In the News & on the Web & On the Web
 (Thanks to Sue Behrens, who always keeps us up to date!)

- Digital Youth Research Project - U.C. Berkeley
- Cyberbullying - Parry Aftab, internet privacy and security lawyer

Teens Spend the Night Together
Dust-Off - police/parent story of son's death from ordinary computer product - 9/06
Teenage Sexual Abstinence and Academic Achievement - 9/06
How to Clean up your Digital Dirt - Face Book etc. & Future Jobs
The Many Faces of Facebook - Inside Higher Ed. - 9/06

Understanding The Adolescent Brain -  6/26/06- Aetna Intellihealth
- www.intelihealth.com
Watch for your child's emotional well-being - Tip of the Month from Newbridge
MYSpace.com - We adults better pay attention because online social sites have just as many,
   if not more, opportunities and pitfalls as "real world" teenage hangouts
Blogging
What are inhalents? 
Is your child huffing?
OTC cough medicine abuse
Poll surveying young teens about their intimate sexual attitudes and practices.
"Pharming" Parties
 

Indianapolis Star - Several states trying to curb latest craze: the "Power Hour"-drink 60 shots in 60  minutes the hour after midnight on your 21st birthday
Drinking Game Website 
CNN - Parents, fake IDs undermine efforts to stop underage drinking

Adult Liability for Teen Drinking
Pre-mix drinks a danger to teens
Parent Liability-Serving Alcohol to Minors
What Booze Does to Brains and Bodies
Alcohol Appears to Damage Young Brains
The Epidemic- Critical steps parents must take to teach  kids how to live in the world
Single Drug Exposure Can Alter Brain Function 
Parent Influence
Skittling--Kids take large amounts of Coriciden HBP to achieve  LSD like high with life- threatening consequences

Stop Bullying Now
Stop School Bullying
School Principals Called Key to Stopping Bullies
Bullying - Guide for Parents

    Request these articles from the webmaster:

 Teen Drinking-Girls at greater risk than boys
 Newsweek - Pleasures & Perils of Life for Kids (The Last Word) - Anna Quindlen - 9/06
 New York Times - The Grim Neurology of Teenage Drinking - 7/4/06
 Teen Drinkers - The Future
 College Thoughts
 

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