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This is a great article that offers practical dos and don’ts for communciating with your kids: http://www.education.com/reference/article/ref_empathic/

This is a helpful blog by Sue Blaney on a method for communicating with teens: http://www.thetrackingsite.com/sprt/?p=8669

This is an honest and personal blog about parenting teens by Veronika Robinson ( a mom): http://themothermagazine.blogspot.com/2010/07/teenagers-and-communication.html

This is a mom’s account of why she lets her teen’s room be his domain: http://parenting.families.com/blog/teenagers-and-their-bedrooms and some thoughts and perspective on the issue: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/garden/teenage-bedroom-as-battleground.html?pagewanted=all

According to scientists, teenagers’ brains are more similar to children’s than adults’ and are prone to disorganization and distraction due to too much grey matter: http://uwillreadnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/so-thats-why-teenagers-cannot.html