National Teen Self Esteem Month
May is National Teen Self Esteem Month and is a great opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of ensuring our students are self aware and feel confident about themselves.
The teenage years are a notoriously difficult time and the excerpt below from The Five Ways Magazine of 1956, written long before the advent of social media, draws attention to some of the issues which continue to impact teenagers today.
[caption id="attachment_8459" align="aligncenter" width="448"] Growing Up The Five Ways Magazine, Summer 1956 Vol xxii, No 97[/caption] [caption id="attachment_8466" align="aligncenter" width="513"] FW, c1940s-50s[/caption]