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• Registered sex offender arrested for luring Myspace teenager to meeting

  Published: October 6, 2007, 10:22 pm

  Tags: Society, Myspace, Sex Offenders, Teen Safety, Teenagers

  Virginia police arrested William Joe Mitchell today. Authorities allege the registered sex offender lured 15-year-old Alyssa Frank over the social networking website, myspace.com.

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• Special safe driving clinic offered for local teens

  Published: November 26, 2007, 12:59 pm

  Tags: Business, Ford, Racing, Safe Driving, Teen Safety

  Skip Barber Racing School, in conjunction with Monterey County Parks Department, Mazda North American Operations, and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, is offering a special safe-driving clinic for local new drivers aged 17 to 21 on Saturday, December 8.

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• Conduct Disorder

  Published: April 30, 2008, 2:45 pm

  Tags: Teen Health, Teen Behaviors, Teen Safety

  the disorder causes teens to show a pattern of of negative behavior that violates the rights of others, the social norms, rules and regulations. A teen with conduct disorder can have a big impact on his family, friends and everyone around him, sometimes becoming a threat to their safety. The most common and most observable

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• Bullying: A very real threat

  Published: April 28, 2008, 2:33 pm

  Tags: Teen Help, Help For Parents, Teen Behaviors, Teen Safety

  of the bully and the safety of the victim on a school-wide

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• Teens and dating abuse

  Published: April 24, 2008, 2:38 pm

  Tags: Help For Parents, Teen Behaviors, Teen Safety

  A short film about the experiences of teens who were in a violent and abusive relationships.

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• A very informative video about bullying at school

  Published: April 18, 2008, 12:24 pm

  Tags: Teen Health, Teen Help, Help For Parents, Teen Behaviors, Teen Safety

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• Why teens drink

  Published: May 5, 2008, 4:12 pm

  Tags: Teen Health, Teen Inspiration, Help For Parents, Teen Behaviors, Teen Safety

  until the age of 21, most teens can get access to it. It’s therefore up to you them make a decision about drinking. But why do teens drink anyway? Experimentation with alcohol during the teen years is common. Some reasons that teens use alcohol and other drugs are: * curiosity * to feel good, reduce stress, and relax * to fit in * to

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• Keeping measles under control

  Published: May 15, 2008, 5:00 pm

  Tags: Teen Health, Teen Help, Help For Parents, Teen Safety

  MILWAUKEE _ Mary Rotar was getting ready to head home for the weekend, when the call came late that Friday afternoon. The 23-month-old girl with the rash and fever does have measles, the state health lab technician said. “My heart just sank,” said Rotar, infection control officer at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in

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• It’s not alone

  Published: May 14, 2008, 2:25 pm

  Tags: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Teen Depression, Teen Drug Abuse, Teen Health, Teen Help, Help For Parents, Sex Adiction, Teen Behaviors, Teen Safety

  People with OCD may be diagnosed with other conditions, such as anorexia nervosa, social anxiety disorder, bulimia nervosa, Tourette syndrome, compulsive skin picking, body dysmorphic disorder, and trichotillomania. There is some research demonstrating a link between drug addiction and obsessive compulsive disorder as well. Many who suffer from

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• Parents and teen parties

  Published: May 17, 2008, 12:01 pm

  Tags: Teen Help, Help For Parents, Teen Behaviors, Teen Safety

  other celebrations. While teens anticipate these activities with great enthusiasm, parents often go into worry mode about how to keep their children both happy and safe. Most parents worry because most teens feel the need to party and drink, which is dangerous enough in itself. But teens do more than just drink and get drunk, they sometimes

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• Teen Actor Robert Knox From New Harry Potter Film Stabbed to Death

  Published: May 25, 2008, 9:25 am

  Tags: Society, Actors, Harry Potter Films, Teen Safety

  A very sad news is coming from UK this morning. 18-year-old Robert Knox, who plays Ravenclaw student Marcus Belby in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie, was killed outside a Sidcup, England bar early Saturday morning.

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• Relationship abuse

  Published: June 19, 2008, 5:50 pm

  Tags: Abuse, Help For Parents, Teen Safety

  a girlfriend is natural for teenagers, and most of the times it’s a good experience for them. But there are times when relationship that the teen gets into is just not healthy. According to Teenage Research Unlimited (TRU), 1 in 5 teens who have been in a serious relationship report being hit, slapped or pushed by a partner. Relationships

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• Date rape: How to avoid

  Published: June 19, 2008, 5:48 pm

  Tags: Teen Help, Date Rape, Teen Safety, Teen Sex, Violence

  are the usual places where teens go for dates. But sometimes, going out on a date, even with someone they know relatively well, can turn into a nightmarish experience for the trusting and naive teen. Friends, friends of friends and casual acquaintances are the most probable people that would ask a teen to go out on a date with them, but this

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• Self-harming among teens

  Published: June 25, 2008, 4:40 pm

  Tags: Adolescents, Depression, Self Harming, Teen Safety

  Self-injury, sometimes referred to as self-harm (SH), self-inflicted violence (SIV) or self-injurious behavior (SIB) is deliberate injury inflicted by a person upon his or her own body without suicidal intent. Self-injury refers more specifically to the practice of cutting, bruising, poisoning, over-dosing (without suicidal intent), burning, or

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