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SmackDown: Should You Let Your Teen Get Plastic Surgery?

by Jo Parente and Jo Kidente, Posted Jan 27th 2011

If your teen doesn't feel pretty, does that justify plastic surgery? Illustration by Dori Hartley
Let My Kid Get ...The rise in teen plastic surgery has us wondering if letting our kids get surgically altered is a good parenting move.
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Looking for Next Semester's Elective? Think Journalism

by Deborah Ross, Posted Jan 18th 2011

Whether it's Introduction to Journalism, Newspaper, Yearbook or Video Production, a class that gets your teenager involved in the art of interviewing ...Taking a journalism class will make you a better person, if we do say so ourselves.
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Sexting: A Primer

by the editors at Common Sense Media, Posted Jan 13th 2011

We hope our children's photos are this innocent. Credit: Getty Images Most teens today are comfortable with documenting their lives ...Get the entire scoop on what your teen may be doing.
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Is Bieber Fever Hazardous to Mental Health?

by Dr. Alan Ravitz, Posted Jan 5th 2011

Do you have Bieber fever? Credit: Chris Polk/KCA2010/Getty Images for KC Parents of tweenage girls, Twitterers, trend-watchers-and the ...Justin Bieber plus canoodling gal pal equal lethal tweets.
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This Holiday Season, Let Them Be Kids

by Sue Blaney From Please Stop The Roller Coaster, Posted Dec 23rd 2010

A woman who attended my workshop took me aside to tell me about her son and his friend. They are 15, and the friend was dealing with some really ...Teens are under so much pressure to behave older than they feel that it is a complete relief when they can allow themselves to let their hair down and really relax with their friends. And sometimes it makes them feel happy and comfortable to play like little kids.
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Miley Cyrus, Salvia and Parenting in the YouTube Age

by Dr. Alan Ravitz, Posted Dec 21st 2010

Good parenting seems to get new enemies all the time: new drugs, new media, new "role models." This month's culprits: salvia divinorum, YouTube, ...Good parenting seems to get new enemies all the time: new drugs, new media, new "role models." This month's culprits: salvia divinorum, YouTube, Miley Cyrus.
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New Recommendations for Maternal Depression

by Honey Berk, Posted Oct 25th 2010

Screening for depression early on can help assure a healthy mom and healthy baby. Credit: Getty Images
Each year, more than 400,000 infants are ...Each year, more than 400,000 infants are born to mothers who are depressed, which makes perinatal depression -- depression that occurs during pregnancy or in the first year after birth -- the most under-diagnosed obstetric complication in the United States.
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Your Kid Crazy? Don't Worry, It's a Big Club

by Tom Henderson, Posted Oct 14th 2010

Is moodiness in teens a medical condition? Credit: Getty Images
Teenagers are nuts. Tell you something you don't know? Very well. Let's get ...Teens suffer from depression, anxiety, panic, hyperactivity and short attention spans. Who woulda thunk it?
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