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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

Some links to help parents understand teen behavior: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/delia-lloyd/teenagers_b_824218.html http://www.suite101.com/content/how-to-understand-and-raise-responsible-teenagers-a356425 http://www.squidoo.com/why-teens-like-to-explore-bad-habits http://www.dnj.com/article/20110222/LIFESTYLE/102220302 http://www.imfreakz.com/article/parenting-difficult-teenagers-giving-guidelines-to-teens-for-social-networking-and-other-issues.html http://muslimmatters.org/2011/02/23/how-to-respect-your-teens-privacy/

Some new helpful links: http://www.ehow.com/info_7969269_communication-techniques-teenagers.html http://gomestic.com/family/top-four-ways-to-have-better-communication-with-your-teen/ http://www.examiner.com/women-s-relationship-advice-in-jacksonville/do-you-speak-teenager?render=print http://www.squidoo.com/talking-to-your-teen http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=37743&title=Strong%20teenz-parents%E2%80%99%20interaction%20a%20must! http://www.empoweringparents.com/five-secrets-for-communicating-with-teenagers.php?&key=Anger-And-Defiance# http://www.mysinchew.com/node/54178