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A new study suggests that as gratitude increases, so does one’s life satisfaction, happiness, positive attitudes, hope, and even academic performance: http://www.counselheal.com/articles/2453/20120807/being-grateful-for-things-in-life-helps-teenagers-cut-risk-of-depression.htm#R1IxtfJ7wFDDC4hd.99

On the debate whether or not to intervene and monitor your teen’s online activity: http://www.seminolechronicle.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2012/08/09/50227da82c227

Researchers followed a group of teenagers over three years and found that those who developed heavy drinking habits (defined as four to five drinks on one occasion) showed less activity in brain regions used for higher-order decision-making, called working memory, before tasting alcohol. http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/08/09/will-your-teen-become-problem-drinker-brain-tells-all/#ixzz23AVOmdFe

Teenagers who smoke cannabis weekly or more are twice as likely as non-users to have an anxiety disorder in their late 20s, even if they stop using, a study of 2000 Victorian teenagers has found. Although this raises a question of correlation versus causation, such as whether cannabis use causes/exacerbates later anxiety or whether people […]

A new study suggests that as gratitude increases, so does one’s life satisfaction, happiness, positive attitudes, hope, and even academic performance: http://www.counselheal.com/articles/2453/20120807/being-grateful-for-things-in-life-helps-teenagers-cut-risk-of-depression.htm#R1IxtfJ7wFDDC4hd.99