Jeff Yalden is an award winning youth motivational speaker, teen author, and MTV MADE Teen Life Coach. In this video, Jeff asks teens if they have the desire to be the best or are they hiding behind their parents. Jeff tells it like it is telling teens their parents are lying to them and that they have to create their own successes to make things happen.
Duration : 0:8:53
i love spoiled …
i love spoiled people.
What you said about …
What you said about finding an adult whose opinions you value… my parents never really supported me and im terrified of their opinions. my family and i are more like friends rather than a family. people say that you should have about 5 adults you could talk to. my parents arent included. im terrified of talking to my parents because everything is always thrown back at me and im made fun of. how am i supposed to feel when my parents dont care or take everything personally?
i also wanted to …
i also wanted to say that i really connected with the story of your nephew. my cousin is autistic, and it is very obvious. he is extremely friendly and i left him at a playground once stupidly while i went to get his water bottle. i came back and there were 3 kids much bigger than him about my size, and im 5 7 and about 180 pounds and i thought this was enough, and i was almost forced into a fight to defend my wonderful cousin until my cousin began to preach about how bad violence is.
jeff you came to my …
jeff you came to my school (Housatonic Valley Regional) and i completely agree with this. im not saying that i always do everything im told, but there are many kids who figure they are free to do whatever they want. they have no respect whatsoever for their parents, teachers, or other authority figures. i loved your show, wish i could see it again.
hi jeff this is a …
hi jeff this is a student from ramapo ridge that you visited and I thought that your story about your nephew patrick was very sad i hope that you will inspire more teens and adults
hey jeff! hey im …
hey jeff! hey im allie! u visited my school a couple months ago! I wuz the girl who had the dad who had neck cancer and the friend who had the little sister who had autism!