Please share an interesting fact about caring for pre-teens & teens.

Ignore: Know that this is an interesting time for preteens as they start learning who they are.

Be: Be involved in your preteen and teenagers life, since they need a good sounding board.

Ignore: State clearly and often your expectations of them in their behaviors, character, and goals.

"Sometimes: "Sometimes the best way to convince someone he is wrong is to let him have his way." Red O'Donnell.

In: In 2005, the highest % of 12th graders reporting MDMA (Ecstasy) use were white middle class teens.

Ignore: There are laws protecting confidentiality in the doctor-patient relationship with teenagers.

Violent: Violent behavior typically begins between the ages of 12 and 18.

Severity: Severity of intimate partner violence is often > in cases when pattern of abuse started in teen yrs.

Only: Only 33% of teens who were in a violent relationship ever told anyone about the abuse.

81%: 81% percent of parents believe teen dating violence is not an issue or admit they don’t know.

Young: Young adult relationships that turn violent = big problem affecting youth in every community in USA.

Giving: Giving adolescents time alone with the doctor encourages health responsibility in adulthood.

Adolescents: Adolescents are at risk for Iron and Calcium deficiencies due to rapid growth & in girls, periods.

No: No matter the age, clear aligners only about half as effective as braces.

Clean: Clean teeth look good, feel good, taste good, and smell good.

Ignore: From an evolutionary standpoint teens strengthen peer relationships such that they can leave home.

Ignore: Teens and tweens need rules and limits. They need to see what you stand by and hold important.

Ignore: They are going thru a very turbulent time in their lives, questioning everything. Be there for them.