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		Today’s teens experience more stress than any generation before them. If they don’t learn how to manage stress properly, the teens in your family could have problems with academic failure, serious health issues, eating disorders, smoking, drinking, drugs, or risky sex. The Chill™ series uses teen-hosted documentaries to guide youth in grades 7–12 towards healthy stress management habits for life. With our teens-talking-to-teens approach, your family will get the facts about what stress is, identify what causes it, and learn healthy techniques to help manage it.

		Each title in the Chill series tackles a different category of teen stress:
		1. In the System Academic Stress In the System will educate your family about academic stress by identifying problems and offering solutions. Typical stress triggers: schoolwork, over-scheduling, adult expectations, and social pressures. Our healthy stress management solutions: negotiating with parents and teachers, managing time, finding support, participating in physical activity, and listening to your inner voice. Watch a Video Clip
		2. Playing the Part Social Stress Playing the Part will educate your family about social stress by identifying problems and offering solutions. Typical stress triggers: fitting in, expectations, bullying, rumors, gossip, and relationships. Our healthy stress management solutions: taking care of your mind and body, maintaining your individuality, and building support from friends, parents, trusted adults, and community organizations. Watch a Video Clip
		3. Family Ties Home and Family Stress Family Ties will educate your family about home and family stress by identifying problems and offering solutions. Typical stress triggers: parents, siblings, divorce, remarriage, and risky environments. Our healthy stress management solutions: communicating with family, making community connections, scheduling family time, and finding good study spaces. Watch a Video Clip
		4. Keeping It Real Media and Cultural Stress Keeping It Real will educate your family about media and cultural stress by identifying problems and offering solutions. Typical stress triggers: cultural pressures, changing schools, and the expectations and sexual stereotypes created by the media. Our healthy stress management solutions: using technology responsibly, building community support, taking care of your mind and body, maintaining your individuality, and developing media and cultural literacy. Watch a Video Clip