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This website offers a variety of resources. This particular link discusses ‘typical’ teen issues versus more serious issues that should be addressed:” http://kidsadhd.com/parenting/teens.shtml

This article, by Amy Tuteur, MD discusses how discussions around such parenting choices as natural childbirth and breastfeeding touch on the deeper question of what is good mothering: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2010/08/good-mother-specific-mothering-choices.html

I will be away for most of the end of August, and offline. The blog shall return in September.

A recent article in TIME discussed how kids from families without the means to provide stimulating summer vacations are paying a price. They lose a significant amount of the knowledge gained during the school year: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2005654,00.html

This article discusses the serial novel by Lauren Mechling and Laura Moser, which explores how teens can create personas online in social media like facebook, and how that effects their interactions: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/fashion/15Culture.html?_r=1