Teenagers: I wanted to get the perspective of teenagers and their daily stresses, I wanted to pinpoint what their main stress is and help them manage that.
Counselors: I talked to counselors to better understand the problem and see how stress starts and why it happens. Talking to them helped me help the teenagers.
Teachers: They influence all the teenagers and know all we know because of teachers. Surveying teachers would help me understand their perspective so that I wouldn’t be bias towards teens.
Your Teen Mag Editor: They know everything on teenagers and parents so they were a representation of helpful ways to reduce stress and help the teenagers be more successful in life.
Senior Alexa: I have contacted, eversince my interest, I am now in charge of her senior project with three other freshman. It's my exact vision. They helped me get to what I thought I couldn't make happen.
Problem Constellation
Drivers
Lack of mentors, counselors, etc.: You don’t know how to manage your time because you don’t know and you don’t. Nobody tells you anything besides your grades. Having someone to talk to would boost your motivation.
Bad influences: In some relationships such as friends, family, boyfriend/girlfriend, etc. will influence you to go out with them and push your homework aside, making you have extreme stress at the end.
Misuse of resources: You have books, the internet, teachers, library and you use each one the wrong way. Instead of researching, you get distracted and start chatting irrelevantly.
Root Drivers
Time management: The “teenager stage” is the hardest point in life to manage time. You’re in highschool, you have a family, friends, boyfriend/girlfriend, and homework. Teenagers do not know how to manage that and need help.
Distractions: Generation Z is all about social media. Getting rid of distractions is so hard for teenagers nowadays. “Gen Z kids will grow up with a highly sophisticated media and computer environment and will be more Internet savvy and expert than their Gen Y forerunners.” (William J. Schroer, 2013)
Bad organization: No organization equals messy life. If you’re unorganized and have no idea what is where and your house is a mess, how do you expect to finish your homework neatly?