Regarding cyberbullying, Nearly 9 in 10 teens report having seen mean or cruel behavior on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, according to the report by the Pew Research Center: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/09/9-out-of-10-teenagers-wit_n_1084482.html http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/teenagers-tell-researchers-its-a-cruel-cruel-online-world/ http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-teenagers-behavior-2011-11 And yet most teens who use social media say that in their experience, people their age are mostly kind to one […]
Read More »Teens and sex
November 09, 2011 | For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
a major recent study by the CDC shows that most teens are NOT having sex: http://www.thesacredpage.com/2011/11/shock-cdc-study-most-teenagers-not.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/health/teenagers-having-sex-are-now-a-minority.html?_r=1 and the debate of whether to let your teens have sex in your home: http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/218510/250/Teens-having-sex-at-home-Are-you-OK-with-it
Read More »Parents’ stress
November 07, 2011 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
David Code, author of Kids Pick Up on Everything: How Parental Stress Is Toxic to Kids, believes that parents’ stress has a huge impact on the well being of their kids: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/04/stressed-parents-sick-kids_n_1075317.html
Read More »Your teens online
November 07, 2011 | For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
Some helpful tips for parents: http://waterford.patch.com/articles/the-online-life-of-teenagers
Read More »Understanding teens
November 04, 2011 | For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
Why teens do what they do: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/health&id=8416833 http://eatontown.patch.com/articles/in-the-land-of-teenagers
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