Our Student Director, Lauren, is calling all teen girls for a virtual Book Club this summer featuring “7 Secrets Guys Will Never Tell You,” which gives you a sneak peak into the mind of the average teen guy and what they really think about love, sex, and relationships! This book will empower, equip, and encourage you to…
It’s week 2 of our video release and this time we have our REALife Director, Lauren, talking about how to tell if your relationship is healthy or unhealthy! Some of the good traits she’ll be discussing are honesty, accountability, good communication and being supportive. You’ll have to watch the video to see what some of…
As life looks a little different for life and schools right now, so does our REALife Program that does presentations for teens about healthy dating and relationships. We’re excited to bring you some videos each week that reinforce what we teach in the classrooms to students! Some are acted out by teens from the Friends4Friends…
If you’re feeling a little cooped up and need another outlet for all of that pent up energy, we got you covered! Who doesn’t LOVE to dance!? Especially when it’s with Lauren Panzica, a millennial who runs a dance school for inner city kids in NYC, called Greenhouse Arts. She has such a passion for…
In an effort to flatten the curve as the coronavirus takes hold in the US, social distancing is in full effect. And although staying inside is the best thing you can do right now, isolating yourself can be lonely, anxiety-inducing, and downright boring. Am I right?? If you’re already beginning to feel stir-crazy after finishing…
We live in a comparison culture. Advertising, traditional media, and social media seem to be built on comparisons. And we’re often comparing all the ugly truth we know about ourselves with someone else’s carefully curated social media image. Someone once said it’s like we’re comparing our own blooper reel to someone else’s highlight reel —…
If you haven’t done it, you probably know a friend or someone else who has…sexting. And while you might think it’s harmless, that photo can have life-long consequences, thanks to social media and the Net in general. We’re not trying to scare you. Well, maybe just a little, but only because we care about you- …
A loving and healthy relationship is something everyone deserves, but creating one takes hard work from both partners. Every characteristic of your relationship, such as how you communicate or how you feel when you’re around each other, contributes to the relationship as a whole. It’s important to take the time to think about what characteristics…
Sex has been around for a little while, so you’d think we would have it figured out by now. But there’s a lot of information and misinformation out there. Some of that information comes in the form of old wives tales told from generation to generation, some from old information that has been disproved, and some…
There’s an app for just about everything. We order our Frappuccinos with an app, then swing by Starbucks to pick it up. Want to deposit a check but don’t want to drive to the bank? Open the banking app, snap a photo of the check, push a button, and it’s magically deposited in the account.…