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study: Tips to reduce the likelihood that children will ever drugs

August 18, 2009 — Leave a comment

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via Washington Times: 1) Keep lines of communication open with your children. 2) Stay connected (without micromanaging), and, especially, keep Dad engaged. 3) Set good personal examples; model the behaviors you want to see. 4) Set reasonable rules and enforce them without being punitive. 5) Know where your children are and who their friends are. 6) Eat dinner together regularly. Sharing good food is certainly wonderful, but the “magic” in eating together stems from the undivided attention and “face time” it creates for everyone. 7) Cultivate a religious life as a family. 8) Stay connected to a larger community.

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August 14, 2009 — Leave a comment

Teens Talk About Step Families

Great to see part of a group from the Alabama Community Healthy Marriage Initiative’s teen advisory board who participated in a teen panel on NBC’s “The Today Show” Tuesday. ACHMI, based at Auburn University, has eight family resource centers across the state and hundreds of community partners conducting classes on healthy relationships

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June 9, 2009 — Leave a comment

Devoted Dads Needed!

Moms help, but an involved father has twice the influence reducing risky teen sex. Teenagers whose fathers are more involved in their lives are less likely to engage in risky sexual activities such as unprotected intercourse, according to a new study. (link)

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May 28, 2009 — Leave a comment

“Oral Sex Is the New Goodnight Kiss” -a new documentary by Canadian filmmaker Sharlene Azam.

The girls are almost always from good homes, but their parents are completely unaware, Azam said. ”The prettiest girls from the most successful families [are the most at risk]. We’re not talking about marginalized girls,” she said. “[Parents] don’t want to know because they really don’t know what to do. (Documentary info)

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Who is to blame for rise in adolescent STDs among UK kids?

May 25, 2009 — Leave a comment

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Children infected with diseases through having unprotected sex have reached unprecedented levels in the UK. Whilst the finger is being pointed at the government, others insist that shrinking moral standards are to blame. An increase in the number of under 16-year-olds in Great Britain with a sexually transmitted disease has risen by a monstrous 58 percent. Many are blaming the government for the extraordinary increase, not only for their “complacent and lax” attitude when it comes to informing the young about sexual health, but also for slashing public health spending in recent years. Schools providing insufficient sex education are also regarded as contributing to the alarming levels of youngsters contracting infections like herpes and Chlamydia. But can the responsibility lie solely in the hands of the government and teachers? Or are the youngsters of today merely a product a society in which monogamous relationships and marriage have taken a back seat?

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Counseling Service for Teens of Separated Parents a Hit – 20,000 hits!!

April 22, 2009 — Leave a comment

When a relationship breaks up, it’s not just the couple who have to cope with the emotional upheaval. Children and teens too can suffer – anger, shock, confusion, disbelief, a sense of uncertainty and even a strong feeling of guilt that it was partly their fault. Teen Between, a support service for teens who have been affected by the break-up of their parents’ relationship, has received 20,000 hits per month on its website since it was launched last November. (Full Article)

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‘Sexting’ lands teen on sex offender list!

April 9, 2009 — Leave a comment

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Story Highlights: Phillip Alpert, now a registered sex offender, sent pictures of his 16-year-old girlfriend // Marissa Miller was 12 when she took cell phone photos of herself in a bra – Her mother, MaryJo, is suing the DA to prevent him from filing charges // Jessica Logan committed suicide after her nude photo was sent to several teens. // Related: Why are teens sexting?

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March 31, 2009 — Leave a comment

Are Teen “Sexters” Sex Offenders? Results of a survey of teens indicate that most teens send suggestive images and texts to their boyfriends and girlfriends. Referred to as sexting—sex and texting—the majority of teens believe that sending these messages can have “serious negative consequences”. Yet almost half of teens say doing this is “common” and admit to doing this forwarding themselves. (Full article)

How should we as a society handle sexting?

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Teen Dating Violence: How does your state measure up?

March 25, 2009 — Leave a comment

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Each state treats teen victims of dating violence differently, but not all ways are created equal. Break the Cycle conducted a nation-wide review of state laws and found common trends—both positive and negative—that directly impact the protection of teens. California’s grade for protecting teen victims of dating and domestic violence is an A, while the bordering state of Arizona received an F.  What grade did your state receive? Check out the interactive map here

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US births break record – 40% are out-of-wedlock

March 18, 2009 — Leave a comment

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More babies were born in the United States in 2007 than any year in the nation’s history, topping the peak during the baby boom 50 years earlier, federal researchers reported Wednesday. There is both good and bad news from the more than 4.3 million births: The U.S. population is more than replacing itself, a healthy trend. However, the teen birth rate was up for the second year in a row. // Related: U.S. teen birth rates

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