This article offer some tips for parents: http://www.blackweb20.com/2010/11/15/4-social-media-tips-for-parents/
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November 19, 2010 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
Teens and eating habits
November 19, 2010 | For parents of teenagers,For teens | Click on title to comment!
This article offers advice on teaching your teen healthy habits: http://www.salyangoz.org/how-to-teach-teenagers-healthy-eating-habits And this article warns of the long term risks of teenage obesity: http://topnews.co.uk/216651-obese-teenagers-more-likely-get-severely-obese-their-adulthood
Read More »Teens, dirty dancing, and the need to experience boundaries
November 12, 2010 | For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
This blog reacts to a school in Oregon canceling a dance due to dirty dancing: http://www.salon.com/life/teenagers/?story=/mwt/broadsheet/2010/11/12/dirty_dancing
Read More »How perception, assumption, and interpretation can cause arguments
November 11, 2010 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers,For teens | Click on title to comment!
This article discusses how and arguments between parents and children can be escalated by differences in perception, i.e. how I see things versus how you see things. Often parents and children both make assumptions about the motives behind the the others’ actions that presume more malice and mal intent than actually was there: http://www.healthhubarticles.com/perception-hinders-healthy-parent-child-relationship/
Read More »Strong parent child bond important for later health
November 11, 2010 | For parents of children | Click on title to comment!
A recent study correlated a strong relationship between parent child with health benefits later in life for that child: http://topnews.co.uk/216444-strong-parent-child-bonding-linked-healthier-adulthood&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f2:v0:d1:i0:lt:e2:p2:t1289422747:&cd=OBX1FsOqpOU&usg=AFQjCNHBjvQrVL2n2gc3KSPLqOp2lMEgMw
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