Goal-Setting Activities for Teens

Goal-setting activities for teens are a great way for teens to ponder what they want out of their life. Often times teens do not like to feel that they are being forced into any activity or into making any decision. Teens do much better when they have some control over their decisions and goals. Goal setting for teens will hopefully facilitate the process of helping them move toward full and satisfying lives.

  1. Teens and Goal-Setting

    • Many times teens flounder and struggle to set goals and become easily frustrated. Oftentimes they feel they are too young to ponder such serious issues as continuing their education, obtaining meaningful work and moving toward a successful career. There are goal-setting activities that will help your teen start to move toward thinking about the course she wants her life to take.

      Have your teen keep a daily diary of goals. Each day he will list a goal that he wants to achieve. He also will list ways to obtain that goal. At the end of the week, he will review his goal achievement with a close friend or parent.

      Another goal-setting activity for teens is having your teen tour different local colleges. Encourage her to talk to admissions officers and speak with other students. She can also meet with career counselors on the campus to facilitate the process of thinking about a formal education.

      Encourage your teen to create a year-long blueprint. The blueprint will include several goals that consist of personal, career and academic goals. He also will have to list objectives for achieving those goals. Meet monthly as a family to give feedback to your teen and to process his progress and discuss any struggles that he is having. Offer incentives for each goal that is achieved such as a family outing or new articles of clothing.

      Offering goal-setting activities for your teens allows for them to find meaning and understand the scope of what is needed to achieve life's goals.

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