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The Jeff Yalden Experience Rocks Rockwood

Last Friday, the Rockwood auditorium was filled with more laughter and crying than ever when international speaker, Jeff Yalden, spoke with the students there.  The students were extremely enthusiastic and not one had fallen asleep.  They held signs high in the air and even gave Mr. Yalden a standing ovation at the end of his [...]

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The Jeff Yalden High School Experience

If you are interested in changing the lives of students in your area, check out this preview of the Jeff Yalden experience above.  Jeff truly delivers a message like no other, and the students and staff of Mt. Sinai High School made this clear through their feedback given near the end of the video.   [...]

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3 Reasons Why Teens Attempt Suicide

I sit here nearly four days after hearing about a 7th grader from Michigan commit suicide and succeed in his attempt.  Yesterday, I hear from another high school in Michigan, where there has been 10 suicides in the past three years.  Last year, a school in upstate New York experienced three suicides in three months.  [...]

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Oh Crap . . . I’m a Teen Dad! Now What?

  I work out at the gym close to my house.  One of the young men I see up there a lot is a guy named Joey.  He’s 18 and just graduated from high school.  For the summer and the fall he worked as a landscaper at a local golf course and every day he [...]

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