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Fewer U.S. teenagers are smoking cigarettes, fighting or having sex, but they’re texting behind the wheel and spending a lot of time on video games and computers, according to a survey released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.   http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/06/kids_these_days_smoking_and_dr.html http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/12/us-usa-health-smoking-idUSKBN0EN1YM20140612

Parents who emphasize that their kids spend time learning arts or sports may be costing them in the long run, as the job market emphasizes computer skills, according to a study in the UK http://www.tgdaily.com/audience/108081-parents-ditch-the-ballet-classes-and-teach-your-kids-to-code  

A new study suggests that kids that alter their behavior to seek popularity can start resorting to more extreme behaviors, leading to problems later in life: http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/cool-teenagers-not-so-cool-when-they-grow-up-114061200572_1.html http://time.com/2858971/cool-kids-more-likely-to-have-problems-later-in-life/ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cdev.12250/abstract

Babies who are exposed to animal dander, roach allergens, and household germs during their first year appear to have lower allergy and asthma risk: http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/early-exposure-pets-dirt-germs-are-good-babies http://jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749%2814%2900593-4/abstract

This post discusses how kids of divorce are not worse off emotionally in life, and that avoiding divorce purely ‘for the kids’ might be built on a fallacy:   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/honoree-corder/kids-of-divorce-turn-out-_b_5473579.html