Parents can help a teen with their body image issues by understanding, reassuring, explaining, and modeling.

Baby Boomers are raising a smug generation and it may be setting teens up for failure.

A ban on fast food advertising could decrease obesity by 18%.

Burger King is trying to get healthy by limiting sodium in kid meals and promoting adult meals with less than 650 calories.

Let kids eat cake…occasionally.

Some unique gift ideas for your tweens and teens.

Play = Learning, but kids are playing less.

There’s a new video game about graduate school and you need to write your dissertation.

Finally a manual for raising teens.

Want to have a drink with your teen to teach responsible drinking? Well it’s ok in some states, but not in others.

A new study finds that the internet is good for kids. Most kids avoid dangerous sites and only use the internet for research and communicating with friends.

Millennials prefer to do their banking via the web and instant messaging.

Another mom turned her kids in when she recognized them on the news as the suspects of a robbery.

Think your teen might be the victim of bullying? Here are the signs to look for.

It may be more difficult for a teen to quit smoking because teen’s don’t have a lot of the same options that adults have.

Presidents have always taken to the modern technology to address citizens. First it was radio, then television, and now the web. Obama is hosting his own version of Roosevelt’s fireside chats with weekly addresses on YouTube.

Here are some creative ways to give teens money for Christmas.

In celebrity news…

TRL ended it’s decade long run with a bang.

Not surprisingly, Miley Cryus says she is not dating that 20-year-old she hangs with constantly…they are just friends.

Paris Hilton and Good Charlotte’s Benji Madden ended their 9 month relationship.

Britney Spears says she got married for all the wrong reasons. And parents everywhere are screaming, “well duh!”

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Do you know the teen dating terms? If not, learn them.

Schools may start putting more weight on a student’s class rank over SAT scores when considering admission to college.

We’ve seen the Miley Cyrus photos floating around the internet. Is you teen a “Nokia Lolita” too?

What’s new with teens? Find out at the YPulse Mashup. A lot of really great info here especially tips on how to interacting with teens and tweens.

Instead of keeping cell phones in their lockers, teachers may be asking students to start bring their phones to class for lessons.

What happened to long division? Kids today are learning new ways to solve their math problems and some parents are totally confused. Some parents have even decided to “cheat” and teach their kids the “old” way.

Kids become “sluggish” when they hit their teen years. Get their butts off the computer chair and in to the outdoors.

How do you talk to your teens about your financial woes?

Cigarette companies have lowered the menthol content in their products to learn in our teens.

What are we doing wrong in the U.S.? Why do we have so many more teen pregnancies than our European friends?

It’s been over a month since many of our kids have been in school. Here are some tips to reduce brain drain.

Living with tweens and teens can sometimes be difficult, but here are some tips to help you live (and love) your teen.

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Apparently Milk of Magnesium can help clear up that acne.

In some cities the police are encouraging people to text in anonymous tips to stop crimes. They are hoping this will encourage teens to report crimes.

Anti-abortion trucks with very graphic photos of aborted fetus may be coming to your child’s school. I’m all for free speech, but these trucks are a disgusting way to make your point and are not suitable for children.

When I was a teenager we spent many a Friday and Saturday night cruising up and down the avenue. Not anymore. Now kids need to find alternatives to cruising because of high gas prices.

Kids are cheating, lying and stealing online.

Is the HPV vaccine to blame for a teen’s paralysis?

Some pranks can be funny, but sometimes they get out of hand. Teens pull pranks for the thrills, but most do not consider the consequences, which can even be deadly.

Speaking of pranks, a 19-year-old Minnesota teen tried to sell his vote on eBay as a prank. But now he’s been charged with a felony.

Pediatricians are recommending cholesterol screening for children and cholesterol-lowering drugs for children as young as 8.

Your satisfaction with your own relationship may dictate the rules you set for you teen’s dating.

Habbo joins forces with the Matthew Shepard Foundation to educate online users about dignity and respect in a new project called Erase Hate.

A Georgia teen is in big trouble for posting a video of himself abusing a child while he was babysitting.

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