Teens Feeling Pressure to “Grow Up” and Reveal Intimate Details Due to Social Networking According to McAfee Study
Mon, 21 May 2012 05:00:00 -0700
Teenagers’ personal relationships and social interactions are becoming increasingly influenced by the Internet and social networks, according to an online teen dating survey from McAfee, the world’s largest dedicated security technology company.
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Local family fitness programs aim to combat rise in teen diabetes, prediabetes
Tue, 22 May 2012 06:53:22 -0700
A new study shows alarming statistics about the health of many American teenagers. Since 2000, the rate of teens with diabetes and prediabetes nearly tripled, from 9 percent to 23 percent. In addition, one of four kids ages 12 to 19 have two or more risk factors for heart disease. These numbers mirror data just [...]
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What the cuss are kids learning from books?
Fri, 18 May 2012 13:52:58 -0700
A new study out of Brigham Young University shows that teen novels contain a lot of foul language. More than you might imagine. Sarah Coyne, who teaches in BYU’s School of Family Life, found that the top 40 books on the adolescent bestsellers list averaged 38 instances of profanity and that 88 percent of the books contained at least one instance of profanity. She found that there are an average ...
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