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According to a recent study, parents who were under financial strain due to the recent recession reported that they felt less connected to their kids and those kids said they were less likely to act with generosity: http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2011/12/16/recession-hurt-parent-child-ties-survey-finds

New research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that fewer U.S. teenage girls are getting pregnant: http://www.pri.org/stories/business/global-development/u-s-teen-pregnancies-reaching-record-low-levels-7478.html

According to a new government report, cigarettes and cocaine use among teenagers is continuing a slow decline, but marijuana use has reached a 30-year peak, with one out of every 15 high school students smoking marijuana on a near daily basis: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/marijuana-growing-in-popularity-among-teenagers/

Most parents don’t warn their teens about noise-induced hearing loss: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/12/12/4117020/silent-risk-most-parents-and-teens.html

Thess links offer some tips on how to deal with your child’s tantrums: http://www.aboutourkids.org/articles/temper_tantrums_how_deal_meltdown http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/newsfeatures/article/1098503–video-the-3-stages-of-a-temper-tantrum