What Age Do You Think Their Brain Has Fully Developed?
Parents, I know you don’t understand why your teenager occasionally behaves impulsively, irrationally, or recklessly. At times, it seems like they don’t think things through or fully consider the consequences of their actions.๐ซโฃ
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๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ! Studies have shown that the brain continues to mature and develop throughout childhood, adolescence, and well into early adulthood.โฃ
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The frontal cortex, the area of the brain that controls reasoning and helps us think before we act, doesn’t fully develop until early adulthood.โฃ
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So while you are trying to figure out why they are doing what they are doing, and how they make some of their decisions, just understand they differ from adults. In the way they behave, solve problems, and make decisions – ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต.โฃ
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What age do you think their brain has fully developed? ๐ง Click the link to watch the full video!
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4 Tips That Will Support Both Students And Parents As Our Children Return To School!
Parents! Did you see Mr. Ronโs tips for getting ready to go back-to-school? ๐ค If not, here are those tips again – you never know whoโs going to need them! ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง…
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The Skillman Foundation
The Yunion would like to shoutout and thank the The Skillman Foundation for a ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ to support The Cave of Adullam! ๐โฃ โฃ This transformational training academy is for the young men of the Metro Detroit area. ๐ชโฃ โฃ After joining this program,…
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Wellness Wednesdays – Trauma-Informed Parent Training | Facilitated by Dinah Beasley
“Is Back-To- School Traumatic?”
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Is Back-to-School Traumatic?
Parents, ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ช๐๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ #WellnessWednesday! ๐ฑโฃโฃ โฃโฃ This week, we’ll be addressing โIs Back-to-School Traumatic?โ with Dr. Shantalea Johns, Ed.D., LMSWโฃโฃ. โฃโฃ Think you or your family would be interested? Click the link in the bio to register for the live ๐๐๐๐…
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4 Tips That Will Support Both Student and Parents
Parents! Can you believe itโs almost (for some of you itโs already) back to school time?! โ๏ธ โฃ โฃ Prepping for school usually includes shopping for supplies, a new backpack, and maybe something special to wear on that first day of school. ๐๐๐, it should…
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The Jacob Family Foundation!
The Yunion would like to give a ๐๐๐๐ thank you to The Jamie and Denise Jacob Family Foundation for their ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ-๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ $๐๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ for our Keys 2 Life Performing Arts Program! ๐โฃ โฃ The resources provided by The Jacob Family Foundation will allow us…
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Today’s Tip
Parents, if we are being honest with ourselves, we canโt control our children. ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ.โฃ โฃ When we try to control our kids, we take away their autonomy. When they are away…
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Just Be A real One
“๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ.”โฃ โฃ ๐นParents, you don’t have to be perfect. Your child just needs you to be honest and authentic. As parents, it’s ok to give ourselves the green light to make…
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Battle Cry
The Yunion had the ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ opportunity to partner with @thelawnacademy for a book gathering! ๐โฃ โฃ Our CEO and Founder @mrjasonwilson was humbled and honored to speak to a group of The Lawn Academyโs students to discuss his book, ๐๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐บ.โฃ โฃ As you can…
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Our Top 4 Different Factors That Can Affect Your Childโs Self-Esteem
Parents, when our children feel confident and secure, they’re more likely to succeed in life and achieve their goals. More importantly, having a positive self-image helps a child feel happy! ๐โฃโฃ โฃโฃ There are many different factors that can affect your childโs self-esteem, but here…
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Operations Coordinator, Keri Wallace!โฃโฃโฃโฃ
Who wants to meet them team behind The Yunion?! โฃ โฃ Weโre introducing you to Keri Wallace, our Operations Coordinator! ๐โฃ โฃ ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด/๐๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ…
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Last Day Of Our Keys 2 Life Summer Camp!
๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐บ๐ด ๐ธ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ! ๐โฃ โฃ And man – did the campers have fun. ๐๐ โฃ Theyโve been learning life skills, technical skills for the performing arts, and recording for their films for the very last project! โฃ…
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Keys 2 Life Field Day (Last Day of Camp)
Keys 2 Life Field Day (Last Day of Camp)
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STEM Drone Program
Did you know The Yunion partnered with Immerse and now offers a STEM Drone Program?!๐ Last school year as a part of our Work Force Development program we had 45 students participating through the Introductory and Advanced Apprenticeship programs held at Detroit PAL and two…
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Annual Staff Appreciation Event!
Last week, we had the privilege of hosting our annual Staff Appreciation Event! ๐ Our staff and their families joined us at Tree Runner Adventure park, where we had a blast climbing trees, zip lining, eating yummy food, and just having a good time! Here…
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