In addition to our regular resources, which appear in each article, ParentingTeensOnline offers you some timely and useful Web sites, books, chats and blogs on:
Fireworks Safety and Teens
Teen Anger
Teen Driving
Fireworks Safety and Teens
Web Sites
National Council on Fireworks Safety
Washington State Police Firesafety and Teens
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Teen Anger
Web sites
National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
A “one-stop shop” for information on youth violence prevention, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other Federal agencies.
Department of Health and Human Services Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
A guide for younger teens on getting along and deflecting anger.
Kid’s Health
The Nemours Foundation offers answers and advice on helping teens control their emotions.
Books and Tapes
Healthy Anger: How to Help Children and Teens Manage Their Anger
by Bernard Golden, Ph.D., Oxford University Press.
Real Life Teens: Teen Anger
VHS videotape.
TEEN SITES
Web sites
Go Ask Alice!
Health question and answer Internet service produced by Alice!, Columbia University's Health Promotion Program.
Teenvoices
Articles on a variety of teen issues written for teens by a staff of teen girls, with a guide for grown-ups section.
Cool Nurse
Teen health site designed by a registered nurse and a staff of volunteers, covering physical, mental, emotional, and sexual issues.
TeenhealthFX
An adolescent health and sexuality site sponsored by Atlantic Health System in New Jersey, maintained with input from teenagers and support from community leaders.
IPL (internet Public Library for Teens) Teenspace
Information from the School of Education, University of Michigan, to help teens with life, school, friends, and work.
Chats and Blogs
TeenChatWorld
Includes teen, young teen and college chat rooms, discussion boards, and personals.
MSNTeens
A wide assortment of members-only chat groups for teens and tweens. Teens must apply to join.
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Teen Drivers
Web sites
Teendriving
A comprehensive site that offers tips and advice for new drivers
Centers for Disease Control: Teens Behind the Wheel
About graduated driver licensing systems (GDL) and how they can save teen lives.
Driving Skills for Life
This site was developed by the Ford Motor Company Fund, the Governors Highway Safety Association, and a panel of safety experts to teach newly licensed teens the necessary skills for safe driving beyond what they learn in standard driver education programs.
Books
Crash-Proof Your Kids: Make your Teen a Safer, Smarter Driver
by Timothy C. Smith, Fireside.
The Driving Book: Everything New Drivers Need to Know But Don’t Know How To Ask
by Karen Gravelle and Helen Flook, Walker Books for Young Readers.