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A new study out of Johns Hopkins: http://www.hopkinschildrens.org/Study-Examines-Parental-Behaviors-that-Create-Anxious-Children.aspx http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/11/02/parents-anxiety-can-trickle-down-to-kids/47072.html And another study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is showing that high levels of family stress in infancy are linked to differences in everyday brain function and anxiety in teenage girls: http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=30261

A new study, published in the journal Pediatrics, researchers Nanette Gartrell, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco (and a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles), and Henry Bos, a behavioral scientist at the University of Amsterdam, focused on what they call planned lesbian families — households […]

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) centre says nearly 90% of sexually explicit images are copied from their original location and re-uploaded elsewhere. A new film tries to warn teens in Scotland on the dangers of posting private photos: http://local.stv.tv/glasgow/198156-teenagers-warned-of-dangers-of-sharing-personal-videos-online/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-20174033   And a new Australian campaign to educate teens about online safety: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/online-campaign-aims-to-teach-teenagers-how-to-respect-each-other-on-social-media/story-fndo471r-1226515454517

The benefits of exercise on increasing focus: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/31/us-exercise-adhd-idUSBRE89U17620121031 and some college teens are abusing ADHD stimulants to help them study: Found at : http://www.onlinecollege.org/academic-doping

Some thought on the importance of getting your kids vaccinated: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/healthy_kids/3-big-reasons-for-kids-to-get-flu-vaccinations.html And a resource on Vaccinations: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/patient-ed/conversations/conv-materials.html