This article explores the facts around cyberbullying, and then offers some thoughts http://www.romeobserver.com/articles/2010/09/23/opinion/doc4c9b8ff0d2c72519660249.txt and these articles offer tips to protect your kids: http://communication-solutions.tmcnet.com/topics/communication-solutions/articles/110654-parents-advised-handling-cyberbullying.htm http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/10/04/cyber.bullying.tips/index.html?hpt=C2 http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/10/07/ways-parents-protect-kids-cyberbullying/ http://www.northern-iowan.org/digital-bullying-a-growing-concern-among-students-1.2373913 http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/style/what-teachers-parents-and-kids-need-to-know-about-cyberbullying http://www.ocregister.com/articles/cyber-270093-bullying-parenting.html http://arbiteronline.com/2010/10/11/engaged-parenting-will-reduce-bullying/
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Texting with your teen
This article outlines the advantages of using texting with your teens: http://www.middletownjournal.com/lifestyle/technology/a-parents-guide-to-living-with-a-texting-teen-934696.html?showComments=true And this article suggests that younger parents are keeping up with teens’ communication preferences: http://www.cellular-news.com/story/45544.php
Read More »Choosing your words
This is a helpful blog on showing the importance of the how you phrase requests/instructions to your kids: http://theattachedfamily.com/membersonly/?p=2600
Read More »Blog on parenting teenagers
This is an excellent blog by Joyce Alla, a freelance writer and mother of two teenagers: http://www.examiner.com/teen-issues-in-boston/joyce-alla?page=1
Read More »The benefits of family dinners
A new study suggests that teens who have infrequent family dinners (fewer than three per week) are more likely to use alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and other drugs: http://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20100922/family-dinners-reduce-teen-drug-use http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/2010-family-dinners-report-finds-teens-who-have-infrequent-family-dinners-likelier-to-expect-to-use-drugs-in-the-future-103499414.html and tht meals together improves the functioning of kids with asthma: http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-mealtime-asthma-20110205,0,2753785.story
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