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This article offers some tips for a very delicate conversation: http://lagrange.patch.com/articles/moms-talk-and-dads-too-speaking-to-a-bad-kids-parent

some links on how parents’ struggle with their kids’ homework: http://manchester.patch.com/articles/moms-talk-homework-and-what-to-do-when-it-gets-to-be-too-much-for-your-kids-and-you http://www.thecherawchronicle.com/view/full_story/12129879/article-Homework-%E2%80%A6-for-parents?instance=secondary_opinion_left_column

This ink offers parents some coded terms teens are using: http://www.allfacebook.com/kpc-means-keeping-parents-clueless-on-facebook-2011-03

This blog post is written by Judy Rosenfield, the mother of a teen, regarding the pressure on today’s teens (and their parents) to be competitive, and the impact of that pressure: http://www.wytsocialskills.com/2011/02/race-to-nowhere-i-wanted-to-just-write.html

A new study out of Israel found that adolescent girls spending more time on social networking sites like Facebook are at an increased risk of developing eating disorders like bulimia and anorexia: http://topnews.us/content/235911-teenagers-hooked-facebook-more-prone-eating-disorders