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Does your teen own a smartphone? If they do, have you had a serious discussion with them about how to use it in a safe and sensible manner? Smartphones, and other such mobile devices, are [...]

I have written previously on this blog about the issues of teenagers getting enough sleep. So it will come as no surprise to those who are regular readers of this blog that the following research [...]

Recently there was yet another great reminder that today’s teens are growing up in a world vastly different from the one their parents grew up in. I am not referring to global warming, iphones, [...]

It appears that teenagers are getting wiser about how they conduct themselves on online. While the risks are just a prevalent as ever, a majority of teens seem to be making wise choices. However [...]

It is great when your kids are little, they have their friends,  they play with their friends, they come home. Life is so simple. When they are really young they have friends who are boys and [...]

This is the second part of two-part post on conversations parents absolutely must have with their teenagers, preferably before the teen years. I want to acknowledge before continuing that talking [...]

Parents, are you a friend of your teenage child on Facebook? If you are do you know if your teen is happy about it? A survey, released last week by AOL and conducted by The Nielsen Company, sheds [...]

18-year-old Jesse Logan considered sending sexually provocative pictures to her boyfriend to be a normal part of an intimate teen relationship. They were young and in love, and of course she [...]