Teen Caregivers: When Young People Take on Big Responsibilities

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Lesson Plans That Encourage Teens to Share Their Stories About How They Take Care of Others

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Many teens provide the important, and often unpaid work, of caregiving to others– including their parents, older family members and younger siblings. Their extra responsibilities often impact their lives significantly– with research showing young caregivers spend less time on school, work, and leisure activities, compared to their peers.

For this project, talk to a teen who is a caregiver or tell your own story.

Teen Caregivers Lesson Plan

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PBS News Student Reporting Labs (SRL) is a department within PBS News, which is part of the DC-area PBS station WETA. Student Reporting Labs was founded by Leah Clapman in 2009 as an experiment of the PBS News Hour: What could national news stories look like if reported in partnership with local high school broadcast and journalism classes? It started with six pilot schools reporting video stories in their communities; by 2020, SRL served 180 schools across the US, with hundreds more on the waitlist. To meet this demand, SRL launched StoryMaker in 2022, which is now the primary (free!!) entry point for students and teachers to learn how to report stories in their communities and receive guidance from SRL staff. Over 10,000 people now use the tutorials, lesson plans, and prompts in StoryMaker. Learn more about our programs in our annual community report, and see where we’re headed in our 2023-2028 strategic plan.

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