Today's Tip for Families

09-20-2021

Encourage Your Teen to Focus on Three Daily Goals

The world is going through big changes. Teens are too. Here’s a simple exercise that can help your teen focus on what's important. Each morning, ask your teen to spend a few minutes setting up three simple goals for the day. He can think of them as the Three S’s:

1. School. What’s the most important thing your teen can do today for school? It might be study for a big test or write a paper.
2. Self. What’s the best thing your teen can do for himself? (Get enough sleep? Exercise? Eat breakfast?)
3. Someone else. Now have your teen think about another person. What could he do to help someone else today? Could he give his younger brother a ride? Could he help a new student at school feel more comfortable?

Over time, this helps teens get in the habit of focusing on the things that need doing rather than on worries and concerns they can't do anything about.

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