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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/

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

Recent research has confirmed that teens who spend too much time texting are at risk for other problems: http://www.nhs.uk/news/2010/11November/Pages/Texting-and-teen-behaviour.aspx http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/207319.php http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11720546 http://www.tgdaily.com/general-sciences-features/52411-late-night-texting-can-make-teens-even-moodier http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/11/10/hyper.texting.teens/ http://www.worldtech24.com/business/sex-drugs-more-common-hyper-texting-teens http://www.care2.com/news/member/711434921/2624550 http://www.medicaldaily.com/news/20101110/3584/hyper-texting-teenagers-more-likely-to-be-sexually-active-and-drug-abusers.htm

Ann Naragon, Ph.D. will be hosting a new blog on the psychology of teens. Here is the announcement: http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/11/08/introducing-the-psychology-of-teenagers/ And here is the site: http://blogs.psychcentral.com/teenagers/

New research suggests that the common conception (driven by alarming stories in the media) of the myriad of risks and dangers threatening our youth is a distortion, and that the average teen is happy and healthy: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/11/08/2405114/planet-teen-forecast-is-good-new.html