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Tips for Parents of Troubled Teens

As children grow older, they go through a variety of changes physically, mentally and emotionally. Each teen is different; some display healthy behaviors during their teen years, while others show signs of troubling behavior that leave parents unsure of how to deal with them. The Education website, an online resource for parents and kids, cites characteristics such as poor performance in school, vandalism, negative moods and outbursts as signs that a teen may be troubled.

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Internet Dating Tips for Women

Internet dating is booming. Whether via online matchmaking sites, social networking sites, online personals listings or online chat rooms, men and women are meeting potential friends, lovers and lifetime mates online. If you’re thinking that online dating is a poor second cousin to meeting somebody in real life, consider these statistics: One of the biggest free dating sites in the U.S., PlentyOfFish.com, has received up to a million visitors in a single day, and Jupiter Research estimates the Internet dating industry will take in almost $2 billion in revenue by the year 2012. Why is Internet dating so popular? While it’s true that you can’t absorb certain details about a potential significant other simply from an online meeting, Internet dating offers benefits over real-life first meetings, the major one being that looking for love on the Internet opens the playing field to more people than you could ever hope to consider otherwise. Internet dating can be safe and extremely rewarding, if you keep certain tips in mind.

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Teen Talk

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