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Code 9 Mobile is a new app that allows parents to set limits with their teens. Parents can ge a message when their child arrives home after school, determine who is allowed to reach them and when, and receive alerts based on certain words that are sent or received to their teen’s smartphone. The app […]

A new study found that more frequent family meals increased the odds of child positive social skills and child engagement in school, and decreased the likelihood of child problematic social behaviors: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25000133

This study looked at how parents’ differential treatment is associated (not necessarily causally) with greater participation in delinquent activities and substance use: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24821522

This study looked at how teens who have a poor relationship with their parents or whose parents have more conflict tend to respond differently to social evaluation threats http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25090256  

A new study explores the relationship between work stress, rumination, withdrawing from one’s partner, and marital tension: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24932943