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Dr. Rishikof’s Blog will be offline until after the holidays. Happy holidays.

The National Financial Educators Council (NFEC), a social enterprise organization, provides tips for parents interested in teaching personal finance lessons to their children: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011teachingpersonal/finance/prweb9056377.htm

This list by Bari Zell Weinberger, Esq. offers tips for divorced parents on how to spend more time with your kids over the holiday: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bari-zell-weinberger-esq/6-ways-divorced-parents-c_b_1159215.html

One in 13 teenage girls, aged 14 to 20, reported having a group-sex experience, with those young women more likely to have been exposed to pornography and childhood sexual abuse than their peers, according to a new study led by a BU School of Public Health researcher: http://sph.bu.edu/insider/Recent-News/group-sex-among-adolescents-an-emerging-public-health-concern.html http://jezebel.com/5869215/group-sex-is-the-latest-disturbing-teen-trend http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2076148/Group-sex-latest-trend-teenage-girls-disturbing-report-reveals.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

According to a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health,  advertizing the number of calories in sugary beverages is becoming successful in dissuading teens from buying them: http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/15/teenagers-buy-fewer-sugary-drinks-with-posted-calorie-count/