I was stuck at the Atlanta airport, waiting on a delayed flight with hundreds of other people – thanks to the weather and the new tighter security. While sitting at my overcrowded gate and surfing the web on my laptop, I found this great story.

A judge in Indiana has come up with a novel way to get the attention of teens that violate local traffic laws.

She’s sentencing them to ride the school bus, instead of driving to school.

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There are two new studies out about teenage behavior that I find disturbing.

A survey by the Rand Corporation has linked early sexual behavior by teens to music with sexually degrading lyrics. And a researcher at Wake Forest University says the more pro wrestling watched by teens, the more likely they are to be violent.

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We’ve seen them, heard them, some of us may even be raising them ourselves: children who want more, faster, bigger, better. Cars, cell phones, designer clothes.

Psychiatrists say we’re raising a generation that is spoiled, materialistic and bored. It often starts with well-meaning parents who want to give their kids every advantage… and ends with kids who believe that what they have is more important than who they are.

There’s even a name for it: Affluenza. There is also a cure. Again, it starts with parents.

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