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The Partnership For A Drug-Free America Says Parents Are The “Anti-Drug”… But There Is Another Anti-Drug: Siblings. When It Comes To Making Risky Decisions An Older Sibling Can Play A Crucial Role Too.

Teenagers Who Own Their Own Car Are Two And A Half Times More Likely To Get Into A Car Accident Than Kids Who Share A Car With Their Mom Or Dad. Those Are The Results Of A New Study Funded By The State Farm Insurance Company.

The Number Of Americans Taking The G-E-D Test Is Climbing… Up 7 Percent Last Year Over The Year Before.  But Compared To A High School Degree, How Valuable Is G-E-D? It’s An Old And Controversial Question…

Serena Williams Curses A Line Judge, Congressman Joe Wilson Yells At The President, A Rap Star Interrupts An Award Show… And, At The Same Time, The Parents Television Council Reports That Children Today Use More Coarse Language And Cuss Words Than Ever Before. Is There A Connection?

A new national poll on children’s health shows finds that only a quarter of American parents would give their child’s high school an “a” in preventing bullying and school violence.  In fact, every day in America thousands of kids miss school because they’re afraid of being bullied or harassed.  How can you help your kids feel safe at school? 

The Food And Drug Administration Has Now Banned Flavored Cigarettes In America In An Attempt To Lower The Teen Smoking Rate. Clove And Mint And Chocolate Flavored Cigarettes Will No Longer Be Sold In The U-S.  But Already Tobacco Companies Are Finding Loop-Holes In The New Fda Rules.

The Risk Of Drowning Doesn't End When The Summer Is Over. The Consumer Product Safety Commission Warns That Swimming Pools May Be One Risk... But There Are Other Places That A Child Can Drown And Most Of Them Are Inside Our Homes.

The Latest Numbers On Bullying Show That One In Four Students Is Bullied, One In Five Admits To Being A Bully, Over A Quarter Of A Million Kids Are Physically Attacked Each Month, And 8 Percent Of Students Have Missed School Because They Were Afraid.

A New Study In Developmental Psychology  Confirms That One Of The Powerful Ingredients In A Child's Success... Not Only In School But For The Rest Of Their Lives... Is To Think And Wait... And Then Act. It's A Simple Lesson... But Profoundly Important... And One That Parents Can Teach At Home.

According To A New Hospital Study, When Kids Return To School, They're More Likely To Suffer Chronic Headaches. In Fact The Study Reports That Over A Third Of Our Kids Get Chronic Headaches ... Which In A Few Cases May Be A Sign Of A More Serious Medical Problem.

75 Billion Dollars- That's The Amount Of Money Students Will Borrow This Year To Attend College ... Up 25 Percent Over Last Year, According To The Department Of Education.  With Rising Costs, More Students Are Finding Ways To Save Money. One Example: Living At Home Instead Of A College Dorm.  And For Both Students And The Parents ... That Can Be Good ... And Bad.

What Makes A Ten Year Old Girl Happy? Dolls? Brightly Colored Dresses? A New Puppy? According To A Study Of Over Four Thousand Canadian Children, The Answer Is ... Being Thin.

Cuts, Head Injuries, Broken Bones, Lead Poisoning, Strangulation, Electrocution, Even Death... It Sounds Like A Horror Movies...But In It's What Happens To Children Once Every Two Minutes On America's Playgrounds.

For Years Parent Surveys Showed That Lots Of Moms And Dads Worried That Their Children Were Overloaded With Too Much Homework. But That May Be Changing.  A New Study From The University Of Nebraska-Lincoln Reports That Most Parents Believe The Amount Of Homework These Days Is Just About Right.  Of Course, That Doesn't Mean Their Kids See It That Way.

How Old Do You Have To Be To Feel Depressed?  According To A Study By The Washington University School Of Medicine,  Kids Three And Four And Five Years Old Can Suffer From Depression And That Depression Can Last For Months ... Even Years.