The ability to constructively express and manage the intensity of one’s emotions and to recognize the emotions of others is critical to social competence. http://www.boston.com/business/blogs/global-business-hub/2012/10/life_lessons_em.html
Read More »Hovering parents – how much support is too much
October 04, 2012 | For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
An article exploring the impact of different levels of support: http://blogs.wsj.com/juggle/2012/10/03/monitoring-or-meddling-parents-learn-to-set-limits-on-themselves/
Read More »Teens and drinking and driving
October 04, 2012 | For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
The percentage of American high school students who drink and drive has dropped by more than half in two decades, in part because of tougher laws against driving under the influence of alcohol, according to federal health officials: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/health/fewer-teenagers-are-drinking-and-driving-cdc-says.html?_r=0
Read More »Hovering parents of college age teens – How much support is helpful, and how much is too much
October 03, 2012 | For parents of teenagers,For teens | Click on title to comment!
Teens and sleep
October 03, 2012 | For parents of teenagers,For teens | Click on title to comment!
Teenagers who don’t get enough sleep are more likely to have conditions that could affect their heart health down the road http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/02/us-teens-poor-sleep-tied-to-heart-risk-f-idUSBRE89115320121002 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2212957/Lack-sleep-teenager-raises-risk-heart-disease.html?ito=feeds-newsxml and late nights of video games can cause such sleep disruption: http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/10/19/research-prolonged-gaming-bed-not-good-teenage-boys#.UIbmZhhrdJM And the less that teenagers sleep the more they are likely to develop type 2 diabetes http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/13103656-teen-sleep-prevents-type-2-diabetes And some facts […]
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