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06.30.2009 5:43 am

Local teens get a chance to demonstrate their texting and driving skills

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

This should make for some interesting viewing. This morning, a group of local teens are going to be put through a media-oriented event to demonstrate just how difficult it is to text and drive at the same time.

Sort of reminds…

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12.10.2008 2:40 pm

Survey: 1 in 5 teens have sent or posted revealing photos of themselves

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Here is another of those surveys that’s bound to cause some parents out there to lose a little sleep. In a recent national survey of teens and young adults, 21 percent of teen girls and 18 percent of teen boys said…

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11.20.2008 10:31 am

Digital Youth Study shows importance of kids being online

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Today’s story by Joe Crawford about kids and social networking touches on something that many parents, I suspect, will have a hard time believing or accepting.

The story looks at a study released today by the MacArthur Foundation that examines, among other things,…

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10.07.2008 10:57 am

Is the Internet teaching your kids how to get high?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

There are so many things for parents to worry about when it comes to their kids and the Internet. Well, let me draw your attention to another one. Check out this Reuters story about videos on sites like MySpace that are…

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09.17.2008 11:16 am

Managing your teens and their video games

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

While working on today’s story about teens and video gaming, I spoke to a few people about the difficulties that some parents face when trying to figure out which games are right for their children.

In particular, I’m thinking about those…

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09.16.2008 11:00 am

Video games: It’s tough to find a teen who isn’t playing

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If it seems like everywhere you look a teenager is playing video games, that isn’t too far from the truth.

According to a national study of teenagers released today, 97 percent of teens play video games - on computers, cell phones, gaming consoles…

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09.12.2008 2:52 pm

What teens think about the cell phones in their lives

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

When it comes to a person’s social status or popularity, only clothing outranks cell phones as a measuring stick. This according to a study of teens released today by CTIA - The Wireless Association and Harris Interactive.

According to the study, cell…

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