Ripple
Effects for Teens Content Base: 390+ Topics
Ripple Effects for Teens includes
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offender abuse-sexual accepting responsibility accepting
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listening activism addicted addicted
parent ADHD ADHD-drugs adopted adult who
cares afraid agency aggression AIDS alcohol alcoholic
parent alcoholic-you all ‘dat alone alone at
home alternatives-evaluating angel
dust anger animals-hurting anorexia anti-depressants anxiety anxiety
attacks apologies appearance appreciating
diversity arrest arson artsy ashamed asking for
help asking questions asking someone out assault assertive
eyes assertive message assertive posture assertive
reasons assertive voice assertiveness asthma athletic
style attachment objects attendance attention Attention
Deficit Disorder authority-dealing
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baby-yours background-community background-family backlash
target back-talk bad decisions bad grades bad
words barbiturates bashing gays beat
up-victim beaten beauty beer behavior-confronting being
connected beliefs-standing up
for believing belonging bias bias
crimes-target bigotry binge eating bi-racial birth
control birth order blabber
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out body body clues body image body language body
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weight body-ashamed body-posture booze bored bouncing
back boundaries boy/girlfriend boy/girlfriend-abuse bra bragging brainstorming breaking
rules breaking up breathing deeply broke broken
heart broken home brothers buddies bugging
someone bulimia bullied bullying bully-offender bully-target bummed
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calling something calming down cappin’ car
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effect celibacy chair chalk change-normal change-unplanned changing
feelings character Charlie cheating-in school chew child
abuse choices choosing friends chronic
illness cigarettes cigars citizenship clique clothes-rules club
drugs cocaine codeine coke cold-hearted college commanding
respect commitments communicating feelings communication
skills community community history community
resources competition-losing competition-winning complaints-making compliments-giving compliments-receiving compulsive conceited condoms conflict-resolving conflict-with
teacher confronting behavior confronting injustice connecting
with others consequences-predicting considerate contact
lenses contraception controlling
impulses control-taking conversations coping cops copying counselors-using courtesy crack cramps crank crazy
feelings creativity criticism-dealing
with cruel crush crying crystal meth cultural
differences curfew cursing cussing cutting class cutting
yourself cyberspace
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authority death decisions defiance democracy-doing dependability depression developmental
delay diabetes diet dieting differences disability-hearing disability-learning disability-mental disability-physical disability-visual disappointment discipline discouraged discrimination discussions-having disputes dispute-with
teacher disrespect disrespected dissent-supporting dissin’ diversity-appreciating diversity-cultural diversity-disability diversity-ethnic diversity-gender diversity-physical diversity-preferences diversity-religious divorce do
not assert yourself do not connect do not feel for others do not
know yourself do not manage feelings do not persevere do not
problem-solve do not try domestic violence dope down down
for someone downers dress code drinking drinking too
much driving driving drunk dropping dropping out drug
dealing druggie drugs drugs-antidepressants drugs-body
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rape drugs-depressants drugs-designer drugs-friend
using drugs-hallucinogens drugs-inhalants drugs-marijuana drugs-painkillers drugs-prescription drugs-Ritalin drugs-stimulants drunk
driving (DUI) drunkie dumped dying dyslexia
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disorder economics ecstasy education-higher effort ELL embarrassment emotional
abuse emotional intelligence emotional maturity emotional
style emotions-yours empathy English language
learner envy errors ethnic diversity ethnic
slurs ethnicity evaluating
alternatives excluded exercise exercise type exercising
rights expectations expelled experimenting express yourself
online expressing feelings expressing sympathy expressing
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failing failure failure-wanting fairness faith falling
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violence family-embarrassing fat fatal attraction fear fear
of failing fear of success feel powerless feeling for
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frustrated feelings feelings-changing feelings-communicating feelings-confusing feelings-depressed feelings-expressing feelings-handling feelings-mixed feelings-names
for feelings-not feelings-owning
them feelings-predicting female
roles fibbing fighting fighting with
parents fingernails fire fire setting fitness fitting
in Five-0 following instructions fondling
yourself foreplay foster home freezing out French
kissing friend-drinking friend-helping friendly friends friends-choice
of friends-fighting friends-making friends-none friends-suicidal friends-turning
in friends-using drugs frustration funny future not
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gambling game freak gangs ganja gay gay
bashing gender differences generosity genes getting
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support girl/boyfriend girlfriend/boyfriend-abuse girlie
cycle giving giving compliments giving help giving
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sport gossip grades graffiti grief group home group
skills group-discussions groups-joining guilt guilt-survivor guns
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habits-nervous habits-quitting hallucinogens hanging
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online harassment-perp harassment-target hard things hard
thing-surviving hate hate crime perp hate crime-target hate
online hate school hating yourself have to do it having a
mentor having conversations hazing hearing
impaired heavy helpers-adult help-getting it helping
others heritage heroin hiding-wanting
to hitting HIV home
alone homeless homework homophobia honesty hood hooker hooking
up hopeless hormones hospitalization how it
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others identity ignoring illness image-your
body immaturity immigrant impulsive incest-perp incest-victim individuality in-group inhalants injustice-confronting in-school
suspension insecure insomnia institutional
injustice instructions-following integrity intelligences intercourse internal
triggers internet safety internet-courtesy internet-expressing
yourself internet-harassment internet-hate internet-info
sharing internet-meet up internet-reading people internet-sexual
exploitation internet-threats intolerance introducing
yourself introvert inviting someone irresponsible irritating
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karma keeping faith keeping going killing
yourself kindness kissing klepto knives knocked-up knowing
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labeling lack of effort latchkey
late laughing laughing gas learning disability learning
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macking mad making apologies making
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friends making out making space making things right making
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feelings manners marijuana Mary
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people menstruation mental disability mental illness mentally
retarded mentors message meth middle
child mindfulness mistakes mixed feelings mixed
race molested molester mom & dad money money-not
enough morphine motivation motives-understanding moving muggin’ multi-racial murder-threats muscles musty mutilation-self
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nail biting name-calling naming
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criticism neighborhood neighborhood-new nervous nervous
habits networking new kid nice no goals no to
sex norms not athletic not creative not good-looking not
happy not invited not liking yourself not motivated not
popular not smart not thin not worthy numbness
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obesity observers obsessing obsession-offender obsession-victim OC’s odds-defying oldest
child on the rag online clues online expression online
harassment online hate online info sharing online sexual
exploitation online threats oops open open-ended
questions opinions opium options-coming up
with options-evaluating outbursts outside
triggers outsider overeating overweight owning
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you parenting-teen parents parents-break up parent-talking
to passed away passions patriotism paying
attention PCP peer pressure people smarts perfect-having to
be performance period perseverance personal history
personality perspective taking pet dying peyote physical
abuse physical differences physical disability physical
sensations picked on picking on people pimples pissed
off playing with yourself PMS point of
view police politics-being part
of politics-unpopular poor poor
sport popoe poppers popular possibilities posture pot poverty power practicing
happiness predicting consequences predicting
feelings preferences pregnancy-avoiding pregnant prejudice premenstrual
syndrome prescription drugs pressure pressure to
succeed pressure-resisting pride-national prison probation problem-naming problem-solving procrastination promises props-giving prostitution Prozac PTSD puberty punishment pushing put-downs putting
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questions-asking quiet quitting quitting
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race race-mixed racial conflict racial
diversity racial slurs racism rape
drug rape-offender rape-victim ratting out rave
drugs reactions-stopping reading
problems reasons-giving rebellion receiving
compliments recklessness reflecting on
performance refugee refusal skills refusing
sex rejected relapse relating
skills-communicating relationship relaxing reliability religion religious
attack religious diversity repeating back resilience resisting
pressure resisting stereotypes resolving
conflict resources respect online respectful to
authority respect-getting it respect-showing responding to
others responsibility responsibility-for
feelings restitution restless revenge ride or
die rights-exercising risk and protection risky
behavior Ritalin rivalry-sibling rock roofie
(rohypnal) room for others rubbers rules rumors running
away rural
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sadness safer sex sarcasm saying no saying what
you need scared school failure school-dropping
out school-grades school-habits school-hate it school-kicked
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language-English secrets security
blanket sedatives seeing-can’t self-acceptance self-aware self-care self-centered self-confidence self-control self-esteem self-injury self-talk self-worth selling
drugs sensations-physical separating Sept. 11 set you
off setting goals setting limits sex abuse-offender sex
abuse-target sex-forced sex-forcing sexism sex-not doing
it sex-postponing sex-refusing sex-restraint sex-safe sexual
diseases sexual exploitation online sexual harasser sexual
orientation sexuality sexually abused sexually
harassed shagging shame sharing shootings shoplifting shoving showing
care shrooms shut up-can’t shyness sibling rivalry sick-a
lot sideshow sisters skinny skipping class skipping
school skunk sleepy slow slurs smack
smarts smelly-you smirk smoking sniffing snitch snow snuff social
skills social values social-emotional
skills solidarity-showing solutions-evaluating solutions-trying solvents solving
problems sore loser sorry-you are space-making spacing
out spanking speaking up special ed speech
impediment speed sports & exercise
type sportsmanship stalked stalker standing up for
yourself stank staring starving yourself staying
connected STD stealing stepfamilies stepping in their
shoes stereotypes steroids sticking to
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reactions strength-inner strengths stress study
habits study hall stupid stuttering substance
abuse success-phobia success-pressure suicidal suicidal
friend support-getting supporting dissent surviving hard
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guilt suspended swearing sweat sympathy-expressing
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tagging taking care taking chances taking
control talents talking talking back talking-in a
group talking-too much tantrums tardy target target-for
bully taste teacher teams teams-joining teasing teen
parent television telling telling a
secret temper temperament temptation terrorism tests thanking
someone theft thoughtfulness thoughts thoughts-of
suicide threats- internet threats-to kill throwing up ticked
off tics time
management tobacco-chewing tolerance torturing
animals touch touching
yourself tranquilizers transitions trashing
things trauma triggers-inside triggers-outside truancy trustworthiness truthfulness trying trying
solutions trying things out turf turning someone
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ugly understanding
motives undressing unfairness unhappy uniforms unlucky unmotivated untruthful unworthy using
counselors using resources
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Valium values values-social vandalism Vicodin victim video
games violence violence-guns visual impairment voice-using
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youngest child your strengths your
word-keep yourself-accepting yourself-aware of yourself-caring
for yourself-cutting yourself-feelings toward yourself-killing
yourself-knowing yourself-not liking yourself-standing up
for yourself-starving yourself-touching
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