Tag Archives: teenagers

Teen Mental Health Day

Posted on March 2, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

I’ve read different statistics, so I don’t really know how accurate this is.  I have also read: 20% of adolescents have admitted to considering suicide. 1,952 adolescents committed suicide in 2021, which was 18.6% of deaths for the 15-19 age … Continue reading →

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The Over-the-Top Rebellious Teenager

Posted on November 15, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

So, this is the other character type I was thinking of last time I re-watched ‘Great Teacher Onizuka’.  Now, the story is that Onizuka is a former motorcycle gang member who is determined to be a teacher.  He gets a … Continue reading →

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Best of 2023 #1: 7 Tips to Writing Teenage Protagonists

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

(Originally posted on January 6, 2023. So, more than half the year, my posts were essentially duds.) This is going to be tougher than I expected.  After all, I haven’t been a teenager in decades, so I’m kind of out … Continue reading →

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In Honor of My Son Becoming an Older Teenager

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

This being my son’s birthday weekend, we’ve been busy celebrating.  I thought I’d post a few funny teenager things.  I’ll probably be escorting him to another Pokemon catching outing today.  At least I’m getting my steps in. I know the … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Writing Teenage Protagonists

Posted on January 6, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

This is going to be tougher than I expected.  After all, I haven’t been a teenager in decades, so I’m kind of out of touch.  Even at work, I realize that teenagers of today aren’t like the ones when I … Continue reading →

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The Benefit of Teenage Protagonists

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

The Young Adult market is pretty bad.  One of its staples is having a teenage protagonist, which gets some interesting responses.  Most people seem to relate to these characters on some levels, but you have the occasional audience member judging … Continue reading →

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The Coming of Age Story

Posted on November 30, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

The above is probably one of the biggest examples from my generation.  ‘The Breakfast Club’ was always a big ‘coming of age’ story.  It had a group of high schoolers in detention where they got to know each other.  They … Continue reading →

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Teenager Memes: In Honor of My Son Turning 13

Posted on July 31, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

As mentioned yesterday, my son turned 13 this past week.  I was so busy preparing for his party and trying not to collapse from long Covid that I decided to use today to do an easy ‘meme’ collection post.  Of … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: No Real Progress to Report

Posted on July 30, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

I’m not even going to look at what my goals were.  Doubt I made any of them because this week had an unexpected hurdle.  It’s one that may carry through the entire summer from the look of things. For those … Continue reading →

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