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Studies show that children are sensitive to quieter resentment and passive aggressive comments between parents, not just arguments or fighting: http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/10/the-effects-of-a-simmering-parental-grudge/503015/  

A study by Columbia University in New York suggests that teens are more prone to self-centered and selfish thinking, because the brain process that makes teenagers selfish and self-centred is also the part which boosts their ability to learn: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/05/teenagers-are-hard-wired-to-be-selfish-say-scientists/  

Here are some tips and strategies: Ask The Expert: 7 Tips On Managing Screen Time for Kids

Here’s some advice from clinical social worker Devra Edelstein on how to handle when your teen is bing picked on or bullied by peers: What’s Your Role When Someone is Mean to Your Teenager?  

According to a study commissioned by CNN, called Being Thirteen. “42 percent reported having a serious conflict with someone online at least monthly,” says Robert Faris, Ph.D., a sociologist at the University of California Davis who worked with CNN on the study. “And the majority of them said it was with friends  …  and we’re not talking […]