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A very well done comic on what it is like to live with depression and anxiety: http://tapastic.com/episode/172922

This article offers this on how to manage when your teen’s friend has parents that allow alcohol or serve alcohol: http://yourteenmag.com/2015/09/when-other-parents-allow-alcohol/?utm_source=Weekly+Emails&utm_campaign=6bff3e3132-Expert_Advice_from_Your_Teen_Media&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_418d895dd9-6bff3e3132-408240285&mc_cid=6bff3e3132&mc_eid=f18f5a8f38  

Compromise is when everyone walks away equally unhappy. Walk in ready to give a little instead of walking in with a list of demands and sticking points.   * * * *   Practice active listening. Pay special attention to hear the other person’s point. Try to avoid just waiting for your turn to talk. […]

At one time, research suggested that parents who had their children before getting married were more likely to get divorced. A more recent study shows that trend is no longer accurate: http://www.livescience.com/52215-divorce-risk-premarital-children.html https://contemporaryfamilies.org/marriage_timing_doesnt_matter/

A new study calls into question whether Paxil does help in treating adolescents with depression, or might it actually do more harm than good? http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2015/09/17/Paxil-not-safe-for-teenagers-says-new-analysis-of-trial-data/2311442491698/ http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h4320