Parents, have their attention before you speak. If you are too busy to stop what you are doing and just yell from the next room it is likely that your teenager will be too busy to stop what she is doing to listen to you. Instead, if you want them to hear you, look them…

Parents, what’s your opinion? Sex is one of the most daunting conversations a parent can have with their child. It’s also a conversation that’s apparently being had too late. In 2009, TIME Magazine reported that more than 40% of teens had intercourse before talking to their parents about safe sex, birth control, or sexually transmitted…

Great lesson from our CEO Jason Wilson. “It’s imperative that we teach our sons how to rule their emotions so that they can respond instead of react.”

Parent’s did you know that April is STD Awareness Month? Also, did you know?… Young people, between the ages of 15 to 24, account for 50% of all new STDs, although they represent just 25% of the sexually experienced population. Parents don’t wait until it’s too late to have conversations with your child. Talk early…

Amazing Parenting Tip To Try Now! “Catch your child doing something right.” At least once a day point out to your child something that he or she is doing right or well. Your child shouldn’t just hear you when you are correcting or reprimanding them.

Friday Yunion Parent Check-In with Mr.Ron Ironic Lee Jr.

PARENTS, DID YOU KNOW? If youth adopt these behaviors, in sequence, as a youth, they risk only a 3% chance of living in poverty as adults: Graduate Work full-time Marry before having children This is called the “Success Sequence” Following this sequence overwhelming results in poverty prevention regardless of race and socioeconomic privilege. “Only 9%…

YOU DID IT! We are excited to share that you cast 52,865 votes to The Yunion at Target stores, and your support awarded us $1,941.50 in Target funds to help us continue serving youth and families. We wholeheartedly thank you for voting for us, believing in our mission and confirming the impact we have on…

Good news parents for you and your child, we are bringing our Virtual Enrichment Academy back in the spring. Choose from one of three enrichment opportunities: Keys 2 Life (Mentoring Through Music Program) F.I.R.E (Future Influencers Reaching for Excellence) Tutoring/Academic Enrichment Students Can participate and learn the following things: Learn The Basic Of Music Business…