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	<description>Inspiring resources and ideas for teens</description>
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		<title>Addicted to texting?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Staying connected is the norm these days, but you may be reprogramming your brain. Researchers are finding that people who are constantly multi-tasking (checking email, talking on the phone, watching a video) are unable to stop and focus  &#8211; even when they want to. This constant stress can lead to short-term memory loss.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinaalex.com/blog/?p=472</link>
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		<title>Texting into oblivion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A plastic surgeon to celebrities like Heidi Montag lost his life in an accident after driving off a cliff last night in Malibu&#8230;he&#8217;d been texting about his dog. Even if you&#8217;re not driving, you could be in danger of a technology-induced free-fall. Do you know where you drawn the line&#8230;digitally? Take the quiz and get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinaalex.com/blog/?p=459</link>
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		<title>Support, Spies and Strange moments!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally, the sun is out! Seems whatever coast I am on, the heat is on the other. Was at a writer&#8217;s conference over the weekend with authors of children and teen books. It reminded me how important support is, whatever the activity you&#8217;re doing!
Book of the Day: &#8220;I&#8217;d Tell You I Love You But Then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinaalex.com/blog/?p=451</link>
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		<title>Powerful book gets into the mind of anorexic teen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two girls make a pact in 8th grade to be the skinniest girls in school&#8230;and by senior year one of them is dead. That&#8217;s how acclaimed YA author Laurie Halse Anderson&#8217;s latest novel begins, getting into the mind of a teen with a very misunderstood illness. The result is a page-turner that&#8217;s also educational. According [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinaalex.com/blog/?p=442</link>
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		<title>Vote for new song about healthy relationships and saying no to dating violence!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vote for &#8220;Stay Strong,&#8221; the new song sung by an amazing 14-year-old, Chessie Chaney, who stars in Start Strong Bronx&#8217;s new film &#8220;Broken Harmonies&#8221; co-written by Start Strong Bronx&#8217;s Teen Advisory Board. You can vote up to 5 times per day per IP address, and see where we are on Monday morning when they post [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinaalex.com/blog/?p=437</link>
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		<title>How to find lasting love&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saw Dr. Helen Fisher, a biological anthropologist, give a lecture today in Manhattan about why we fall in love with one person rather than another&#8230;much of these decisions are determined by biology and brain chemicals. The good news is that both men and women can fall in love for a lifetime, and that longtime romance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinaalex.com/blog/?p=434</link>
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		<title>Bullying ends in tragedy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nine Massachusetts teens are being charged for bullying a 15-year-old girl recently immigrated from Ireland so badly that she hung herself. What do you think of this punishment? Is it a good precedent? Too harsh? Should principals, teachers and students be held responsible? 
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		<link>http://www.christinaalex.com/blog/?p=425</link>
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		<title>Why teen boys are so moody</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finished ANOTHER amazing &#8211; and enlightening book &#8211; The Male Brain by Dr. Louann Brizendine. It just hit the shelves. Very interesting how male and female brains often  reach the same result, but get there in different ways. Teen boys&#8217; brains are flooded with the hormone vasopressin which makes neutral faces look dangerous and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinaalex.com/blog/?p=417</link>
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		<title>Win $1,000 for life-saving HIV prevention work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you a New York City high school senior who will be enrolled as a full-time college student this fall? Are you involved in preventing HIV/AIDS in your community? Are you committed to community service? You could win at least $1,000 in college educational grants and be recognized by your fellow students for your life-saving [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinaalex.com/blog/?p=412</link>
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		<title>The best dating guide ever!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just finished an amazing book (published in 2006 -yes, I&#8217;m a little behind!) that every girl -and boy who has to deal with girls! &#8211; will find helpful! &#8220;The Female Brain&#8221; is by Dr. Louann Brizendine, a psychiatrist who specializes in neurobiology &#8211; or how the brain works. You can check out her her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinaalex.com/blog/?p=404</link>
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