Teens Treats, Bullying in elementary schools and the Differences between Boys and Girls Bullying.

Every day, kids are tormented, manipulated, ostracized, harassed, punched, pushed and humiliated. And yet every experience is unique depending not only the type of bully but also on the gender of the bully. When it comes to bullying, boys and girls approach it very differently. For instance, girls tend to use more relational aggression while boys tend to resort to physical bullying.

This is not to say that girls won’t be physically aggressive or boys won’t exclude others, but there are tendencies in bullying that are influenced by gender. Here’s a closer look at what sets male bullying apart from female bullying.

A Closer Look at Male Bullying

When it comes to bullying behavior, boys tend to be more physically aggressive and impulsive than girls. As a result, they will attack other people when they show weakness. Additionally, some male bullies, or alpha males, usually assemble a group of followers that are looking for acceptance. As a result, these boys, or followers, will often do anything or say anything just to maintain their position within the group.

Likewise, male bullies usually enjoy the status a fight brings them. As a result, they may indulge in menacing behavior and typically are more direct when bullying others. When boys bully, they will bully both girls and boys.

They also tend to be more open about their bullying behavior, which makes it much easier to spot male bullies. This fact does not mean that boys do not engage in relational aggression though. There are plenty of male versions of the mean girl. To many people this can come as a surprise. Most people do not associate manipulation, cliques, rumors and ostracizing with boys. But it happens quite frequently. In fact, a boy’s social status at school does not happen by chance. A great deal of male bullying is influenced by the “boy code.” What this means is that boys are conditioned by society to adopt a set of rules and behaviors that define what it means to be a boy. These include things like being independent, macho, athletic, powerful and dominant. If they do not display these characteristics or embrace things that are considered feminine, then they are considered wimpy. Consequently, being anything other than what society expects could make them a target for bullying. Overall, boys are more likely to bully and be bullied than girls. And they are more accepting of bullying behavior than girls. What this means is that boys may still like a girl even if she bullies other people. And, they may be friends with a boy who bullies others. Finally, bullying tends to end more quickly among boys than it does with girls. As a result, boys can let things go. But girls will often hold grudges.





A Closer Look at Female Bullying

 Girls tend to bully other girls indirectly or by using relational aggression. As a result, they resort to verbal assaults, ostracizing, spreading rumors and gossiping – the epitome of mean girl behavior. Moreover, girls disguise their bullying and act in more passive aggressive ways, which makes girl-on-girl bullying much more difficult to spot. Like boys, girls also form groups around a leader. But in girl groups, especially cliques, the girls are in constant competition with one another. As a result, they never truly trust one another within the clique. For instance, the leader in the clique is often worried that at any moment she will lose her power to another member of the group that seems more worthy than she is. If this happens, the clique will form around the new leader.
 Most female bullies do not act alone.

Instead, they tend to have accomplices or followers who support their behavior. Additionally, girls will rally around the primary bully in order to gain more social standing in the group giving into peer pressure and bullying even when they know it’s wrong.

Meanwhile, girls also experience sexual bullying more than boys. For example, girls are more likely to have rumors spread about sexual activity regardless of the validity of the claims. And, they are more likely to be on the receiving end of sexual messages or harassment from boys.

Finally, girls tend to be more premeditated in their bullying while boys tend to bully based on opportunity. As a result, girls are often on the receiving end of psychological bullying because it takes planning and boys are more often on the receiving end of physical bullying because it is typically impulsive.

Because boys and girls bully differently, it’s important to be able to identify those differences. Otherwise, bullying will often go undetected, especially among girls. When this happens, the consequences of the bullying are significant. In fact, the longer bullying goes on the more severe the response and the longer it will take to overcome the bullying.

Written by By Sherri Gordon

Who's Hungry For Teens Treats?

Adolescence is a time of tremendous change. As teens mature, they make more food choices on their own, often in the company of influential peers.

But even as teens become more autonomous, it's still up to their parents to provide them with good examples and nutritious foods. Here are some tips on how to go about doing that.











Help Teens Make Good Choices


Deciding what to eat and how much to exercise is part of growing up. But too often, a child's choices give health the short shrift. Teens may lack the skills and motivation to do what they should to stay healthy.


"Balancing school, sports, social activities, and work presents a major challenge to eating healthy," says Kendrin Sonneville, MS, RD, who specializes in teen nutrition at Children's Hospital in Boston.


On-the-go adolescents may squander opportunities for good nutrition by skimping on foods that help fuel their growth and development. Skipping meals, especially breakfast, and choosing processed and convenience foods over fresh translates into too much fat, sodium and sugar, and not enough of the fiber, vitamins, and minerals essential to a teen's health now and later.






















Calcium is Critical


Calcium, critical to bone development and density, is one of the nutrients that can easily fall through the cracks.


Calcium needs are higher than ever during the teen years -- 1,300 milligrams a day. Yet calcium consumption often drops off in teenagers as they replace milk with soft drinks. Research shows that 9th- and 10th-grade girls who drink soft drinks are three times as likely to suffer a bone fracture than those who do not drink them.


In addition to being naturally rich in calcium, milk is fortified with vitamin D, which also helps to shore up bones. Certain yogurts contain vitamin D; check the label to be sure. While they're calcium-rich, hard cheeses lack vitamin D.










Teens require the calcium equivalent of about four 8-ounce glasses of milk daily. Here are some other foods that supply as much calcium as a glass of milk:
8 ounces yogurt
1 1/2 ounces hard cheese
8 ounces calcium-added orange juice
2 cups low-fat cottage cheese















Girls Need Extra Iron


Iron, as a part of red blood cells, is necessary for ferrying oxygen to every cell in the body. It's crucial to a teen's brain function, immunity, and energy level. Girls aged 14 to 18 need 15 milligrams per day. Boys in the same age range need 11 milligrams.


Iron deficiency is common in adolescent females and people who limit or eschew meat. Menstruating young women are at increased risk for an iron shortfall because their diets may not contain enough iron-rich foods to make up for monthly losses.


Iron is found in both animal and plant foods. The iron in animal foods is better absorbed by the body, but consuming a vitamin-C rich food along with plant iron increases uptake. Serve these iron-rich animal foods to your teen as part of a balanced diet (shoot for 4-6 ounces a day):
Beef
Poultry
Pork
Clams
Oysters
Eggs




Good non-meat sources of iron include:
Vegetables (including spinach, green peas, and asparagus)
Beans
Nuts
Iron-fortified breads, cereal, rice, and pasta.


A multivitamin with 100% or less of the Daily Value for iron, vitamin D and other nutrients fills in the gaps in less-than-stellar diets. But multivitamins do not contain enough calcium to make up for inadequate consumption of calcium-rich foods. Your child may need a calcium supplement too.












Teen Talk


You want your 14-year-old to lay off the fries and learn to love broccoli. Why? Because you know that eating vegetables is linked to a lower chance of developing chronic conditions such as cancerand heart disease later in life. That may motivate you to pile your plate with greens, but it probably won't sway your teen.


"Each child is different, but most teens are motivated by having more energy for school and sports and looking their best," says David Geller, MD, a pediatrician at Patriot Pediatrics in Bedford, Mass. "I don't concentrate on their appearance so much as suggest healthier foods to get them what they want."


Geller recommends spending less time lecturing and more time modeling behaviors you'd like your teen to emulate, such as eating nutritious meals.


"Adolescents don't always make great choices, but if healthy foods are on their plates, they tend to eat them," says Geller.


Making time for family meals speaks volumes about what you value as a parent. Gathering at the table is about more than eating right. A recent study in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association surveyed more than 900 teens and their parents and concluded that family meals are useful for enhancing togetherness and communication.

Quick Cheap Teenz Treats

READING HELPS HEAL

Apparent sinkhole opens up on Jacksonville's Westside

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Public works crews were hard at work Thursday night after what appeared to be a massive sinkhole opened up near Ringhaver Park on Jacksonville's Westside.

A viewer first alerted News4Jax to the sinkhole on 118th Street near Sundown Drive about 4:15 p.m., submitting an image that showed a car stuck nose first in the hole with its rear wheels in the air.

JEA workers said an old water pipe beneath the roadway broke, sending water gushing out that washed away the ground underneath the asphalt.

The city learned of the hole after someone driving a sport-utility vehicle saw water pooling on the road and tried to drive through it, workers said. Instead, the roadway collapsed and the SUV fell in.

By 9 p.m., the hole was large enough that city workers could stand inside. The hole currently measures about six feet deep and 35 feet wide.

The road is expected to be repaired and reopened to traffic by late Friday morning.

Teens Treats are Now Slime

HOMEMADE SLIME

It’s hard to predict what kinds of trends will catch on with teenagers. There are some obvious things, like music and fashion statements that parents aren’t into which are bound to become popular, but other interests make much less sense.

Older folks are always tempted to rationalize why some things become trendy, but sometimes you simply have to sit back and appreciate the unique weirdness of a given fad.

To the list of odd, kind-of-cool, but thoroughly inexplicable teenage trends you can now add homemade “slime.” This goopy concoction is taking our nation’s teens by storm and has given rise to a rabid fan-base that exists both on social media and in real life…

A new trend has caught on with teenagers that’s leaving a lot of older people confused. “Slime,” made from a combination of Elmer’s glue, shaving cream, corn starch, and various other household ingredients has become incredibly popular…

Teens share their creative slime creations, as well as tips and tricks for making the gooey concoction, on Instagram and other social media platforms. Some slime-related accounts have gotten hundreds of thousands of followers!

A number of kids have even started making money selling their homemade slime to their peers. A 12-ounce container of the goop, colored or glittered to order, can fetch anywhere from five to 15 dollars!

Teenz wanting their own MONEY.

When It comes to what your teen wants, you nomaly know money is the first go to. This can get very irritating and put pressure on you and your bills. So what should we do? Work longer hour. No because that's to much time away from the teen and gives them more opportunity to Adventure Off. Do we give them everything they ask for? Well this can be a problem for the future. Being depeneed on the parents and not themselves,  will make a teen lazy. They would rather be watching TV or playing games on the phone.


Good Habits Creates Good Opportunities

Talking with your teen also creates opportunity for you to teach them how to operate as a citizen in this Society. Something as simple as staying on top of them making sure they brush their teeth, reminding them they don't want bad breath when they talk to someone. Will put them on the path to adult hood with wisdom of dental hygiene.

This is the best way in my opinion to start teaching your child responsibility,  so when it's time to count money they can know how to buget.

The Right Way to Give Kids an Allowance

The concept of an allowance is evolving. Today, 70% of kids get one, says T. Rowe Price, up from 47% in 2013. While many parents use this device to reward children for doing their everyday chores, many of the moms and dads I’ve spoken with say they prefer to use the weekly dole as a teaching tool—a way to help their offspring learn about budgeting, trade-offs, and critical thinking about money.

What’s the best way to accomplish that? Try these tactics.

Reward Extra Effort Only

Don’t tie regular chores to the allowance, says Beth Kobliner, author of the forthcoming book Make Your Kid a Money Genius (Even If You’re Not). You want your child to understand that being part of a family requires doing some tasks for which you will not be compensated—say, stacking the dishwasher and keeping your room clean.

You can, however, give a bonus for odd jobs above and beyond expectations, as Johnson has done. “This instills the critical linkage between work and money,” says Bill Dwight, founder and CEO of online family banking service FamZoo.

Make it a Budgeting Exercise

Some experts recommend giving $1 a week for each year of age, so a 10-year-old would get $10. Or, work out what you expect them to pay for—say, snacks at school or new videogames—and figure the right amount from there. Then, as your child gets older, have her start covering larger purchases you’d normally make, says Kobliner. You might, for example, let a teen manage the $300 you’ve budgeted for back-to-school clothes. If your kid spends his funds too fast, leaving himself no money for gas, he’ll be reminded each time he takes the bus to school the rest of the week. “Let them experience the consequences,” says Dwight. “No bailouts.”

​​​​​Acne and Pimples in Teenagers: Causes

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Acne and Pimples in Teenagers: Causes

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 ACNE 

​in teenag​ers may be caused by hormonal changes during puberty.

Do chocolates and fried foods cause acne and pimples?

Acne is a skin condition that can strike at any age, but it is especially common among teenagers. Pimples occur when the hair follicles on the skin are clogged with oil and dead skin cells. Adult and teen acne can present as whiteheads and blackheads in its mild form, and pimples, pus-filled cysts and painful nodules in its severe form.

Teen acne typically starts around the age of puberty – as early as the age of 9 – and can go on for a few years. Pimples can occur on the face, neck, chest, back and shoulders, the areas with the maximum number of functional oil glands. It can be particularly severe in the mid-teen years of 14-15.

“Acne is a very common problem and in Singapore, more than 80 per cent of adolescents have acne,” says Dr Mark Koh, Head and Consultant, Paediatric ​D​​ermatology Service, ​KK Women’s and Children’s H​​​ospital (KKH), a member of the SingHealth group.

However, he adds, in most cases of teen acne, the condition improves with treatment and is well controlled or cured before the patient becomes an adult. Only in some more severe cases, despite acne treatment, the condition can persist beyond the teenage years.

“Acne can be itchy and painful and it can cause the teenager a lot of psychological stress. Some patients can even go into depression because of the acne,” says Dr Koh.

Causes of acne and pimples

A combination of factors causes acne. Such factors include:

• Hormonal stimulation
• Excessive production of oil or sebum by the skin’s oil glands
• Irregular shedding of dead skin cells
• A buildup of bacteria

“Climate, family history and stress do play a part in the development of acne,” says Dr Koh. “Friction from wearing a helmet or carrying a backpack can also aggravate acne.”

He says the link between acne and foods such as chocolates, fatty foods and fried foods is difficult to prove. Research studies have found no direct association between these foods and acne.

However, he adds, “Do try to stay away from too much fried food and too much fatty food which are anyway not good f​or you. As for chocolate, it’s very personal – some people do believe eating chocolate worsens their acne.”

A primary cause of acne, and especially teen acne, is hormonal stimulation, hence the link to puberty when there is an upsurge in hormone production. This causes the oil glands to enlarge and produce more oil or sebum.

An excess amount of sebum, combined with dead skin cells, can accumulate in the hair follicles and block them, causing whiteheads and blackheads, the start of acne. When blocked hair follicles get inflamed or infected with bacteria, pimples and zits form.

“Infection and inflammation worsen the acne, causing cysts and nodules which in the long run can scar the skin,” says Dr Koh.

Acne treatment involves topical creams and oral medication.

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The Best Candy Bonanza in a Bag

The Best way to eat sweets.

The healthiest way to eat a dessert (or any type of added sugar) is to not eat it. That being said, what is life if you don’t live it? For me, a life without the occasional glazed doughnut for breakfast or Sour Patch Kids at the movies is a life not fully lived. Most Americans, including doctors and nutritionists, would likely agree. Nevertheless, studies show that sugar, in excess, can contribute to the development of diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. So when you inevitably consume foods loaded with sugar, is there a way to do so that minimizes the impact on your health? Recent studies suggest there could be. First of all, there’s no reason to cut sugar completely out of your diet. That’s a pretty hard thing to do, says Leslie Bonci, a registered dietician and sports nutritionist. She says it’s unlikely that most people will stick to a sugar-free diet. Everyone, to a certain extent, has a desire for sweet-tasting foods—and for good reason. Sugar provides us with needed energy. So, if we eat a diet completely devoid of sugar, “psychologically, that can be devastating.” It’s much more productive to think about how to keep your sugar intake as healthy as possible. Sugar often gets a bad rap because we eat it alone, in the form of soda and candy, or with other carbohydrates in various baked goods. Since these foods are loaded with simple carbohydrates, they spike our bodies’ blood glucose levels. When this happens, we immediately try to bring those spikes back down to normal levels by increasing the production of glucose-lowering hormones such as insulin and incretin. If we increase them too much too often, this mechanism stops working as it should, which can lead to type 2 diabetes. But there are ways to try to prevent this. People can start, Bonci says, by simply eating less sugar, or eating it with other foods to avoid letting it become the focal point of a meal (goodbye, Sour Patch Kids lunch). Bonci says perhaps the best type of food to eat sugar with is protein. The consumption of protein triggers the release of glucagon, another hormone, which stabilizes insulin levels. So when eaten together, protein and sugar can sort of regulate each other. “Our bodies are pretty darn smart in that way,” she says.

 An ideal way to implement this is with your morning coffee (that is, unless you drink it without any sugar). Coffee can be pretty bitter on its own, so rather than add a bunch of sugar to offset that, try mixing it with milk in the form of a latte, cappuccino, or cafe au lait. That way, Bonci says, you get that ideal mix of sugar and protein (from the milk), resulting in more balanced hormone and glucose levels. Some recent research suggests that we should take it one step further: Eating all carbohydrates, including sugar, last. Studies on post-meal glucose and insulin levels in people with type 2 diabetes show that the order in which you eat various types of food matters. The most recent one, out in September of this year, had participants—all with type 2 diabetes—eat the same exact meal on three different days, but in various order. One day, they ate carbohydrates first, followed 10 minutes later by protein and vegetables, then protein and vegetables first, followed by carbs 10 minutes after, and finally everything eaten together at the same time. Researchers measured their blood glucose, insulin, and glucagon levels just after the meals and every 30 minutes for the next three hours. They found that peaks in glucose levels when carbs were consumed last were all around 50 percent lower than when they were consumed first. Even eating everything at once produced a spike 40 percent higher than that seen when carbs came last. That’s a pretty significant difference.

 In fact, according to the study, the effect of food order on postmeal glucose and hormone levels is comparable to the effect of drugs meant to regulate glucose. Many people with diabetes are told to limit the carbs and added sugar they consume. But this research suggests that just switching the order could be as good as limiting their intake altogether. An ideal way to implement this is with your morning coffee (that is, unless you drink it without any sugar). Coffee can be pretty bitter on its own, so rather than add a bunch of sugar to offset that, try mixing it with milk in the form of a latte, cappuccino, or cafe au lait. That way, Bonci says, you get that ideal mix of sugar and protein (from the milk), resulting in more balanced hormone and glucose levels. Some recent research suggests that we should take it one step further: Eating all carbohydrates, including sugar, last. Studies on post-meal glucose and insulin levels in people with type 2 diabetes show that the order in which you eat various types of food matters. The most recent one, out in September of this year, had participants—all with type 2 diabetes—eat the same exact meal on three different days, but in various order. One day, they ate carbohydrates first, followed 10 minutes later by protein and vegetables, then protein and vegetables first, followed by carbs 10 minutes after, and finally everything eaten together at the same time. Researchers measured their blood glucose, insulin, and glucagon levels just after the meals and every 30 minutes for the next three hours. They found that peaks in glucose levels when carbs were consumed last were all around 50 percent lower than when they were consumed first. Even eating everything at once produced a spike 40 percent higher than that seen when carbs came last. That’s a pretty significant difference. In fact, according to the study, the effect of food order on postmeal glucose and hormone levels is comparable to the effect of drugs meant to regulate glucose. Many people with diabetes are told to limit the carbs and added sugar they consume. But this research suggests that just switching the order could be as good as limiting their intake altogether.

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