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Regular exercise may protect teens from future breast cancer

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Jun 1st 2008 1:00PM

Recent research has discovered that girls who exercise in their preteen and teen years may protect themselves from developing breast cancer later in life. It's thought that regular exercise creates slight hormonal changes that have a protective ...
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Preteens learning from Dove's self-esteem workshops

by Rachel Mosteller, Posted Dec 12th 2006 10:27AM

Parents of preteen girls from across Canada are having the chance to work on their daughter's self-esteem in a series of workshops sponsored by Dove. Aimed at girls from ages 8 to 12, the workshop finds out what influences the girls' ideas of beauty ...
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Tweens are the new teens

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Nov 26th 2006 11:11AM

Have you noticed that kids are growing up much faster these days? That sounds so incredibly cliche, and I feel like next, I should start babbling about how when I was a kid, gum cost less than a dollar and I had to walk for an hour uphill in the snow ...
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The gender double standard?

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Sep 24th 2006 11:03AM

I was watching the most recent Paris Hilton video on You Tube (I don't know why. I am sickly fascinated. I cannot pry my screaming eyes away from the screen.) For those of you who haven't watched the video (and aren't predisposed to taking a gander), ...
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Club Penguin: MySpace for pre-teens?

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Sep 23rd 2006 6:19PM

I guess I have to get used to the idea that the Internet is to today's kids what the neighbourhood "club" was when I was a kid. Social networking, chatting, and interacting is done largely online. And although I find that a little sad, it's probably ...
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Blogging Baby Size Six: The worst things about kids getting older

by Jen Creer, Posted Aug 1st 2006 3:33PM

My kids aren't babies anymore. They aren't toddlers anymore. Heck, they aren't even little kids anymore. And sure, there are lots of good things about this. But it's not all sunshine and roses. Here are the six worst things about the kids getting ...
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