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New grade level-Adapt your parenting skills accordingly

Your teen has just started a new grade level or even transitioned from middle school to high school or to college. As your teen is presented with...
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Money saving tips for sending teens off to school

With all the excitement of starting college or returning after a summer away, it’s easy for Los Angeles' teens and their parents to end...
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Teens delaying getting driver's licenses

Although cars are a ubiquitous symbol of Los Angeles life, it appears that more and more teens in LA and surrounding communities are postponing...
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Innovative August day camps for children and teens with Autism/Aspergers

The Help Group’s Camp Discovery and Kids Like Me summer day camps provide a fun and exciting recreational camp experience for children with...
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Celebrate Independence Day, July 4, 2010

As Americans celebrate Independence Day, this is as good a time as any to examine the founding of the Republic. That's right, folks, the United...
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Independence Day 101 - Fireworks & Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl

Celebrate the annual day of independence with a show unlike any other. The inspiring, stirring patriotic music; a special guest like country...
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Pets at college: Should the welcome mat be out?

As students head off for college this fall there’s one thing some freshmen won’t need to leave behind - that is the family pet! A small...
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Abby Sunderland: An opportunity to help LA kids

Shipwrecked after a bad storm in the southern Indian Ocean, 16-year-old Abby Sunderland was rescued by the French fishing boat Ile De La Reunion...
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Adolescents and manipulation-part 1

Most teens learned how to manipulate their parents at an early age. It began when, as toddlers, they realized they could control parents’...
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Six Prom safety tips for parents

Proms in the greater Los Angeles area tend to be extravagant and expensive affairs. Most parents, however, while concerned about the investment,...
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