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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/

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

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 […]

Research suggests that getting more sleep could help teenagers lower levels of insulin resistance and reduce their chance of developing the potentially lethal condition. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2211059/Staying-night-playing-video-games-puts-teenagers-greater-risk-diabetes.html#ixzz28A77wTs0 http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/13103656-teen-sleep-prevents-type-2-diabetes As well as general sleep problems http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/10/19/research-prolonged-gaming-bed-not-good-teenage-boys#.UIbmZhhrdJM