And so he suggests some guidelines: It's OK for parents to require younger kids and teens to accept their friend requests, but kids should gain more freedom as they get older, just as they do in real life.
WSJ: Parents and children meet and clash on social-networking sites
Because of these and other concerns about caffeinated products becoming increasingly widespread, especially when marketed to kids and teens, the FDA has decided to investigate the effects of caffeine on kids.
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We already have some pretty good evidence that caffeine, in high doses, can be dangerous, especially for kids and teens.
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Why the relationship between depression and suicide is not as clear-cut in kids and teens as it is in adults is unclear.
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Health benefits are just not that motivating, especially for kids and teens.
After working as a travel agent, Talbert, 45, became a stay-at-home mom until her two kids reached their teens.
Friends and family members described the teens as good kids who weren't troublemakers.
The ban against the drink was a politically-motivated appeal at emotion, sure, but standing up for high-alcohol content, hyper-caffeinated swill that puts teens and college kids in hospitals at much higher rates than other drinks is not a proud line in the sand for a chef to draw.
In recent years, financial advisers have suggested the following strategy to wealthier families who don't qualify for financial aid: Parents and grandparents gift highly appreciated stocks and other assets to teens, so the kids sell them while in college, paying taxes on the gains at a lower tax rate.
Teens: "Older kids are sometimes amused when they guess that their parents have been sexual, but if it's in their faces too much of the time, it can create discomfort and anxiety, " says Klein.
With kids still flocking to Toy Story 3 and teens stampeding theaters to see Eclipse, The Last Airbender, from director M.
At the moment she's finishing a book for publication in 2012 that debunks myths about teens and social media. (Myth number five: Kids don't care about privacy.) Mark Zuckerberg might want to pick up a copy.
For teens, he says, such software inspires resentment and only leads to kids looking for other sources of Internet access, like a friend's computer.
Parents of teens are used to being snubbed, of course, but it's getting harder for kids to ignore mom and dad when they have access to their children's entire virtual social life.
WSJ: Parents and children meet and clash on social-networking sites
Only 29% of kids have phones capable of running those programs right now, according to the Yankee Group, but 11% of teens use them--nearly 40% of the potential user base.
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