RadicalParenting.com, is a website that offers parenting advice from a youth perspective, and Vanessa Van Petten, the founder has also written a book”Do I Get My Allowance Before or After I’m Grounded?” Where she makes use of the website’s youth-focused approach and shares strategies to help adults talk to their teen: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/parenting-advice-book-from-teen-perspective-emphasizes-open-dialogue-with-kids-130667353.html Claudia M Gold […]
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Research proves a commonly held assumption: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-minds-quicker-teenagers-smarter.html http://www.doctorslounge.com/index.php/news/hd/23531
Read More »‘Realsimple’ parenting tips
The website realsimple.com offers some basic tips to parents: http://www.realsimple.com/work-life/family/kids-parenting/what-wish-parents-knew-00000000038863/index.html http://www.realsimple.com/work-life/life-strategies/time-management/efficient-morning-routines-00000000020716/index.html And some solutions to minor crises: http://www.realsimple.com/work-life/family/kids-parenting/you-did-what-00000000040835/index.htmlw
Read More »Teens and sex
More teenagers are having unprotected sex and they know less about contraception, an international study claims. In the U.S., more than half of the respondents were having unsafe sex with new partners, and the figure had increased by more than a third: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2042063/More-teenagers-unprotected-sex-know-contraception-claims-international-study.html#ixzz1ZAB7RQew Opinions expressed by contributors and commentators do not necessarily reflect the views […]
Read More »Online video therapy
A recent article in the New York Times explored the rising trend in having video sessions online: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/fashion/therapists-are-seeing-patients-online.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1
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