by Deborah Ann Davis | May 24, 2020 | Awesome School
Your college-bound teens are scared. Their worries about what the fall will bring adds to the unwanted tension in your household. Why not switch it up? Instead of allowing teen anxiety about college to ramp up, replace fall matriculation with Gap Time. According to...
by Deborah Ann Davis | Mar 20, 2020 | Awesome School
No school? For how long? As schools close all over the country, parents have two issues to face: How to find someone to supervise their kids while they’re at work How to continue their education Many school systems are scrambling to figure out a way to deliver lessons...
by Deborah Ann Davis | May 10, 2016 | Awesome Moms, Awesome School, Awesome Teens
For over 20 years, Deborah Ann Davis informally surveyed her high school students on the topics of sex, drugs and alcohol. Regardless of the type of school environment, the results were mostly the same. Hardly anyone was actually having sex, but nearly everyone...
by Deborah Ann Davis | Apr 25, 2016 | Awesome School, Awesome Teens
Warning- This post does not handle this conversation delicately. It is frank and to the point. As a teacher, I’ve heard it all (okay, maybe not all, but I’ve heard a lot). Students have soooo many misconceptions about their bodies, about how others see...
by Deborah Ann Davis | Jul 16, 2014 | Awesome Moms, Awesome School, Awesome Teens
The Ripple Effect Explanation When a pebble is dropped in calm water, ripples are produced in every direction. If nothing else interferes, the range of the ripples will increase, even though the effect of the pebble diminishes as they go. If a second pebble is...
