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Author: [reposted by] Jim Liebelt
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Parents who constantly monitor and control their children’s lives may be setting them up for a mental health crisis in college.
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A new study concludes that the way teenagers receive their parents’ warnings depends less on the message itself and more on whether they see their parents as genuinely living up to their own purported values.
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New findings from scientists in the UK and China reveal that teens who go to bed earlier and sleep longer tend to have stronger brain function and perform better on cognitive tests.
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