Regent Park Focus

We just had our first staff meeting of the New Year, and I must say, the new location is awesome! Spacious and bright! The internet and media lab still needs to be hooked up, and the main room will be getting a design treatment soon! I'm excited for you all to see this place, and I think it will inspire our writing and creativity to new heights! See you all Tuesday at 4:15 for our first Catch Da Flava magazine meeting of the new year. -Terence

Today our topic is Media Effects on teenagers. Our host of the evening is Kelvin. We have Issic William and Tre in the house to talk about Media Effects . One of the most positive effects of media today is the ease with which teenagers have learned to embrace technology – be it the computers, Internet or the ipods. The teenagers have no phobia for technology. Media has also contributed to increase the overall awareness of teenagers about their surroundings. In addition to this, media has also resulted in enhanced overall knowledge and understanding of curriculum subjects owing to the vast information resources that the media has to offer. If managed properly, media can be effectively used to generate awareness amongst teenagers about issues like sex, sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy, drugs, alcohol and smoking. There are several negative media effects on teenagers as well. Media is responsible for creating ideals about body image, owing to which several teenagers (especially

Today our host is Kelvin and Issac. In addition, we have William and Tre in the house to discuss about very serious issues teenage Pregnancy. Issic  is said there  is an extremely difficult situation for a teen to deal with a teenage pregnancy, current statistics reveal that approximately 10% of girls 19 and under do get pregnant. It is a beautiful and exciting thing for a baby to be created, yet it can be a frightening and uncertain time for a teen that was not planning to become pregnant. Many girls are terrified to tell their parents they are pregnant, while others have highly irresponsible or abusive parents who are absolutely not a refuge or resource for their pregnant teenager.   Kelvin said  Teen pregnancy rates in Canada dropped nearly 37 per cent over a decade, say researchers who point to some of the reasons why. The study, released Wednesday in the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, showed Canada's rates of teen pregnancies between 1996 to 2006 declined 36.9 per c

New Year's Eve has always been a time for looking back to the past, and more importantly, forward to the coming year. It is a time to reflect on the changes we want (or need) to make and resolve to follow through on those changes. Today our host is Crazy Kelvin and we have Issic, William, and Tresvonne . Kelvin said if you have resolved to make this the year that you stamp out your smoking habit; over-the-counter availability of nicotine replacement therapy now provides easier access to proven quit-smoking aids. Even if you have tried to quit before and failed, do not let it get you down. On average, smokers try about four times before they quit for good. Start enjoying the rest of your smoke-free life! Even Allegheny County is trying to go smoke-free, and it has taken them a few tries as well. While many people use the New Year as an incentive to finally stop drinking, most are not equipped to make such a drastic lifestyle change all at once. Many heavy drinkers fail to quit co