Helping kids with honesty issues

May 23, 2012  |   For parents of children,For parents of teenagers   |   Click on title to comment!

This link offers some tips: http://www.fulltimenanny.com/blog/10-ideas-to-help-your-child-with-honesty-issues/

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Concerts damage teens’ hearing

May 23, 2012  |   For parents of teenagers,For teens   |   Click on title to comment!

Seventy-two percent of teenagers experienced reduced hearing ability after a loud concert, new research found. This hearing loss isn’t permanent, but repeated exposure to loud noise can be. http://www.livescience.com/20476-teenagers-hear-worse-attending-concert.html http://www.marketwatch.com/story/72-of-teenagers-experienced-reduced-hearing-ability-after-attending-concert-2012-05-22 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120521151739.htm    

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Talking about puberty

May 22, 2012  |   For parents of children,For parents of teenagers   |   Click on title to comment!

A new online resource from Australia aims to give parents a unique new tool to address the challenging task of discussing puberty with their children http://www.timesunion.com/business/press-releases/article/Talking-Puberty-New-Resource-From-Choicez-Media-3572931.php#ixzz1vcVnDiYW and the actual site: http://puberty.co/

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Texting encourages more honesty

May 22, 2012  |   For parents of teenagers,For teens   |   Click on title to comment!

Which can be good and bad,… according to new research: http://www.mobiledia.com/news/143348.html

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Monitoring your kids’ cell phone use

May 22, 2012  |   For parents of children,For parents of teenagers   |   Click on title to comment!

Sprint announced Sprint Guardian, a comprehensive set of parental controls, including location tracking, alerts when your child texts an unknown number and when he’s downloaded a new app, all of the major carriers – AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon have all joined Sprint in offering more parental controls. http://www.wltx.com/news/tech/article/187869/378/Parents-Get-More-Options-to-Control-Kid-Phones Bitdefender Parental Control, open to public beta testing on June […]

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