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• Teen Pregnancy - How Parents Can Make a Difference

• Hot Topics:

  Resources and links on current hot-button teen issues:
  • Preteens and Sexuality
  • Adopted Teens
  • Reading Resources for Teens
  • Teens and Diabetes
  

• Editor's Tidbits:

  Short Takes on Teen Topics:
  • More Girls Than Boys Get Diplomas
  • Limiting Junk Food in School
  • Teen Brains are Too Rational
  • Swimming the Best for Exercise-Induced Asthma
  

• Readers' Teen Stories

  Our readers share their humorous experiences with their teens.

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  TEENS and POLITICS

  Get your teen involved in the presidential election with these helpful resources.

• Editor's Tidbits:

  Short Takes on Teen Topics:
  • Correcting Vision While Teens Sleep
  • Good Friends Prevent Dating Abuse
  • Green Teens for Safe Cosmetics
  • Middle School Parents Aren’t Ready for College
  
  

• TALKING TO PARENTS AND TEENS: A Little Tolerance, Please

  ParentingTeensOnline talks with parents and teens about racial tolerance.

• Editor's Tidbits:

  Short Takes on Teen Topics:
  • Saving Calculators Can Help
  • Military Teens
  • Birth Control in Middle School
  • Smoking Parents May Mean Lower Grades for Teens
  

• BOOK EXCERPT: Talking About Sex: Why It’s So Tough

  An excerpt from Logan Levkoff's "Third Base Ain’t What It Used To Be: What Your Kids Are Learning About Sex and How To Help Them Grow Into Sexually Healthy Adults"

• Hot Topics:

  Resources and links on current hot-button teen issues:
  • Special November Hot Topic: Speaking "Teen"
  • Boarding Schools
  • Foreign Travel for Teens
  • Tutoring Teens and Tweens