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Monday, January 28, 2008

Teens Alone

It's common nowadays for family members to see very little of each other. Parents are both working, kids are at school and involved in extracurricular activities. Time together is rare. But the absence of family time can lead to dangerous behavior among teens.

"The constant togetherness means young people are, for all practical purposes, raising each other. It's not just that what their peers think carries more weight than what Mom and Dad think. It's that many teenagers spend so little time with their families that they don't really know what Mom and Dad think."

As a result, teens are much more "tethered to each other" than generations past. Where one goes, the others will follow, even if the direction is not good. Read more at News.Cincinnati.com.

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Labels: independence, influences, involment

posted by ByParents-forParents at 10:06 AM

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