This article offers tips relevant to those critical ‘in-between’ years http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/articles/2010/09/21/stcharles/opinion/0922stc-famatters0.txt
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Teaching healthy eating
This article offers some tips for parents on how to teach their kids healthy eating habits: http://www.jaynussbaum.com/2010/09/how-to-teach-teenagers-healthy-eating-habits/
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This article gives you some tips on how to talk to your folks so that they will respect you more, and hear what you are saying http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/family-finance/talking-to-your-parents-6-lines-to-use/3089/
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Although this may fall under the category of ‘no surprise there’ for more parents, A new study out of Europe confirms that the more teens are engaging in activities like video games or surfing the web for long periods on weekends: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20100917/Teenagers-devote-more-time-to-sedentary-behaviour-at-weekend-European-study.aspx
Read More »protecting your kids online
this article describes a new tool to help parents protect their kids online http://www.5minutesformom.com/27336/sexting-to-cyberbullying-how-parents-protect-kids-online-safety-web/
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