Rise in Diet Pill Use Among Teen Girls
Tuesday October 31, 2006
TwinCities.com is reporting in this article that ‘one in five women ages 19 to 20 used diet pills, according to the Project EAT (Eating Among Teens) survey released Monday. One ... Read More
3 Reasons Why Parents Shouldn't Use Scare Tactics
Monday October 30, 2006
As parents, our biggest flaw lies in the fact that we are human. Humans - knowingly and unknowingly - make mistakes. I've started exploring some of these mistakes by researching ... Read More
Encourage Your Teen to Do Breast Self Exams
Saturday October 28, 2006
Kim Liddiard, a designer at Digital Scrapbook Place just put a challenge to everyone in her Breast Cancer Awareness chat to remind someone to do their self breast exams monthly. ... Read More
How do you get around this?
Friday October 27, 2006
Tasha48 wonders: “What is the average amount of time you should allow your teenager (13 yrs old) on the computer per day (including weekends?) I notice they try to get ... Read More
Prevent Teen Smoking by Talking to Your Teen
Thursday October 26, 2006
According to statistics from the American Lung Association®, each day nearly 6,000 children under 18 years of age start smoking; of these, nearly 2,000 will become regular smokers. It is ... Read More
Emotion Packs? Great idea!
Tuesday October 24, 2006
According to this article in the BBC, “Every secondary school in the UK and the Republic of Ireland is to receive a pack from Samaritans to help pupils deal with ... Read More
Making Halloween Costumes
Monday October 23, 2006
Teens are notorious for waiting until the last minute and then asking for the impossible to happen. You can help your teen learn how to organize himself/herself simply by helping ... Read More
Dating Abuse Among Teens on the Rise
Friday October 20, 2006
An article from CBS says, “You may not have heard of teen dating abuse but experts say it's running rampant in our society. According to a recent study one ... Read More
How much time to spend with BF?
Thursday October 19, 2006
Ettenn wonders: “I am struggling to decide how much time I should allow my DD to spend with her boyfriend, and what guidelines I should set. She knows that I ... Read More
Halloween Party Games
Wednesday October 18, 2006
Having a teen Halloween party? You need some spooky entertainment! These Haloween games are tested many times over and teens have a blast playing them.
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Teen's MySpace Becomes a Problem with the FBI
Monday October 16, 2006
According to a Seattle Times article, a 14-year-old teenage girl posted threats against President Bush on her MySpace account. She replaced it soon after she found out that it was ... Read More
Children Refusing to Go to College
Friday October 13, 2006
On our forum, IBadget asks: “Eight years ago, I was considering dropping out of college because I was getting tired of all the homework. When I brought that up with ... Read More
Is it really The End?
Thursday October 12, 2006
According to our Children’s Books site, it is. The 13th and last book in A Series of Unfortunate Events, will be out tomorrow, Friday the 13th. Don’t you just love ... Read More
Winter Excercise Activity Ideas?
Wednesday October 11, 2006
With the colder weather coming, I’m scrambling to find a way to exercise regularly – for myself and as a family. I really try hard to do some sort of ... Read More
Cutting School Snacks Could Curb Childhood Obesity
Tuesday October 10, 2006
According to an article in ABC News, ‘Former President Clinton and the American Heart Association have reached a deal with some major food companies to set guidelines for the levels ... Read More
Fun Halloween Recipes for Kids
Monday October 9, 2006
Having the little ghouls over for a Halloween party or do you just want to make a scary snack for your little gobblins? Here is our ever growing list of ... Read More
When Is Your Phone Curfew?
Friday October 6, 2006
Stressed829 asks "I need to know what is a decent time to insist a 13 year old boy be off the phone. I am catching a lot of flack from ... Read More
Bush Organizing School Violence Summit
Wednesday October 4, 2006
According to an article at ABC.com, 'the Bush administration plans to bring education and law enforcement experts together for a conference on coming to grips with the problem and discuss ... Read More
Ex-Rep. Mark Foley Should Be Ashamed of Himself
Tuesday October 3, 2006
Now we have to protect our children from those who are supposed to be protecting us all? According to an article in ABC.com, 'his public persona, former Rep. Mark Foley ... Read More
Talking to Teens About Friendship
Monday October 2, 2006
With the school year now in full swing, many parents of teens who are new to high school are hearing about all sorts of new friends and as my daughter ... Read More