On Youth and Teens Today with Vanessa Van Petten

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I am constantly plagued by the thought that teenagers are becoming less and less active. I have posted about how parents can motivate their teens to exercise.
Recently, I have been posting about how I am trying to motivate my sister, her friends and my mentorees to get more active and workout, etc. [...]

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Every weekend I write my own advice column so my readers and users can have a place to submit questions for me to answer.  Today we have:
“Hi Vanessa,
My son has been having really bad acne, I am afraid to bring it up because I do not want to hurt his feelings, but I know he [...]

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Reasons why ____ is more popular:
This is a question I get ALL THE TIME from parents: “which is more popular?” “If my kid is drinking does it mean he/she is also smoking?” Of course, it is different depending on the area and the school, but for the most part I think that both pot and [...]

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Wired’s Article about a glitch on MySpace that allows users to sneak into private photo albums to look at pictures is a huge problem.  I am posting about this, so parents can let their kids know that not everything they post online is private…even when they think it is.
I often do a presentation for teens [...]

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