A recent study looked at parents’ communication with their teens about their weight: http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1479-5868-7-16.pdf&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f2:v0:i1:lt:e9:p3:t1274993959:&cd=zxGHEbHLFFI&usg=AFQjCNFlAId-Wj3s77NU6ds8oIlHlcbhDg
Read More »How to talk to teens about their weight
May 28, 2010 | For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
What are Teens and young adults doing online?
May 28, 2010 | For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
A recent study looks at where teens and young adults are spending their time online: http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1484/social-media-mobile-internet-use-teens-millennials-fewer-blog According to the Pew Research Center, half of American teenagers (ages 12 through 17) send 50 or more text messages a day, and one third send more than 100 a day.
Read More »On Parenting Teens
May 28, 2010 | For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
some nice tips by Trushna Shah: http://www.active-parenting.com/archives/2010/05/27/guidelines-for-easy-parenting-teenagers
Read More »lonely teens online
May 28, 2010 | For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
study confirms that lonely teens spend more time online: http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/05/07/lonely-teens-communicate-more-online/
Read More »Children and medication
May 28, 2010 | For parents of children | Click on title to comment!
A useful discussion regarding children being treated for mental illness: http://psychcentral.com/disorders/childtreatment.htm and specifically for Bipolar Disorder: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/07/bipolar-kids-parents-medication/1754931/
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