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Teenage relationships are so confusing. Were they this complicated when I was a teenager? Or do teenagers just thrive on making things difficult? A few weeks ago the 16-year-old went to a girl’s volley ball game to watch his “sorta … More »

Did you teens get a flu shot this year? During the 07-08 flu season there were 86 pediatric deaths due to the flu. With the current economic states many college students are replacing their dreams of expensive 4-year colleges with … More »

The other day I had a chat with my teens about sexting. Sexting is the term used when teens send naked, or nearly naked, pictures of themselves to a significant other via picture messaging on their cell phones. My teens … More »

After being pretty sedentary for most of the winter I’ve decided to start being a little more active. I’ve been working out several times a week and even joined a hip hop class for completely uncoordinated women over 30. (Ok, … More »

Technology often gets a bad rap. With instant messaging and cell phones, face-to-face conversations are a thing of the past. With video games and television, we aren’t as active as we used to be. But there are some good things … More »

It’s not just girls, boys want to keep up with the latest trends too. We can use lessons from the workplace to help teens with homework. A new study found a link between degrading lyrics and teen sex. Teen obesity … More »

I don’t want to go in to a lot of detail in such a public forum, but earlier this week my stepson’s aunt was arrested. Thankfully nobody was physically hurt, but since we live in a fairly small community her … More »

We live in a society obsessed with being thin. We see airbrushed models in advertising, unbelievably thin actresses in Hollywood, and even the dolls our kids play with are unrealistically skinny. We trash talk celebrities who have put on a … More »

From February 22nd through the 28th it is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Eating disorders are not a choice. It’s an illness. And we need to educate people about what causes an eating disorder, how to prevent eating disorders, how … More »

Did you catch Ford’s DigiKnows video this afternoon? As I stated yesterday, they discussed the new MyKey which will allow parents to control some features in the car when teens are driving. Don’t fret if you missed the live video. … More »

Have you heard about Ford’s MyKey? It’s a programmable key that lets parents set a top speed and audio volume in their teen’s car. Plus it can sound an alarm to remind teens to buckle up. A little piece of … More »

The mother of one of the teen’s accused of beating a classmate unconscious on a videotape that later showed up on YouTube was arrested last weekend for assaulting her daughter. Hmm…where did her daughter learn it from? In one Michigan … More »

Apparently we’ve done a pretty good job of preaching to teens about the dangers of drinking and driving. Studies show that drunk driving cases involving teenagers has steadily decreased in the last several years. However, teens are still drinking. Besides … More »

Is your tween or teen begging you for a pet? Maybe a dog that he promises he’ll walk every day. Or a hamster and she swears she’ll clean out the cage every week. We have a cat. Our 14-year-old is … More »