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Here are a few tips for parents concerned about their teens and/or their friends’ drinking. • Set rules. Decide on a policy that feels right to you and stick with it. Many experts suggest that zero tolerance is the only way. “The research shows that...

As part of a two-year investigation, #Being13: Inside the Secret World of Teens, Anderson Cooper and his “AC360°” team connected with 200 eighth-graders at eight different schools around the United States. They, along with their parents and schools,...

It’s not easy finding comets, especially when they are near the bright, shining sun. Comets that approach the sun are called sungrazers. They can be as small as 30 to 150 feet in diameter. That is the length of a limousine up to half of a football fi...

A new year always seems ripe with opportunity, and it’s not just adults who are eager to challenge themselves to achieve new things: children and teenagers are often ready to tackle new goals when the calendar rolls around to January. These books wi...

There is no single rule that dictates how much freedom a teenager should have on the internet. Instead, parents should take things on a case-by-case basis. A child who shows less maturity may need a lot of online monitoring, while a more mature teen...

Texting, social media use and blogging are issues no other generation has dealt with before. For the parents of teenagers, establishing healthy rules and setting limits on internet use is unchartered territory. It is important for parents to be well...

How young is too young for a phone? The short answer is, it depends. Only you can know if your child is mature enough to follow family rules, take care of the phone and not lose it. Another major factor is whether the child understands how to use th...

There are two major types of parental controls. The first is family rules or guidelines that you establish with your children, the second is technology provided by mobile phone companies, smartphone makers and app developers. In many ways, the firs...

I am the turtles swimming around you. I am the lizards climbing up the trees to your house. They climb like a monkey with tiny hands and legs, with green scaly body as green as trees. I am the history of the Bermuda Sea Venture. I am the dolphins th...

Young Observer got up close and personal with Arnold Manders this school year to learn more about FitnessGram, a fitness assessment and reporting programme he is spearheading in the Government school system. Mr Manders is the Curriculum Officer for ...