Life Is The Future

Dress Code: a set of rules about what clothing may and may not be worn at a school, office, restaurant, etc. 

This week's 8th grade hosts, Ava and Dinora partner up to interview classmates Morgan and Paxtyn. The teens take on the topic of dress codes in public schools. Specific focus points include middle school rules and consequences, personal expression, gender differences, societal norms, bias against females, normalizing puberty, feeling targeted as girls, home expectations, and more.

Tune in soon as our other two hosts, Julius and Saif, take over with a new topic and a new set of guests. Make sure to subscribe to keep up to date on our podcast episodes throughout the school year.

RESOURCES
Pros and Cons of School Dress Codes - Britannica.com
Why School Dress Codes Are Often Unfair - US News
Do School Dress Codes Discriminate Against Girls? - Education Week

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Body Positivity: feeling good about your body and the way it looks. Body positivity is rooted in loving yourself and gaining self-confidence.

This week's 8th grade hosts, Saif and Julius partner up to interview classmates Logan and Mukund. The teens take on the topic of sports, exercise, and general fitness in middle school life. They bring up life balance with sports and academics, fun vs. competitive participation, the mental benefits of exercise, weightlifting and other fitness basics, and advice to listeners for pursuing fitness in teen years.

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RESOURCES
The Benefits of Youth Sports - Health.gov
Participation in Sports Helps Adolescent Development - NIH Library of Medicine
Adolescents Who Aren't Active Put Future At Risk - World Health Organization

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Stress Management: techniques aimed at controlling a person's level of distress to improve everyday functioning.  

This week's 8th grade hosts, Saif and Julius partner up to interview classmates Liam and Jason. The teens take on the topic of stress in middle school life. They bring up academic stressors and the challenges of advanced classes, athletics and the pressures involved with sports, the carryover of e-learning struggles, future expectations, career foreshadowing, social health and friendships, procrastination, learning disabilities, sympathy for others, the role teachers and parents can play in stress management for teens, and advice to listeners for balancing stress in teen years.

RESOURCES

Parents:
Stress Management & Teens - Facts and guidelines for families.
Managing Stress in Teens - Clarity and quick tips for parents.

Teachers:
SHAPE America - SEL - Social-Emotional Learning resources.
Health.Moves.Minds. - An SEL program from SHAPE America.

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Gender stereotypes: attitudes, attributes, and actions imposed on men and women based on binary gender. 

This week's 8th grade hosts, Ava and Dinora, partner up to interview classmates Julia and Madeline. The teens take on the topic of gender stereotypes for teen girls, including a focus on the impact on female health habits. Specifics include body image, athletic demands, sexist expectations, middle school pressures, mean boys, mental health, eating and sleep habits, the influence of parents and siblings, and more.

RESOURCES
The Pressures on Adolescent Girls
For Teenage Girls, Pressure to be Perfect Carries Heavy Mental Health Toll
Teen Girls Open Up About the 'Constant Pressure' of Social Media
Most Teens See Anxiety and Depression as a Major Problem Among Peers

Tune in soon as our other two hosts, Saif and Julius, take on a new topic with a new set of guests. Make sure to subscribe to keep up to date on our podcast episodes throughout the school year.

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Stress: The body's response to change. Distress is a negative pressure or threat; the "bad" stress. Eustress is beneficial challenge; the "good" stress. 

This week's 8th grade hosts, Ava and Dinora partner up to interview classmates Zach and Aiden. The teens take on the topic of stress in middle school and in life. This is another recurring conversation year-to-year, and for good reason. Specifics this week include academic expectations and standardized tests, high school on the horizon, anxiety and depression, peer pressure, athletics and extracurriculars, body image, COVID restrictions, maintaining friendships, coping strategies, and more.

RESOURCES

Tune in next week as our other two hosts, Saif and Julius, take over with a new topic and a new set of guests. Make sure to subscribe to keep up to date on our podcast episodes throughout the school year.

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Stereotypes: generalizations based on a group in which a person belongs. (Ex: race, age, gender, income, neighborhood, etc.) 

This week's 8th grade hosts, Saif and Julius partner up to interview classmates Aidan, Gareth, and Tytus. The five teens take on the topic of stereotypes in middle school and in life. This is always a recurring conversation year-to-year, and for good reason. They bring up age, race, and gender norms, talking through peer pressure, drug use, older generations, and perceptions vs. reality of people with mental-emotional issues like ADHD and depression.

RESOURCES:
Gender Stereotypes from Teaching Tolerance
Racial Stereotypes from Simply Psychology
Breaking Stereotypes from National Women's Law Center
How Middle School Kids Reject Stereotypes from MiddleWeb
Talking About Race & Stereotypes in School from Edutopia

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Back in action and getting started with our new hosts!
We hear a quick informal check-in from our Season 5 podcast hosts, Julius, Ava, Dinora, and Saif! These 8th grade students will take the lead in weekly interviews with classmates.

By recording in this format, the students will put Health Education life skills into practice-- communication, decision making, and advocacy will help them create discussions and debates on the multitude of timely topics for today's teen.

Check it out and make sure to subscribe to keep up to date on our podcast episodes throughout the school year.

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The end of another era!

We hear from Season 4 hosts, Connor and Sparsh, as they pass on recommendations on topics and guests-- what worked well, how to get people talking, and the whole process of practicing Health Ed life skills to create debates and discussions.

Make sure to check in on Part 1 as we met the other two hosts for our new season, Saif and Dinora.

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Passing the torch!

We hear from Season 4 hosts, Nonye and Debo, as they pass on recommendations on topics and guests-- what worked well, how to get people talking, and the whole process of practicing Health Ed life skills to create debates and discussions.

Make sure to check in on Part 2 as we meet the other two hosts for our new season, Ava and Julius.

Subscribe and tune in to catch all of our episodes as the 2022-2023 school year begins!

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Cancel culture = a phrase that refers to a form of ostracism in which a person-- generally a public figure-- endures disapproval and mass shaming online or in person for controversial speech or behavior.

This week's hosts, Connor and Sparsh, invite classmates Oliver and Salil in to talk about cancel culture, what that means, and its influence on society. The 8th graders discuss what socially-unacceptable means in our current era, racism/sexism and other prejudiced speech, second chances in life, examples of offensive behavior, pointing out wrongdoing vs. public shaming, defamation, rehashing old mistakes, internet apologies, experiencing "cancelling" in a school setting, and more.

RESOURCES

In the next few days we will introduce our new hosts for Season 5! Stay tuned. Make sure to subscribe to keep up to date on our podcast episodes throughout each school year.

Teaching insight, blog posts, and more from the Health Education classroom: LifeIsTheFuture.com