FYI: The Facts About Teenage Drinking
A child who reaches age 21 without smoking, abusing alcohol or using drugs is virtually certain never to do so. - Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Chairman and President, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia . . . read more
Improving Reading Skills: Teaching Students to Skim and Scan
Effective readers know how to vary their attention level as they
read. Depending on the relevance of the material and the purpose
for reading, good readers vacillate between the following attention
levels:
Active Reading: Full, careful . . .
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Teenage drinking tied to lifelong alcohol woes
Study: 47 percent who start before age 14 become alcoholic within 10 years
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Cyberabuse--A Threat to Our Children
In years past, a child
left alone in his or her room was deemed by parents to be
safe. Today, however, parents do not
have that assurance. A child at home on the computer
can fall victim to a predator. . . .
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