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
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September 23, 2010 | For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
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
September 23, 2010 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
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
Read More »Texting during class
September 22, 2010 | For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
A new study shows that 66% of teens have texted to their parents during class time: http://www.kidglue.com/2010/09/21/66-of-students-have-exchanged-text-messages-with-their-parents-during-class/
Read More »When texting makes you forget how to talk
September 22, 2010 | For teens | Click on title to comment!
This is a great article by a college student about how texting and other digital communications sometime miss the subtly that talking in person has: http://media.www.thedepauw.com/media/storage/paper912/news/2010/09/21/Opinion/Communication.Exists.Beyond.Cell.Phone.Addictions-3933951.shtml
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