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Most teens find themselves subjected to peer pressure from time to time.   In this straightforward video, you'll learn how to tell the difference between positive and negative peer pressure and you'll also learn how to resist tactics that supposed friends may use to manipulate you.  If you know how to remain true to yourself, you'll be rewarded with self-respect and high self-esteem.

Runtime:  21 mins

Nobody makes it through their entire life without feeling disappointment or rejection.  For some, the effects can be long-lasting, and they may feel that there is no hope things will ever go their way.  In this video, you'll learn about the various forms of rejection and the disappointment that inevitably follows.  You will also learn about the different strategies that can be used to help combat rejection and lead to a more positive outlook on life.

Runtime:  24 mins

Everyone experiences some fear from time to time;  It's a natural human response. Some fears can be beneficial to us because they make us take precautions to keep ourselves safe.  However, other fears immobilize us and keep us under their control.  There are effective strategies that can be used to handle fear.

Hazing and peer intimidation are situations that occur in student life at schools and universities across the nation, but no one hears about them.   On almost any college campus, you'll find at least one student that will admit to knowing someone who has been hazed or intimidated.   Why are hazing and intimidation such taboo subjects?  What is actually considered hazing?  Can you tell if you are being intimidated?  In this video, you will find out just what acts are considered to be hazing and peer intimidation, then learn the adverse effects they can have on a student's mind and body and what you can do to change the situation.

Runtime:  21 mins

Peer pressure in school has the biggest impact on a young person's health decisions.  In this video, you'll see that peer pressure comes from all sides, including friends, strangers, and family.  Students have to learn a lot more about peer pressure than just saying 'no'.  This program teaches them how to resist negative pressure, and say 'yes' to the good decisions about their health.  Drugs, alcohol, and smoking are all covered.  Some other pressure topics such as sex, gang involvement, stealing, etc. are also covered.  Viewers are given tips and suggestions as to how they can take control over their own lives and make the right decisions for themselves, even in the face of pressure.

Runtime:  22 mins

Generally, people who feel good about themselves are happy.  They believe that they can take on any problems and solve it.  They expect to succeed, and others are drawn to them.  It's very difficult for a person to enjoy life when he or she feels unhappy and they can also feel worthless and unable to accomplish anything.  Fortunately, there are steps we can take to improve the way we think about ourselves.  In this video, you will learn what you can do to help boost your self-esteem, and make yourself a happy, productive person.

Runtime:  15 mins

This book is for all of us who always felt outside the norm in school.  Many of us were not necessarily Nerds or Intellectuals, but none the less, were never very popular in High School.  Maybe we were different for various reasons, but we new our talents would eventually serve as a foundation for success.  We, the Wusses, are a diverse group: Doctors, Lawyers, Engineers, Bankers, Artists, Comedians, and many others who learned early how to thrive in adversity and can now look back and laugh.

This book is written from one child's perspective, as he goes through the day surrounded by secrets.  There are some he'll want to keep and some that make him feel sick inside, and he knows these are the kind that he'll have to ask for help with - from an adult he can trust. This book is written in verse and easy and fun to read.  Children feel empowered after hearing or reading it.  Designed for ages 3-8 to teach them when it is safe to keep a secret and when they need to tell an adult they trust.

Many of us know someone who is not happy unless they can engineer the movements of everyone around them.  These people force friends and family members to do what they don't want to do, and this type of manipulation and control are the tools of tyranny.  Understand what's behind a person's need to bend others to his or her own will.  See what you can do to resist people who are intent upon making decisions that you should be making for yourself.  Learn how you can assert yourself when others try to thwart your autonomy.

Runtime:  24 mins

They don't know one another well, and don't speak to one another at all, but one day at school, the paths of four teens will cross in ways they never imagined.  There's Tisha, who doesn't feel she fits in with anyone; Ryan, the football jock who rules the hallways while losing control of his life; Kurt, the "freak" who tries desperately to escape bullying; and Floater, who uses his connections to gain dangerous power.  On this day, teasing, racism, loneliness, and secrets bring each of them to the breaking point.  Now they must help each other prevent a tragedy.  The voices of these four teens weave together in prose-poetry to create a powerful story.