Sunday Reading
Put down the newspaper and pull out your laptop. The Internet has your parenting back.
Parenting My Teen tells us how to cope with bullying.
There’s a new internet game called Miss Bimbo where “Girls are encouraged to compete against each other to become the ‘hottest, coolest, most famous bimbo in the whole world.’” Disgusting.
Did you hear about the teen in Florida who died after surgery for breast implants? MomLogic has an interview with a girl who survived a bad boob job.
At ecofabulous teens picked out some their favorite eco-friendly face scrubs.
A U.S. study shows that comprehensive sex ed classes may reduce teen birth rates more than abstinence only classes. Teens are safer when they are well informed about teen pregnancy and birth control as well as abstinence. And Parenting My Teen has some advice on talking to your teen about sex.
It’s that time of year when teens are thinking about summer jobs. Vanessa Van Petten has some suggestions for good summer jobs for teens.
Thanks for posting this Sunday Reading Post. I had not heard of the teen in Florida who died after that cosmetic procedure
How horrible. I found the stats on the amout of cosmetic surgies done on teens to be shocking!
Although it is true that way too many teens are having breast augmentation surgeries with the help of Moms $$- and so stupid. I live in Fl and the local and national news stories about the teen who died, said she was havng the procedure to correct a birth defect in her breast that was very embaressing in the locker room – so said her cheerleading coach. A terrible reaction to the anesthesia and not enough of the antidote at the clinic – really awful!
Also there’s a healthy fun site for tweens called beaconstreetgirls.com I found in another blog. I checked it out and it is fun and current to todays topics
Hi Christine-
Given what recently happened with the YouTube video and the teens who were beating up on that one girl this week, I thought you might be interested in this post for your upcoming Sunday post.
http://drrobyn.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/youtube-reaction-10-ways-to-help-teens-deal-with-peer-pressure/
Looks like we have some mutual colleagues– Vanessa VanPatten just reprinted one of my articles this week
http://www.vanessavanpetten.com/2008/04/07/7-tips-to-cope-with-your-childs-need-to-be-perfect-in-a-win-at-all-costs-world/
and Amy and I from Shaping Youth are working together as well. They’re great! Would love to get to know you and the work you’re doing!
Thanks–
Dr. Robyn