What Adolescents Need To Thrive Summary

The video on Youtube called “What Adolescents Need to Thrive” It is an explanation by Dr. Charisse Nixon on how adolescents need to change the way they think as well as interact with others in order to thrive. Nixon is a development psychologist who studies at risk behavior as well as protective factors among children and adolescents. She is currently a Professor of Psychology at Penn State Behrend and she teaches other educators the basics on adolescence. She trains educators throughout the United States providing a unique integration of empirical research and practical strategies to help caring adults create environments that optimize children and adolescents’ developmental outcomes. Although Dr. Nixon is well beyond her years of adolescence, she knows what they need to be successful and interact with each other without confrontation. She begins to talk about people as a whole, and how they are very

These four points, which she calls gems, will help adolescents promote and maintain positive connection. The first gem, empathy, is important to adolescents because they can not have meaningful relationships without empathy. It takes an isolated person and helps them explore who they are. The second gem is known as gratitude. It involves thanking someone for what they do, even if it is not a huge contribution or doesn’t have a significant effect. Gratitude increases connection, causes positive mood, optimism, and helps the adolescent in appreciating their life. The third gem is described as forgiveness, the act of pardoning an offender for doing you wrong. Forgiveness empowers us, decreases anger, and repairs relationships. Lastly, Humility, also known as valuing someone else the way you value yourself. Humility causes deep connections, repairs relationships, and promotes acceptance and belonging; which is why it is the most important gem of them