By Kimberly Duffy, Keystone Science School For over ten years Keystone Science School (KSS) has taken teens on adventure trips throughout Colorado and Utah. From that experience we’ve seen the benefit of outdoor adventure for teens. In case you need more reasons to send your teen outdoors for a memorable adventure, here are ten benefits […]
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Learning to Fly
Early one morning, when the air was cool, just as the sun was cresting over the hills to our east, my husband was gesturing wildly from another room — but not saying anything. “What,” I thought, “Is he trying to tell me?” Finally I caught on that he wanted me to come look out the […]
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Me? A Party Girl? Not.
When I was 14 I was invited to a party. The party was going to be at Ann’s house, and while Ann didn’t invite me, Suzanne, who apparently had the authority to invite people to Ann’s house did. I was thrilled. There had been a number of parties involving my junior high classmates, but never was I invited. This was the very first boy-girl party that I could attend. Or so I thought.
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How I Ruined My Teenager’s Life – You Can Do It Too!
Road rash happens. I can accept road rash, even a broken bone, as part of the normal progression toward independent adulthood. And I will do anything, no matter how humiliating, to ensure that they make it to independent adulthood. Sorry guys, I love you too much…and I’m your mother. Deal with it.
