Links To Learn From

1. LINKS TO LEARN FROM

- Meals Matter: March is National Nutrition Month. Find out how you can help your teen eat healthier foods
http://www.mealsmatter.org/CookingForFamily/Planning/article.aspx?articleId=41

- Inside the Teenage Brain: How Science May Help Explain the Mysteries of the Teen Years
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/



2. INSIDE YOUR TEEN'S WORLD
...Random things you may not have heard about...

- Watch Your Mouth! Teens Casually Cuss a Bluer Streak Than Ever. Can They Stop Themselves?
http://www.sacbee.com/107/story/727392.html

- Peeking Inside the Mind of the Boy Dating Your Daughter
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/weekinreview/24parker.html?_r=2



3. LEARN THEIR LINGO
...Some slang and texting lingo for you to speak (or at least understand)

- five on it = Term used to imply that the person either has a nickel bag of weed to contribute, or is willing to pitch in five dollars toward the purchase of marijuana.

- givin' up the gold = When a female gives up her virginity before the right time, usually before marriage. "Girl, why you given up the gold... you gonna be bankrupt later!"

- HHOK = Ha Ha, Only Kidding (An acronym or text message used in online chat, IM, e-mail, blogs, or newsgroup postings.)




5. A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT...AND HUMOR

"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years."
~ Mark Twain