20 Signs of Healthy Youth
Teenagers can easily fall into unhealthy habits as they navigate growing independence and digital distractions. With constant access to technology, many become caught in endless scrolling, gaming, or binge-watching, which can disrupt sleep and reduce motivation. Energy drinks are often used to stay alert, especially after late nights, but this quick fix can lead to dependency, irritability, and poor health. As focus dwindles and responsibilities are neglected—like schoolwork, chores, or commitments—stress builds, creating a cycle that's hard to break. Without strong routines or boundaries, these habits can quickly become the norm, impacting mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
Help young learners reconnect and be present in daily life while planning their future goals.
Help young learners recognize unhealthy patterns and build a
healthy focus.
Help young learners to reconnect back to their why of learning and reclaim back their attendance rates.
Healthy Youth Are Able To Have ...
List the 20 Healthy Habits
Teens can build healthy habits by practicing focus, self-regulation, and setting limits on digital use. By creating a routine that includes dedicated time for schoolwork, hobbies, and rest, teens strengthen their ability to concentrate and follow through on responsibilities. Self-regulation grows when they pause to reflect before reacting, manage emotions in healthy ways, and make thoughtful choices. Taking regular digital detox breaks—such as turning off notifications, setting screen time limits, or spending time outdoors—helps reduce distractions and improves mental well-being. With balanced routines, mindful tech use, and personal accountability, teens can thrive both online and offline.
Twenty
Twenty is an online resource for Educators to use in their Grade 5 to 12 classrooms that includes 20 Qualities of Healthy Youth along with videos, exercises, and individual assessments that helps students to learn a toolbox of skills to deal with mental health stressors, challenges with focus and attention, digital overload, goal-setting, relational resilience, and critical thinking so that they can reengage in their learning as well as thrive while building their futures. This engaging resource includes 60 topics interwoven through six characters' experiences that students can access individually with their own log-in code or as a class through the teacher's copy.
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Section 20.1- Contains Targeted Interventions Around Disengagement
Section 20.2- Contains Targeted Interventions & Strategies for Student Digital Overload
Section 20.3- Contains Targeted Interventions & Trauma-Informed Strategies for Students Managing Dislocation
Section 20.4- Contains Targeted Interventions & Strategies for Managing Learning Gaps. (Section 20.4A contains phonic reading exercises to support students obtain literacy or functional literacy if gaps are severe while Section 20.4B contains bonus modules on future planning and resiliency.
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Teach students how to gamify goals, build a toolbox of skills for managing diital overload, and explore how to be resilient as well as engaged in building their futures.
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*Click Here to Receive Your Free Teacher Copy
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With Twenty, students get to reconnect back to the why of learning.
