Although we’d love to see cigarette smoking rates dropping among our youth, certain manufacturers are trying their darndest to get our kids smoking. They deny this, but if it’s not for teen smoking, how else do you explain candy and fruit flavored cigarettes?
It’s not the 40-year-old who has been smoking for over 20 years who will buy these “cigarettes,” but someone who is jut beginning and doesn’t want that tobacco taste, right?  These flavors added to cigarettes and other tobacco products make them more appealing to teens. According to statistics, 17-year-old smokers are three times as likely to use …read 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 is just as deadly as teen smoking.
R-rated movies are prompting teens to smoke.
Today’s teens are volunteering, even more than working part-time.
Teenagers addicted to the internet may have more aggressive behavior than teens without the addiction.
Teens and young adults are concerned about finances and expect to cut back on items like electronics and snacks.
Need some tips to help your high school student overcome an …read more

The economy isn’t stopping college kids from taking their once-in-a-lifetime Spring Break vacations.
When I was a kid the boys collected baseball cards. Today kids are collecting PopCardz with photos and information about their favorite celebrity.
New site Zumeo is Gen Y’s LinkedIn offering recent college grads a social networking and job site.
Is Dark Knight too dark for the Kids Choice Awards?
Researchers have linked frequent marijuana use to an increased risk of testicular cancer.
Athletes beware. Vitaminwater was cited in a little-noted section on the NCAA website as producing six flavors containing banned or impermissible substances that could result in positive drug tests.
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The U.S. music industry decided to stop suing people for sharing copyrighted songs.
Ivy League schools are thinking about bringing ROTC back to school.
Your tween not ready for Facebook yet? Try a social network more geared for the tween set.
Scribbit offers some tips on teaching kids about the spirit of giving.
Telling kids smoking will make them fat has a bigger impact on them than telling them about the cancer risk.
Some social networking sites are making it easier to report internet abuses, including cyberbullying.
Singer Usher is holding a contest to give kids a chance to shoot his next music video.
Anal sex is …read more

CNN offers an age-by-age guide on why kids lie. To deal with your lying child set a good example and talk about lying can ruin your credibility.
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 = …read more

Find ways to stay involved when your kids enter middle school, even if they think they don’t need you.
Do you know what your child’s school is teaching for sex education?
Fewer college students are smoking, but the American Lung Association urges colleges & universities to take a stand to keep it that way.
Get ready for “super lice.” Those little bugs are starting to outsmart us.
There was some controversy surrounding purity rings at the VMAs this year.
Tweens are using cell phones.
Trojan traveled to the conventions to promote safe sex.
Watching to much TV may be doing even more harm to kids than we …read more