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Risk of marijuana’s ‘gateway effect’ overblown, new research shows. This is new information on marijuana use and teenagers, from a reliable source too. Since pot is so prevalent, this might be good news for parents as we worry about our teens moving on to harder substances.
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With Drinking, Parent Rules Do Affect Teens’ Choices : NPR. As teenagers mature into their senior year of high school, many parents begin to feel more comfortable about letting them drink alcohol. But new research from brain scientists and parenting experts suggests loosening the reins on drinking may not be a good idea in the [...]
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Study: A Cigarette A Month Can Get A Kid Hooked : NPR. There is also an audio for this story if you follow the link. My oldest son smokes which makes me very sad. He seems to not care, I know he is addicted and I can tell that he uses it for coping with [...]
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Today I have the pleasure of meeting my youngest sons probation officer. He has been picked up twice for drinking, I have already spent two days crying about how I have gone wrong and now I have accepted that he is on his own path. As you can imagine a teen that is having trouble [...]
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Would you know it if you found it in your teens possession? I would not, the first time I read about it was in our local newspaper and later a parent brought it up to me. Then I thought I need to learn more about this. Apparently the effects are similar to marijuana but more [...]
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Now on to what is really eating at me at this time. 18 years old, for two days and I think I am going to scream. I don’t know if I am obsessing, but I feel this shift of attitude and the one event that is really getting to me is his “smoking”
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WHERE WAS THE GUARDIAN ANGEL? This may be my toughest blog post that I have written to date and it is not about me, emotionally it has hit me like a brick. There are no words to explain the sadness and tragedy that has shaken this entire community. A dear friend that I have known [...]
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I thought this article was very interesting. Sometimes I feel like my days of influence are over with my two teens and I know longer have control over their behaviors. Also that the consequences for their actions don’t have any meaning, but this article proves that teens do look up to their parents for guidance [...]
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