On Youth and Teens Today with Vanessa Van Petten

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Teen Viral Video of the Week

Breaking News

NYT: Lunch is now a required class

Family Mourns the Murdered Harry Potter Actor

First Mother Daughter Team Climbs Everest

Articles of Interest

BunkOne: Just a cool site that has real pictures of camps for families at home

Scholastic’s List of Summer Reading

5 Media Tips for Parents to Talk to Daughters About Miley and Britney

My Picks of the Week

ABC: Beauty Treatments for Kids

Need a Good Doctor for Your Kids? See how your friends rate their doctors–social networking to a whole new level!

Love 02 Max Fitness’s Summer Program for Teens, I am doing it too! If you are in the LA area, check this out.

Now available! The Dirt E-Secrets of an Internet Kid an ebook by Vanessa Van Petten. Find out what kids are doing online, on cell phones and on social networks. Stay a step ahead of your kids by learning from them! How to set privacy settings, manage aim, view a private MySpace page and much, much more!