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
Read More »Teens and drug use
December 14, 2011 | For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
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/
Read More »Teens and noise-induced hearing loss
December 12, 2011 | For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
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
Read More »On temper tantrums
December 08, 2011 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
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
Read More »Boys who don’t like to open up
December 07, 2011 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
New research suggests that boys often don;t like to share their feelings not out of a fear of perceived vulnerability, but because they just don’t see the point: http://www.apa.org/monitor/2011/12/boys.aspx
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