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When is the right time to give your kids a phone? http://blog.laptopmag.com/does-your-middle-school-child-really-need-a-cellphone Some tips on which phones to get kids: http://www.boston.com/community/moms/cellphones-for-kids/4pkV8E7Ir5TGCTtWo41FtJ/gallery.html How to remote block your teen’s phone (from texting) when they are driving: http://gizmodo.com/5934888/parents-remotely-block-your-kids-cell-phone-when-theyre-driving http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/16/att-foundry-texting-and-driving-it-can-wait/

Some tips for parents on helping kids to do their best for homework: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-grade-parents-homework-productive.html

Imagine your favorite TV show. Now imagine that you REALLY like that show. Imagine that for you, it IS a great show, period. This goes beyond personal opinion, it seems like a fact. Now imagine that someone speaks poorly of that show. He says it is poorly written, poorly acted, and the entire premise is […]

“Just because you feel it, doesn’t mean it’s there.”  ­-Radiohead [i] * * * *   “No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary.” –      Occam’s Razor * * * *     “The problem is not what you look at, but what you see.”   -Henry David Thoreau     […]

Some new links with helpful perspective and tips: http://fathergeek.com/high-five/five-strategies-for-improving-communication-with-your-teen/ http://www.compassroseacademy.org/tag/parent-teen-communication/ http://picforparents.areavoices.com/2012/08/06/communicating-with-your-teenager/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-lamar/parenting-teenagers_b_1762723.html http://www.nextgenerationparenting.org/parenting_focus/considerations-for-effectively-communicating-with-your-teen?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=considerations-for-effectively-communicating-with-your-teen http://www.nextgenerationparenting.org/parenting_focus/considerations-for-effectively-communicating-with-your-teen http://voices.yahoo.com/5-strategies-communicating-teenagers-11661584.html http://southtownstar.suntimes.com/opinions/14562989-474/disconnect-to-reconnect-with-your-teenager.html http://jenniferhansen.com.au/tag/communicating-with-teenagers/ http://effectivecommunicationadvice.com/problems-with-teenagers http://www.teenink.com/hot_topics/what_matters/article/485359/The-Problem-with-Modern-Day-Communication-Life-with-Flowers/ http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/mass_appeal/family/tips-for-communicating-better-with-your-teens http://www.herbsandcures.com/blog/2012/09/19/how-to-communicate-with-your-teen/ Most runaways cite lack of communication as a factor: http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/08/15/2012081500420.html