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Your teens have summer jobs? Three financial lessons to teach.

This summer, many teens are working summer jobs and, perhaps for the first time, earning money that doesn’t’ come from family. It’s an exciting feeling of independence – and a key time to learn the basics of money management. That’s where parents come in. Even if communicating with your teenagers about money is sometimes difficult, it is natural for you to be involved because their income from summer jobs will have tax implications for you. Here are three easy financial lessons to teach your teens this summer:
Best books of 2010: children's books

From the tribulations of a governess whose young charges were literally raised by wolves to the perils of a young heroine set on saving her planet, here are the 8 children's/young adult titles that the Monitor's book reviewers considered the most outstanding this year. To assist you with your holiday shopping, each title here has a link that allows you to purchase the book – even as you help to support The Christian Science Monitor

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Your teen is ready to drive? Here's how to pick a driving school.

Nearly half of US states require driver education for teens under 18. In choosing a driving school, look for one accredited by the AAA.  
Modern Parenthood
Encouraging independence means letting teens have a few secrets

One way to encourage independent teens: let go of the need to know everything that is going on in their lives. Our experts say that it is better for parents not to know about some of their teen's secrets.
Modern Parenthood
Future plans: six tips to deal with teen's differing life goals

In searching for their identity, teenagers often change course on their education and career goals, frustrating parents who have different paths in mind. These six tips remind parents to keep things in perspective.
Modern Parenthood
Teenage pregnancy: High US rates due to poverty, not promiscuity

Teenage pregnancy rates in the US have declined dramatically – 40 percent in two decades – but remain among the highest in the developed world. A new study suggests American teens don't have more sex than teens elsewhere, but that they suffer more "despair" due to poverty.
Modern Parenthood
Mother's Day: Parenting teenagers is like a personal action movie

Mother's Day 2012 is just around the corner, and parents of teenagers may be feeling like the parenting experience is becoming far too much like living inside an action adventure film, complete with action, romance and a lot of angst.
Modern Parenthood
Graduation 2012: Top 8 tips for parenting the grad

Graduation 2012: Staying in the moment with the top 8 tips for parenting the grad.
Modern Parenthood
Parenting with limits: Avoiding the "cool parent" trap with teens

Parenting with limits can be hard to do, especially with teens. Every parent wants to give their child the world, our teen experts acknowledge. But they also say great parents know that limits are important. Research shows that many teens actually appreciate boundaries.
Modern Parenthood
Love the laundry: embracing the daily dilemmas of raising a teen

For parents of teenagers, the idea that you'd ever love the laundry piles your offspring create can seem crazy. But embrace the moments when you can – some day soon you just may miss those daily dilemmas of raising a teen.
Modern Parenthood
Teen text messaging up – but do they yack more than parents did?

American teen text messaging is up from a median volume of 50 a day in 2009 to 60 received and sent today, according to a new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. But as a measure of teen communication, it may not be much different than the level their parents engaged in.
Modern Parenthood
Most teens are texting and driving; parents silent

Texting and driving is still the norm among teen drivers, a new study finds. But parents are not talking about it.
US teen birth rate falls to record low (again)

Birth rates among teenage moms rates are at the lowest level since 1940. Mississippi has the highest teen birth rate (55 per 1,000 girls), New Hampshire has the lowest (16)
Funny moments with Jonah Hill in '21 Jump Street': movie review (+trailer)

Actor Jonah Hill has some funny moments, but his co-star Channing Tatum and the movie itself both try too hard to be goofy.
Readers Write: Avoid US caveman response on Iran; the truth on teen pregnancy

Letters to the Editor for the weekly issue of January 16, 2011: As tensions rise with Iran, one reader spurns America's 'usual knee-jerk military response' and praises 'smart power' instead. Another reader points out factors behind teen pregnancy, emphasizing education as key to combatting it.
Why teens need to know risks of marijuana

Teen use of pot is at its highest in 30 years, with 10th graders more likely to smoke a joint than a cigarette. With the spread of 'medical' marijuana, they perceive less risk – despite the evidence.
Tyler Clementi case: Roommate rejects plea deal, parents launch foundation

The parents of Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers student who committed suicide last year, talk about supporting young people who face bullying.
Your teens have summer jobs? Three financial lessons to teach.

This summer, many teens are working summer jobs and, perhaps for the first time, earning money that doesn’t’ come from family. It’s an exciting feeling of independence – and a key time to learn the basics of money management. That’s where parents come in. Even if communicating with your teenagers about money is sometimes difficult, it is natural for you to be involved because their income from summer jobs will have tax implications for you. Here are three easy financial lessons to teach your teens this summer:
Computer security: Parents, teenagers take risks online

Computer security survey found that more than half of all parents with infected computers had had their computer security violated more than once. A quarter of teens had visited adult sites, which often spread malicious software.
Bleak teen jobs outlook: 25 percent unemployment and stiff competition

Teen jobs are hard to find as they compete with laid-off adults and fewer public-sector jobs. Some cities are raising cash to fund summer jobs.
A force behind the lower teen birthrate: MTV's '16 and Pregnant'

After rising between 2005 and 2007, the US teen birthrate fell dramatically in 2009. What happened? For one, MTV began airing a tough reality show called '16 and Pregnant.'
Best books of 2010: children's books

From the tribulations of a governess whose young charges were literally raised by wolves to the perils of a young heroine set on saving her planet, here are the 8 children's/young adult titles that the Monitor's book reviewers considered the most outstanding this year. To assist you with your holiday shopping, each title here has a link that allows you to purchase the book – even as you help to support The Christian Science Monitor
Facebook email? The social network revamps messaging

To better battle Gmail, Facebook tries to redefine email messaging.
Team Jacob or Team Edward? Turns out Elena Kagan would rather talk about legal stuff.

Team Jacob or Team Edward? When Sen. Amy Klobuchar asked Elena Kagan about which character from "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" she preferred, the Supreme Court nominee declined to answer.
Twilight moms: Why women are drawn to teens' 'Eclipse'

Among Edward-obsessed teens lining up to see 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' are grown women equally taken by the teen love story.
Bristol Palin hits public speaking trail - could make up to 30k per speech

Bristol Palin could earn up to $30,000 per speech once she hits the public speaking trail.
Horizons
100 texts a day? That's the norm for many US teens.

A third of teenage texters send a 100 texts a day, according to the Pew Research Center. Meanwhile, 64 percent of parents admit to regularly perusing the contents of their kid's cell phone.