Teenagers have a bad reputation. Today I typed the following into Google, "Why teenagers are . . ." and do you know what Google suggested? Crazy! I wanted to make a list of all the reasons that I could come up with to declare and share with the world my opinion that teenagers are awesome. I hope you agree with me.

I use humor to cope with stress, anxiety and other not so wonderful negative emotions. Give some thought today to how you can use humor as a coping skill. Your family will thank you! Here are a couple of things that I do to deal with stress and make every effort to enjoy my life.

Boys need guidance and inspiration. It is just too easy to be mediocre and underachieve. Young men are tempted daily to smoke pot, play way too many video games, get lost in social media and never consider challenging themselves to be great.