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1			Parents can be are a valuable resource for adolescents who need to cope with the extreme stress, such as that which often is felt when parents divorce, when the adolescent must deal with the death of a friend or family member, or when a disaster occurs. Devise a list of tips that parents can use to help their adolescents cope with extreme stress. http://www.focusas.com/Stress.html http://life.familyeducation.com/family/stress/36335.html
2			Parents must determine how to discipline their children. Discipline techniques used during childhood may have important implications for adolescent development and behavior. What would you advise parents about spanking their children? Does it have important consequences of later adolescent behavior? http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9708/14/nfm.spanking/ http://geoparent.com/family/techniques/spanking.htm
3			Family members reciprocally socialize each other in a family system. How could a change in one person or in the interaction between two people affect adolescent development? Is it possible to use this to help adolescents? http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/consumer/10216.html http://www.cfc-efc.ca/docs/fscan/00000456.htm