Do You Know Your Teen’s Friends?

One of the more nerve-racking part of raising teenagers is friends.
That’s because friends are profoundly influential to our kids.    And, sometimes they look and act funny and as a parent you just don’t know what to think.    No longer are WE  the main source of information and influence (although I’d like to think [...]

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Teens Who Volunteer

Not All Teens are Destined to Be Like Homer Simpson…
The popular notion that teen-agers are self-involved, spend their parent’s money and are mostly concerned about their own lives is…well, not completely true of all teens.  In the interest of showing a balanced view of this generation of teens, I’d like to discuss those who  actively [...]

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Why Do Teens Blame Rihanna?

What the heck?  How many educational programs and tv news programs does it take to educate girls that IT IS NOT OK to be hit.  Physical violence is not an expression of love!
Boston Survey
Of the 200 Boston youths (ages 12 to 19) surveyed last month:

51 percent said Chris Brown was responsible for the incident
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