Photo,Caption and Citation #3

This article has statistics of teens joining extracurricular
activities after school so they can get away from the problems
they may have at home or at school with other students. Main reasons that teens get into clubs and extracurricular activities are because they are having behavior problems or social problems. There main social problem is being respected, and their main behavioral problem is arguing. These can be changed if others encourage them to play sports.


Pauline Mendola, et al. "Participation in Activities outside of School Hours in Relation to Problem Behavior and Social Skills in Middle Childhood." Journal of School Health 80.3 (2010): 119-125. ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 28 Mar. 2011.

Photo,Caption and Citation #2

The article is showing many different ways that teens are stressed and the ways they handle it. The symptoms of stress vary by how bad the teen is stressed. The photo I have chosen is a teen that is holding its head and seems to be not happy about something.






Compton, Lesley Stabinsky. "Stress in Children and Teens." CRS - Behavioral Health Advisor (2010): 1. Health Source - Consumer Edition. EBSCO. Web. 21 Mar. 2011.

Photo, Caption and Citation #1

This article is about famous basketball player, Lamar Odom, and his troubled life and the tribulations he over came with the sport of basketball. He has had many failures, but has had many successes. He has had his infant son die and his dad that was addicted to many different drugs.


Jenkins, Lee. "HAPPY ENDING." Sports Illustrated (2009): 62. MAS Ultra - School Edition. EBSCO. Web. 21 Mar. 2011.

Preliminary Links

http://www.childhelp.org/pages/statistics

This website shows all the statistics of child and teen abuse. This is very reliable because it has the stats recently updated and shows the different types of abuse a child may go through. The very first time the data was taken was in 1995 and the very last time it was upadated was in 2007.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100922082330.htm

This articles is telling how kids and teens are feeling healthier and happier about life. Its saying that the middle school teens playing a sport feel way better about theirselves and their appearence to other teens. They feel that their life is better when they are playing sports.

http://www.teenhelp.com/teen-stress/stress-statistics.html

This website shows about the teen stress rate and the many ways that teens try to avoid it. The article shows the percentage of how guys and girls tried to reduce their stress and the many different ways. It also tells That guys find ways to avoid it and girls need support to get passed it. Which can or cannot come from the parents.

http://www.helpguide.org/mental/child_abuse_physical_emotional_sexual_neglect.htm

The website shows myths that have been said and that have been proven to be wrong by the way of science. The article tells about the childhood abuse rate and the different ways people dont think that abuse will happen and where it will happen. This is very reliable information and can be easy to answer my questions.

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What I Would Like To Know

My question is very hard to learn about but there is always a question you can find about the subject. I would really like to know what race this effects more and what age group is more mentally abuse. Learning about these things can really change the world and also can educate other people about what is going on behind closed doors. What other sports may help with teens and their troubled home life and what kind of emotions do they show when they play these sports? Is there a way school can help teens stay out of trouble and get them to play these sports? What emotional problems do kids that are mentally abused have? All of these questions go through my head when I hear this one question. There will be many more questions I may have but there is always an answer out there somewhere. Follow me!

What I know About This Question.

The question I asked is Does basketball help teens with a troubled life? From my personal experience I know a lot of teens that play sports to get away from all the hard times they may have in school or more importantly at home. Parents still mentally and physically abuse teens when they may be angry at something other than the teen. Some teens play the sport with anger and may cause them to take it out on another player because they may have fouled them.  Also, when some teens are angry they have a lot of adrenaline running through their body and that may help them run faster or player harder. Playing basketball can cause the troubled teen to get all the emotions they me be holding in. Teens hold in a lot of emotions to not show they are weak on the inside and basketball is a good way to get them out.

The Story Behind The Topic

Some kids grow up and may not have the perfect life at home. Kids grow up angry at the world because of things that happen at home. The reason for my topic is that I know a lot of people that has grown up and become criminals and are not on a good track in life. I also know people that has been playing basketball all their life and they have become very good people and have become successful. When I am mad I always go outside to play basketball because it helps you think and get your mind off of everything around you. There is a lot of different people and different ways they have succeeded and failed because of a troubled childhood. Basketball is a very essential way to help when your mad or upset.Many kids have wonderful lives when they are young and others have parents that are fighting or arguing but if you have basketball that can help tremendously.