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This is a great blog by a mom trying to negotiate the subjectivity of truth and perception with the realities of raising teens: http://www.nj.com/parenting/ali_skylar/index.ssf/2010/09/teenagers_and_the_truth.html

New research suggests that as teens use texting to communicate more, they spend less time actually together: http://radioalice.radio.com/2010/09/28/teenagers-texting-more-than-driving/

This article discusses the importance of how you talk to your husband/wife in front of the children. Ideas include: taking 5 minutes to calm down and check your priorities, avoiding recycling the same arguments, and stopping to really hear what your partner is saying. http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/16209-1

This article suggests that a divorced parent rely on communcation from their ex for information on what is happening in their house, and not on their child. This avoids putting the child in the middle, or possibly in the role of ‘telling on’ their parent. http://www.kansascity.com/2010/09/28/2257344/ex-etiquette-get-your-discipline.html

Here are 2 new articles with some http://www.lifesupporters.com/family-friendly-news/family-matters/parent-child-communication-20100927236.html http://acsteens.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/communicating-with-your-teen/