Some Effective Discipline Strategies For Teens

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms.

Today we want to honor one of our Yunion Alumni. Tiaunna Bradley was 10 years old when we first met her. She was a part of our Keys 2 Life and SWAG program. We had the honor and pleasure of following her through High School…

“Show Your Teen Respect and Expect It in Return” Parents we know the second part of the tip goes without saying but we wanted to let you know they go hand in hand. As our children go through adolescence they are transitioning and we should…

We want to take the time to acknowledge one of our “Yunion Alumni”. Shaq Hall has gone through several of the Yunion’s Programs (SWAG, The Cave of Adullam, Keys 2 Life). He has also worked for us doing photography and video work. Yesterday he graduated…

Parents, Did You Know? The only 100% guaranteed way to avoid STIs/STDs is to not have any kind of sexual contact — like vaginal, anal, or oral sex, or skin-to-skin genital touching — with another person. At the Yunion we focus on a Sexual Risk…

Mothers and Fathers! Listen as our CEO and founder Jason Wilson talks about the importance of healing from your mother’s wound.

1 in 4 teens contract a sexually transmitted disease every year. Parents, it’s never too early to start talking to your child/teen about sex (age appropriate conversations of course). We encourage you to talk early and talk often. The culture and media bombard our youth…

Our Executive Director Nicole Wilson is one of nine black Executive Directors featured in this article. The Black Executive Director Alliance of Detroit includes Tiffany Brown, founder and executive director of Developing Despite Distance; Reneé Fluker, founder and president of the Midnight Golf Program; Richard…

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.…

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…

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…