Insights Into Things

In today’s episode we’re discussing the challenges involved in motivating and keeping teens motivated. We’ll look at some of the challenges of motivation for teens and we’ll talk about some of the long term implications of a lack of motivation. Then we’ll take a look at a few motivational strategies that might prove effective in inspiring your teen. Finally we’ll talk about the 7 secrets to motivating teens before we hear Madison’s closing remarks on the subject.

In our Disney Detective, Are more Virtual Queues coming to Disney Parks? And get your wallets ready for another Disney Auction Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Good bye Rangers, we hardly knew you & Is Disney finally going to fix the Snoke Problem? And for our Entertainment News, Is Amazon taking over the World? And we’ll talk about the passing of a Disney Legend And then we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....

This week we’re talking about the challenges our teens face when transitioning to highschool. We’ll take a look at some of the differences between middle school and highschool. We’ll talk about the higher expectations placed on our kids academically, socially and personally. We’ll look at a few specific areas to be aware of including time management and study skills, self advocacy and the all important school/life balance. Finally we’ll discuss some suggestions on how to make the transition and their time in high school a success.

In our Disney Detective, Disney Closing the Fox Channel, Moving Shows To Disney+ & Disney Gave Jungle Cruise Filmmakers Options to Send Movie to Disney+ Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Brie Larson is rumored to be Cast as Luke Skywalker’s Wife in an upcoming project & the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Hotel May “Detour” To Other Planets During “Unexpected Circumstances” And for our Entertainment News, Knives Out 2 Has Added A Hamilton Star & a certain Cobra Kai star never thought he'd be cast in Karate Kid And then we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....

This week we are talking about Cultural Appropriation. We will help you understand what cultural appropriation is by looking at the meanings associated with the phrase and other vocabulary associated with cultural appropriation. We’ll take a look at some real world examples of cultural appropriation and why they are considered cultural appropriation. And finally we’ll look at ways to know if something is cultural appropriation and how to avoid cultural appropriation in our everyday lives.

Today we’re discussing monopolies in the modern age. We’ll understand what a monopoly is, how they operate and why they are detrimental to a free and open market, yet they are a unique product of capitalism. We’ll take a brief look at the history of monopolies in American and how they’ve been handled before we look to the future with today’s monopolies and the complications inherent in regulating them.

In our Disney Detective, Disney World reduces social distancing requirements in select areas of theme parks & Some Stage shows are back at Walt Disney World Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, STAR WARS CELEBRATION ANAHEIM 2022 is sooner than planned & Disney includes Gina Carano in its Mandalorian Emmy awards push And for our Entertainment News, James Gunn says Guardians of the Galaxy 3 is the end of the story & NBC cancels Golden Globes for 2022 And then we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....

This week we are discussing insecurities. What is does it mean to be insecure? What type of insecurities are there? What are the signs of insecurity? We'll discuss all this and take a look at how to deal with insecurity this week on Insights Into Teens

In our Disney Detective, Halfway to Halloween & Disney College Program to return Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, A Real Life Lightsaber (kind of) coming soon & Could Cara Dune be coming back to the Star Wars Universe? (probably not) And for our Entertainment News, Woody Harrelson gives a helping hand & Loki arriving a little early And then we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....

Today we’re talking about what it’s like to live in a single child home or what it’s like to be an only child. We’ll talk about the advantages of being an only child as well as the disadvantages. Then we’ll get some insights about being in a single child home from Madison and how it’s affected her life.