Many teens don’t know the actual risks of alcohol:

http://www.fontanaheraldnews.com/articles/2012/02/03/news/doc4f2c102c3364a897949928.txt

This article helps parents spot the warning signs:

http://wentzville.patch.com/articles/parents-need-to-know-the-warning-signs-of-a-unhealthy-relationship

http://journalrecord.com/tinkertakeoff/2012/01/26/communication-learning-danger-signs-key-for-parents/

This article discusses the risks of concussions in high school football:

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7443714/jonah-lehrer-concussions-adolescents-future-football

And further info on teen brain’s sensitivity to concussions:

http://todayhealth.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/28/10528725-teenage-brains-particularly-vulnerable-to-concussions

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-teenagers-vulnerable-sport-concussions.html

New research confirms that low blood sugar impacts our ability for self control. And that like other abilities, practice can improve self control (even on unrelated tasks) an lack of practice gets us ‘rusty.’:

http://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/01/self-control.aspx

This article suggests that teens that suffer from social anxiety can use blogging as a means of becoming more comfortable expressing themselves and connecting with others:

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-05/parenting/30592872_1_blogging-anxiety-teens

http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=198274

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/do-you-have-a-blog/

How some teens replied when asked, “What do you wish your parents knew that you don’t want to tell them?”:

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=18401617&nid=1009

A project that gave teens use of disposable cameras as a window into teen life:

http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG8926387/The-Girl-Project-teenage-girls-speak-out.html

Methproject.org, is a new website that developed through the attorney general’s office and the Illinois Sheriff’s Association with input from teens and is designed to answer questions teens are likely to pose about the drug:

http://www.pekintimes.com/news/x1439481830/Anti-meth-website-targets-teens

Nearly half of 7th to 12th graders experienced sexual harassment in the last school year, according to a study by the American Association of University Women:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/education/widespread-sexual-harassment-in-grades-7-to-12-found-in-study.html?_r=2&src=rechp

Regarding cyberbullying, Nearly 9 in 10 teens report having seen mean or cruel behavior on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, according to the report by the Pew Research Center:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/09/9-out-of-10-teenagers-wit_n_1084482.html

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/teenagers-tell-researchers-its-a-cruel-cruel-online-world/

http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-teenagers-behavior-2011-11

And yet most teens who use social media say that in their experience, people their age are mostly kind to one another on social
network sites. Nearly seven in ten (69 percent) of teens said that peers are mostly kind while 20 percent said peers are mostly unkind with 11 percent saying, “it depends.”:

http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/Teens-and-social-media.aspx

http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/Teens-and-social-media/Summary/Majority-of-teens.aspx

http://www.fastcompany.com/1794080/race-gender-class-and-teenage-social-media?partner=gnews