"The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything."

                                                                          -Oscar Wilde 
Hi you guys!  What I'm attempting to do here via my website is really quite a serious thing and I honestly want you to know that I appreciate your taking the time to stop by. 

After all, since it is YOU who are the next up and coming generation, if you really THINK about it, it is ALSO you who possess the loudest voice and most powerful influence as far as making positive changes in our world is concerned!

All you need to do is tap into your creative as well as imaginative personalities and I have the utmost confidence that this world WILL get better every day! 

Please listen you guys...I am not doing this because I want to preach to you...I am doing this because it is my sincerest wish that you will believe me when I tell you that I truly DO understand that being a teenager in this world of ours is not always such an ultra-fabulous, wild and crazy, having nothing but fun and games type of existence that SOME people would have the rest of the world believe. What I guess I am trying to say to you is that I am well aware that you have an awful lot of day-to-day type stuff that you may encounter that ISN'T such fun for you all of the time such as the stuff that you are constantly having to deal with like the fear of getting AIDS,or being surrounded by those people who just might be doing drugs, or who just might be carrying weapons to school, or who just might be drinking, or who just might have a dangerous attitude problem, or who might possibly belong to a gang, and this is not even getting into any ADDITIONAL problems that you may be experiencing within your very own PERSONAL family lives!

You know something tells me that like myself, you TOO are getting sick and tired of all of the violence and the prejudice that you are seeing as well as experiencing all around you. It really upsets me deeply that every day in our world more and more people (especially children and teenagers) are either being hurt or killed just because somebody may not like the color of their skin, or the way that they talk, or the car that they drive or the clothes that they wear or the people that they are hanging with or many OTHER reasons that cause people to treat one another badly and end up doing things to one another like shooting each other or stabbing each other. 

<SIGH> Doesn't all of this violence make you wonder where we are headed as a human race? I mean all we have to do is turn on the TV and there it is right in our faces...people beating one another up, people getting shot by guns every day and countries talking about possibly going to war. Well guess what? if this is bothering YOU as much as it bothers ME, you can actually DO something about all of this and by deciding to come here, that is ALREADY telling me that you are interested in living in a more peaceful and non-violent world! 


LINKS

Love is Respect - National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
Crisis Text Line - Text a Counselor if You Need Help
Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)
Talking With Kids About Tough Issues
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Pinterest
Care2
KID_INFO_The Web's Best Student Homework Reference Resource

Magic 8 Ball - Ask it a Question!

U.S. Space Camp/Aviation Challenge
Peaceful Schools International - Working for less violence in our schools
Kaleidosope Painter - Draw a Beautiful Picture Here!
Learn American Sign Language Here
Sing Snap Online Karaoke
- Record and review songs here
Boys and Girls Clubs of America
Scouting For All - Scouting Open to Diversity

Perpetual Bubblewrap (Almost Like the Real Thing!)
Reflex Testers
Taking the Bully by the Horns - (my friend Kathy Noll wrote it)
Get Your ANGRIES Out by Lynne Namka, Ed. D.
All Experts - Ask questions of experts and receive replies via e-mail
Kids Against Bullying
Stop Bullying Now
Homework Help
Juggle Mania - Highly Addicting!
Soleau Software
Play a 20 Questions Game Against your Computer!
Wee World
Habbo Hotel
National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign
Place the State - Do you know where the states are in the United States? - Great Game
Teen City Central
Teen Reads

Baby Think it Over Educational Program - Educates Teens About Having a Baby
The InSite
The Sims 2
Talking to Teens About Violence
Taaz - Virtual Makeover - Hairstyles, Make-Up, Cosmetics, Contact Lenses
BeautyRiot Beauty and Hair Tips for Copying Celebrity Looks
Teen Ink: Teen Magazine written by teens with lots of interactive things to do
Youth Communication: Gangs
Ultimate Flash Face - An Excellent Face Program. Try and Create YOURS!
Teen Help.com
What Teenagers Wish They Could Say to Their Parents
BreathScan® - Legal Limit BreathScan Alcohol Indicator Keychain
Amazon.com
iTunes
Netflix
YouTube
Reference Desk - Huge Information Research Site & Homework Helper!
Turning Point - Resources for Teens to End Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence
50 States.com
Light a Candle for Peace, Love and Gratitude Here
Challenge You - Create games and share them
Quiz Hub
Student Travel Services
How to be a Smart Teen Driver
Time Magazine for Kids
Guess the Colors - Great Brain Game!
Play and Solve Rubik's Cube Online
Family Game Night - Spend Quality Time with Your Family
Jigzone (Solve Online Jigsaw Puzzles)
National Geographic for Kids
Moviefone.com (Theater and Movie Search)
D.A.R.E.
Contact Any Celebrity - Excellent Resources!
Genealogy.com - Are YOU Related to a Famous Person?
LANGUAGES ON THE WEB - Learn a Foreign Language Online
eHow - How To Do Just About Anything!
20 Incredible Teens Changing the World
What Happened on Your Birthday?
Your Famous Birthday
Encyclopedia.com (An Online Encyclopedia)
Poem for Teens by Teens
Teen Poems About Life
Google Earth
Mapquest
How Stuff Works
Young AMICUS International Student Exchange
Where's George? - A Fascinating Way to Find Out Where Your Bills Go!
First Names and What They Mean
Behind the Name - the Etymology and History of First Names
Big Brothers Big Sisters Mentoring Program
Soulforce, The Power of Nonviolence
Want to Send a Message to People in the Future?
Metro Lyrics - Song Lyric Search
MindFun.com (Interesting Mind Games)
Open Directory - Kids and Teens: Teen Life: Issues
EarthCam (See Live People & Places via Video Cameras!)
Name My Tune - Song Stuck in Your Head? Use Your Microphone to Sing it Here
Enactus - Students Changing the World
Youth Pledge of Nonviolence
Sun Signs in the Zodiac Astrology Information-Look up YOUR sign! Mine is so RIGHT!
Time and Date
LiveWire Teen Forum & Teen Peer Support, Teen Advice, Teen Discussion