@15

Recently, the lovely Deb invited me to check out @15, including watching the 1 hour panel discussion to unveil a new research report all about our 15 year olds in the US. It was hosted at http://at15.org, on June 8th. While I missed the original webcast, I have recently gone back to watch it, and encourage all of you parents to do so as well.

The website itself is pretty damn cool! It’s geared at the teenagers, determined to give Teens a voice, and helps them get involved in issues that affect them directly, and listening to their ideas about everything from the environment to education. Teens can join the site, and earn points, as well as vote on the ways that Best Buy will help support teens in a variety of ways, including voting to decide exactly how Best Buy would divide up and donate to a variety of organizations.

@15 and Best Buy partnered with Search Institute and created the Teen Voice 1009: The untapped Strengths of 15-year-olds and you can download the report right here as a PDF. And if your teen wants to get more involved, @15 will soon be accepting applications to become an @15 Teen Spokesperson too.

Best Buy, and @15.com is determined to look at Teenagers through a positive lens, instead of of negative. I highly encourage you to go and watch the webcast, and check out the site on your own, as well as get your teen involved, too! Isn’t it about time we hear some GOOD news about our Teens instead of bad? Yeah, I thought so too. Help your Teen find their Voice, today!