Sunday Reading

Have you checked out CNN’s Young People Who Rock blog? It’s pretty awesome what young people can accomplish and how giving they can be.

MySpace can actually help kids. It can “foster adolescent pursuits of true identity, friendship — and validation.” Many teens are finding that MySpace helps them gain self-esteem in the real world.

The Mentor Mom tells us how to get in to the mind of our school age kids so we know what’s going on and communicate with them.

You know the economy is going south when teenagers are spending less. Or are they just spending less because we have less money to give them? Mir also includes some of Karen’s tips on teaching kids about money. And her is another 10 ways to teach your kids about money.

Bullying and school violence hit a little too close to home for Karen Sugarpants.

O’Reilly Media has come out with a new graphic novel for teens called Internet Blackout. It’s “aimed at entertaining teens while teaching them about Internet security and hacker ethics.”

Dr. Robyn Silverman gives us six ways to teach our kids to be good sports.