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Motherhood can be a thankless job. It requires endless sacrifice and toil with little to no recognition. When a child is younger, a parent’s job is to care for him in almost every way. At one point, every element of a child’s life goes through his parents; every appointment, every necessity, every engagement, school, friends, […]

2 teens have written a book on how to parent teens: http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2012/04/would-you-take-parenting-advice-from-teens.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9192071/The-guide-on-how-to-raise-teenagers-written-by-teens.html here are the book details: http://www.crimsonbooks.co.uk/book/details/9781905410712/megan-lovegrove-and-louise-bedwell/teenagers-explained and some links for parents: http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-Parenthood/2012/0509/Mother-s-Day-Parenting-teenagers-is-like-a-personal-action-movie http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-lamar/parenting-teens_b_1485934.html  

A growing body of research has shown that spanking and other forms of physical discipline can pose serious risks to children. Many studies have shown that physical punishment — including spanking, hitting and other means of causing pain — can lead to increased aggression, antisocial behavior, physical injury and mental health problems for children. http://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/04/spanking.aspx

New research suggests that the pain of being excluded is not so different from the pain of physical injury: http://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/04/rejection.aspx  

ParentLink® today announced the release of the Android version of their mobile application for users of the ParentLink Communication Service. Parents in districts and schools that use the ParentLink Communication Service can now access all school messages as well as their account information and school directories—all from their Android smartphone. http://www.sacbee.com/2012/04/04/4391421/parentlink-releases-mobile-parent.html