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What are the positive parenting qualities
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Parental monitoring
Family decision making Parental involvement Parental expectations |
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Teenage issues
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Academic achievement
Teenage driving Substance use Teenage sex/parents GLB youth Eating disorders Suicide |
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Domains that Cook's and colleagues studied
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Grade point avergae C+
Passing score on state competency testing Fewer than 10 school absences per year Participation in fewer than 8 of 11 behaviors Spending at least half of their free time in conventional activities |
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Responsible for more crashes than any other age group
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Young drivers
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One measure that has reduced the number of accidents in driving
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Graduated driver licensing
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Reasons why young drivers are most responsible for more than any other age group
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Basic driving skills are weak
Have difficulty keeping focused attention Drive too fast for conditions |
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One of the 1st drug used because of its availability
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Inhalants
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Most frequent addiction established during teen years
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Nicotine addiction
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Most frequently used drug after tobacco and alcohol
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Marijuana
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Taking prescription-type drugs, such as painkillers or anti-anxiety medication, that have been stolen from relatives or purchased illegally
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Pharming
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Can cause impotence, liver problem, and reduced growth
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Anebolic steroids
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Common myths about substance abuse
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Minority teens are most likely to use drugs
Drug use is more common in large urban areas Girls are much less likely than boys to experiment on drugs |
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Disease that are usually transmitted through sexual contact
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STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease)
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Teens more likely to prevent pregnancy when:
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Teenage pregnanancy is rare in the community
They have future plans that pregnancy would disrupt They are comfortable enough with sexual issues to talk about prevention |
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Adolescent mothers tend to :
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Have more pregnancy complications
Have smaller newborns Are less equipped with to manage child rearing More likey to be between 17-19 |
