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Tips To Deal With Troubled Teens: Many parents find that dealing with troubled teens is becoming increasingly challenging in today's world. If you have a troubled teen, there are specific steps you can take to help rectify the problem and have a happier life with (and for) your child. The first important thing to do is take action; ignoring the problem may make it so that it is too late. Admitting that your past parenting is not currently working is the first step to a possible change. And inevitably, when a teen continues to have severe problems, a change has to be made.

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Vampires were big at the Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night with The Twilight Saga receiving 11 wins at the ceremony, including fantasy movie and acting roles. Also, the television series Vampire Diaries sucked up seven surfboard-shaped trophies at the event.

With more than 85 million teens voting, big winners besides Twilight included TV shows Gossip Girl and Glee and teen singing sensation Justin Bieber. The night was hosted by Katy Perry, who dressed as a cheerleader, a geek and a goth, taped to be telecast in the US August 9 at 8 pm EST on Fox-TV.

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Taylor Momsen has been announced as the face of Madonna's new clothing line Material Girl. The stylish actress shot to fame playing Jenny Humphrey in hit American television show Gossip Girl and has become renowned for her grungy look.

The platinum blonde star regularly features on the best-dressed lists of fashion magazines and it is believed her '80s-influenced style caught Madonna's attention.

Like Madonna, Momsen is not afraid to take risks with her fashion. She made the headlines recently when she danced on stage in a provocative outfit as she performed with her rock band The Pretty Reckless.

The 16-year-old's past modelling credentials include being the face of British clothing store New Look. Madonna designed the Material Girl range in collaboration with her 13-year-old daughter Lourdes, who has recently started blogging about the collection.

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Teens are reporting poor health, high rates of obesity and mental health issues, as well as a growing number of injuries, says a survey of Ontario students. The stats, which likely represent similar trends across Canada, have been developing over the past two decades.

The average number of students in grades 7 to 12 who reported poor physical health in 2009 was 14 per cent, a number that has more than doubled since 1991, when it was reported as six per cent, according to the survey conducted for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto.

"In general, we often see the overall picture for Canada is similar to what we see in Ontario," said Dr. Robert Mann, a senior scientist at CAMH and a lead investigator of the study. "It's grounds for concern." The survey of 9,112 students found the number of teens who reported poor health is higher for girls, at around 18 per cent, and lower for boys, at around 10 per cent, with health also appearing to worsen with age, the study found.

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A new study says allowing them to sleep in a little on school days may improve their mood, overall health and performance in school. High school students look forward to summer time for many reasons, but the main one is usually that they get to sleep in. And while some parents may think it's because their teens are lazy, it turns out there's a biological explanation.

"When they are in their highest growth surge in their entire life is when they are preteens and teenagers, and at that time, they need more sleep," said pediatrician specialist, Dr. Kaye sykes. Teens need about 10 to 11 hours of sleep per night. Not only that, Dr. Sykes says teens are biologically programmed to stay up later and sleep in.

In the Rhode Island study when teens were allowed to sleep in an extra half hour, students overwhelmingly said they were more motivated and less depressed. Students in Bakersfield said with the start time as it is, they're always tired and don't usually have time to eat breakfast before class.

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Delaying the start of school by mere 30 minutes, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., may appear inconsequential, but such postponement does wonders when it comes to a teen’s alertness and motivation in class. Findings of a new study suggest that this extra half hour results in more attentiveness in class, better moods, less lethargy, less depression and even healthier breakfasts for the teens.

Deepest sleep around dawn The study was conducted at the Rhode Island boarding school by Judith Owens, Katherine Belon, and Patricia Moss of Hasbro Children's Hospital. "The results were stunning. There's no other word to use. We didn't think we'd get that much bang for the buck," noted Patricia Moss, academic dean at the boarding school.

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A good job is hard to find, especially for teenagers looking for summer work. As area schools empty for the summer, the cruelties of an economy with an unemployment rate of about 10 percent are looming large for young people who want to work. Even subsidized programs that rely on government funding to place needy youths in jobs have been cut back.

“It's been hard to find a job. Wicked hard,” said Katrina M. Laythe, 17, of Worcester. “I've been looking for a year. The economy's horrible.” Teen employment rates have been falling for years, thanks to a mix of forces, including greater enrollment in summer school and longer school years, leaving fewer weeks available during the summer for work. Young people have also increasingly taken unpaid summer internships, and many are competing for jobs during the recession with adults, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

From 1948 to 1989, about 46.3 percent to 58 percent of teens age 16 to 19 were employed, the BLS reported. The employment rate was down to 48 percent in 2000, then fell again during recessions that started in 2001 and 2008. By last summer, the teen employment rate was 32.9 percent. In May, the national unemployment rate for all workers was 9.7 percent, but for teens ages 16 to 19, it soared to 26.4 percent.

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Exercise has previously been linked to possible benefits in staving off dementia, but a new look at the topic suggests the earlier the better. The prevalence of cognitive impairment was significantly lower in women aged 65 and older who reported they were physically active as teens than in those who were inactive in their teen years, the study found.

If we want to optimally prevent dementia, it's important to start physical activity as early in life as possible," said principal investigator Laura Middleton of the Heart and Stroke Foundation Centre for Stroke Recovery at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto.

"More and more people are starting to recognize physical activity as one of the most promising means to prevent cognitive impairment and dementia. And what this study adds is that it's not only important in mid and late life — that we really have to start as early as possible."

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Canadian teens are waiting longer and having safer sex than previous generations, a B.C. researcher says. Elizabeth Saewyc of the University of British Columbia told about 100 academics, students, sex therapists and health-care workers at last week's University of Guelph 32nd annual Sexuality Conference: "When it comes to teen sex, there's a lot of buzz out there.

"But the reality is that most teens today are sexually healthier than teens of a decade ago." Drawing on national, provincial and municipal surveys of teen sexual behaviour in Canada over the past 18 years, Saewyc said about 25 per cent of adolescents in high school have had sex -- down from the 1992 rate and about the same as 1998.

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As summer officially starts today, teenage drivers across the USA are poised to enjoy school-free days, summer jobs and youthful frolics.Their parents might be less eager. Automobile crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers in the USA, and the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day is the deadliest for drivers ages 15-20, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

Traffic safety experts attribute the higher fatality rate to youths having more free time under less parental supervision, more opportunities to drive at night, when road risks are higher, and relaxed curfews."For many kids, every day in the summer is a weekend day," says Justin McNaull, state relations director for auto club AAA. "There's less parental supervision in the daytime because Mom and Dad are at work.

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