stopped by my house unexpectedly the day after his high school graduation. I was 17 years [...]
Understanding Sexual Assault
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month in the United States. Here at Teens Have Choices, we aim to provide readers with information and knowledge needed to understand certain issues. Sexual assault is one of them. Sexual assault/violence is one of those things that can be hard for people of all ages to fully understand. I [...]
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