Weary Parent: Parenting Tweens & Teens

Sunday Reading

by Christine on April 6th, 2008

Vanessa Van Petten tells us how to handle senioritis. She also gives us five ways girls can be leaders.

Adventures in Parenting has the sixth and final article on effective discipline. Check out the series.

Online Teen Magazine has some tips for overcoming jealousy in a relationship.

The WSJ has an article about teens abusing prescription drugs.

A Long Island school tries to wean teens off of gossip one hour at a time.

New teen driving laws in Boston seem to be working to keep teens safe on the road.

Do you need some tips on how to talk to your teens about the upcoming election? BlogHer has you covered with links to several articles.

Kidz World has an interview with the Guitar Hero World Champ, Chris Chike. Have you played Guitar Hero? It’s quite addicting. I’ve gotten pretty good on the easy level.

A professor at Syracuse University walks out of class if students disrespect him by texting in class. How do you feel about this?

SciFi.com is launching a gaming blog. I’m pretty sure my boys will be grabbing their RSS feed.

Is using GPS to keep track of teens a way to keep them safe or is it just to spy on them?

I know some schools have boys and girls rooms on the same floor, but now some schools have mixed-gender dorm rooms. I’m not sure I’m comfortable with that.

The glamorization of drugs in rap music has increased considerably over the last several years.

Emo bashing has become a big problem in Mexico.

Nickelodeon is planning their own version of High School Musical, called Spectacular.

There is a graduation gap between big cities and suburbs.

Getting teens a credit card does not teach them to be responsible financially. In fact it does just the opposite.

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