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Teen Tales: Stories About Parenting Teens

This is the place to share stories and discuss issues about raising teens. Please tell us your issues and stories, including some of the good times you have had with your teen.

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Parenting Tip of the Week

Talking to Parents - Drugs/Drinking

Looking for a way to initiate a conversation with another parent about teen drug or alcohol use? Try this: Last weekend my son was at a party where kids were drinking. He didn't drink any, but I was really upset that this happened at another friend's home. Do you think I should I talk to the friend's parents?

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Minnesota Safety Council
Bike Safety click here

Teens Behind the Wheel
Teen Crash Prevention Education Program click here

Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety
The mission of the Office of Traffic Safety is to reduce the number and severity of traffic crashes in Minnesota. Our efforts focus on changing people's behaviors as they use our roadways. For more information click here.

Getting to School Safely
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reminds parents, schools and communities to support students traveling to and from school each day to help avoid injury and accidents. Here are some facts published by the Commission in August 2005.

Bicycle Helmets: 56 percent of last year's nearly 535,000 bicycle-related injuries involved children.
About 800 people, including about 200 children, died in a recent year in bicycle-related incidents.
Make sure children ALWAYS wear a bicycle helmet when riding a bike or scooter, and use other appropriate safety gear such as elbow pads and knee pads.
Look for a label or sticker on the helmet indicating it meets the CPSC standard. Wearing a helmet can reduce the risk of head injury by up to 85 percent.
Be aware of local laws pertaining to the use of scooters. Many cities and communities have specific areas where scooters are permissible; whereas other communities prohibit entirely the riding of pocket bikes or motorized scooters.

Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Information on Teen Driving click here.

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