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New danger: Digital drugs?
For decades, parents, doctors and school administrators have worried about the dangers of drugs. In the digital age, they've got a new arena for concern: Sound waves that, some say, affect the brain like a drug -- and cost only 99 cents on iTunes and Amazon.com. Many scientific experts say they're unfamiliar with "digital drugs'' -- sometimes sold under the brand name I-Dosers -- and doubt whether sound...read more...// //Modern mom on cyber patrol
I'm staring at my son's Facebook page, horrified. At 12, he has joined groups expressing an appreciation for chesty females and what it's like to be a guy who is well-endowed. What's my next move? Lecture? Shut down his page? Laugh? Cry? With Mother's Day around the corner, I am reminded of the challenges of being a mom in the year 2010. We moms must be fit and look young. We must contribute to or...read more...// //Up all night texting
Between their crazy schedules and upside-down circadian rhythms, teens always have been somewhat sleep-deprived. Now technology is making it worse. Teens are not just texting, instant-messaging and surfing Facebook all day; they're sleeping with their cell phones or laptops, too. Or rather, not sleeping. And doctors and parents, many of them raised in an era when phones were attached...read more...// //Drug-free effort: Family dinner
The simple act of sitting down to dinner with your kids may be one of the strongest tools you have to keep them off drugs. That's the idea behind Monday's "Family Day.'' Organizations all over South Florida are hosting free dinners, plus sharing information and giving parents tips on table talk that gets beyond "how was your day?'' MORE ONLINE Read more about local and...read more...// //Wassup? Txt ur teen
Teens and texting is a subject that's often discussed in pathological terms. They're texting in class! They're sexting! They're running up $5,000 bills! They need thumb therapy! But texting isn't always bad. In some families, it's become a primary form of communication between parents and children. In fact, one of my favorite texts from kids is the earth-shattering query...read more...// //Loosening up on teens
Technology allows parents the unprecedented ability to supervise their children. A teen's exact location can be determined by a GPS unit on their cell phone. Software permits children's every computer keystroke to be monitored. Phone records can be accessed to review calling patterns, and new technology now exists for parents to recover deleted text messages from cell phones. BY GREGORY RAMEY...read more...// //Tips for teen parties
I don't know what teen parties are like where you live, but here's a sample of party horror stories from parents and kids I know: • A kid invites a few friends over while mom and dad are away. Dozens of strangers randomly show up and trash the block. • Kids smuggle booze into a bar mitzvah bash and adults (understandably) freak out. • The DJ arrives late to a Sweet 16, bored boys start brawling on...read more...// //Kids & alcohol: Sobering facts
It's teen party season, with spring break on, and prom and graduation bashes not far behind. And for parents of teens come more worries about safety and the ever-present temptation for the kids to drink. Janet Mondshein, executive director of the Miami chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, offers some sobering facts in a chat with MomsMiami. The average age of a first drink...read more...// //Florida teens aren't buckling up
BY BRITNEY MALONEY, McClatchy News Service WASHINGTON -- Florida ranks third in the nation for the number of 16- to 19-year-olds killed in auto crashes. One big reason: They're not wearing seatbelts, especially at night. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also reported Monday that nighttime driving is three times deadlier than daytime driving....read more...// //Teens bring in big aid for Darfur
Gabriel Schillinger was 17 and a child of privilege -- son of a doctor, a junior at the private Episcopal St. Andrew's High School in Boca Raton -- when he decided he needed to do something to give back to the world. He got together with some other students, and they asked each other, "How can we help?'' "We didn't have glorious dreams of saving the world,'' Schillinger says....read more...// //Teens going thrifty
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, AP Business Writer The souring job market and rising costs of the usual teenage indulgences - a slice of pizza, a drive to the mall, the hottest new jeans - are causing teens to do something they rarely do: be thrifty. It's a far cry from the freewheeling spending of recent years, when teens splurged on $100 Coach wristlet handbags, $60 Juicy Couture T-shirts and $80 skinny jeans from Abercrombie...read more...// //Balancing Act: Teens alone after school
By Cindy Goodman , cgoodman@miamiherald.com Recently, a good friend's had a family crisis that forced him to rethink his work situation. His teenage daughter was home alone and invited friends over. The friends brought friends. Before long valuables were missing. Filing a police report only made the situation worse and threatened the daughter's safety. Fortunately, my friend was...read more...Keeping kids safe on the web
By CHARLES PASSY Cox News Service WEST PALM BEACH -- The headline alone is enough to scare any parent: "Mother reports finding nude photos of teen daughter on MySpace.'' It happened last month in Martin County. But it's one thing to be alarmed. It's another to take action. What advice do experts have for parents when it comes to dealing with the minefield of MySpace, Facebook and other social-networking...read more...
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