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Recent reserach confirms that teens are not honest with their parents about how much they drink: http://www.pressherald.com/opinion/how-much-do-teens-drink_-dont-ask-their-parents_2010-09-14.html

A new initiative is taking advantage of  teens’ heavy use of texting as an avenue to communicate important messages: http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1917599/text_messages_aim_to_reduce_risky_teen_behaviors/

A recent study of parents’ opinions suggests that parents find girls more challenging to raise than boys: http://hamaraphotos.com/news/entertainment/girls-harder-to-manage-as-teenagers-than-boys.html

This is a thoughtful blog that names how after a terrible event like a teen car crash, there is an understandable but sometimes unrealistic urge to find someone to blame: http://www.southernchestercountyweeklies.com/articles/2010/09/16/opinion/doc4c922fb26b69f526674695.txt

Here are the latest results of surveys regarding teens’ education on sex: http://www.examiner.com/sex-education-in-national/key-sex-education-findings-from-national-survey-of-family-growth-97-percent-of-u-s-teens-sex-ed Here is an article with tips for parents wanting to educate their kids: http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Non-food/Lifestyle/sex_ed_how_parents_can_fill_in_gaps_therein_091620100905.html