How to Prevent Teen Vaping
In recent years, vaping has become a public health epidemic. Since 2014, e-cigarettes have been the most commonly used tobacco product among youth. In 2020, about 1 in 5 high school students in the United States reported using e-cigarettes in the past month. 3.6 million young people are currently using e-cigarettes — exceeding traditional cigarettes.
Bullying and Cyberbullying
“Bullying” is usually used to describe aggressive behaviors for children and teenagers, but bullying can also describe harassment that takes place in college or the workplace.
Building Resilience to Cope with Adversity
Resilience is the ability to bounce back from a difficult situation or to cope with stress or adversity. Stress can come in many forms: relationship struggles, sickness (your own or that of a loved one), drastic change in your environment, isolation, or uncertainty.
NO MORE’s 7th Annual Challenge: Change Happens Here
NO MORE’s seventh annual NO MORE Week is March 8-14, 2020. The goal of NO MORE is to bring awareness about sexual violence and to end domestic violence and sexual assault.
Evidence-Based Strategies to Reduce Teen Vaping
Vaping continues to be a major public health concern among middle and high school students—with more than 2 million students in the U.S. reporting using e-cigarettes in 2021. While nicotine use can cause harmful health effects for anyone, it’s especially detrimental for adolescents because their brains are still developing. One of our goals at 3rd […]
The Gig Economy Fights Sex Trafficking
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation recently honored InstaCart and DoorDash for their efforts to provide support and rescue for both victims of domestic violence and human trafficking.
How Reframing a Difficult Situation Makes it Better
In a previous blog, we discussed different methods of coping. Some methods are not very effective (such as emotion- or avoidance-oriented coping methods). Some are more effective, and we call these task-oriented methods.
9 Strategies for Students to Stand Up to Bullying
Being bullied is difficult for many students to deal with. Bullying is an aggressive abuse of power that can leave the victim feeling hurt, helpless, isolated, and confused. Statistics show that 1 in 5 middle and high school students is bullied, and growing research shows that college students are being bullied too. As an educator, […]
How to Address & Combat Shoplifting Trends
Shoplifting is the number one property crime in the U.S. and is considered the world’s second oldest profession. Each year, retailers are faced with the reality that the holidays bring about an upward trend in shoplifting.
Evidence-Based Strategies to Reduce Shoplifting Violations
Every year, shoplifting results in about $50 billion in retail crime, with more than 550,000 incidents happening each day throughout the U.S…1 Often, individuals with shoplifting violations appear in court over and over again for the same violations. One of our goals at 3rd Millennium Classrooms is to reduce recidivism rates, which is why we […]