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According to research out of Carnegie Mellon University, digital images, Facebook updates, online music collections, email threads and other immaterial artifacts of today’s online world may be as precious to teenagers as any real-world objects: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-05/cmu-vph050911.php http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/teenagers-love-digital-possessions-researchers-find/

This article offers insight into the unique stresses of the teen years: http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110509/OPINION03/305090017/Teenage-years-bring-new-problems-family-table

This article discusses some of the challenges for parents with children at different stages: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/the-wonder-years/1/137567.html

Teenagers who drink alcohol spend more time on their computers for recreational use, including social networking and downloading and listening to music, compared with their peers who don’t drink: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/224655.php http://www.techeye.net/internet/drunk-teenagers-more-likely-to-surf-web http://www.emaxhealth.com/1275/teenagers-alcohol-and-internet-use-unhealthy-mix

A quarter of parents of young children in the UK admit using the television as a babysitter, research suggests: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-13308737 and the damage done by too much time in front of the TV: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1385438/Switch-speak-Leaving-children-TV-hinder-speech-development.html?ito=feeds-newsxml And out of Ireland: http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/parenting/parents-allow-underfives-to-watch-unsuitable-tv-shows-2643301.html