“Matt Thomas” (a pseudonym) had only recently begun experimenting with marijuana when he got caught selling a few joints in the bathroom at his junior high school. It was no big deal, Thomas thought, especially considering that his parents — an investment banker and a homemaker — smoked pot too.

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What Is Your Community or Place of Faith Doing to Help Keep Kids Healthy This Summer?

Officials at Littleton Public Schools are working to change the way students eat.
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An unusually large number of people have killed themselves this year in several metro counties, and officials say they think the economy might be to blame.
Arapahoe County recently averaged one suicide a day over a two-week period, said Coroner Michael Dobersen.
Suicides in Arapahoe County are up from 34 through this time last year to as [...]

By Linda Carroll
msnbc.com contributor
updated 9:35 a.m. MT, Fri., June 26, 2009
By the time she was 18, Cheryl Fike had moved nine times because of her father’s job. For Fike, every move was sad, distressing and alienating.
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21-Year Study of Children Set to Begin
By KATE MURPHY
Researchers will begin recruiting in January for a nationwide study that will follow more than 100,000 children for more than two decades.

A ‘Dose of Nature’ for Attention Problems
By TARA PARKER-POPE
Parents of children with attention deficit problems are always looking for new strategies to help their children cope. An interesting new study suggests that spending time in nature may help.

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