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Nearly 1 in 5 teens (4.5 million people) said that they use prescription medications to get high,1 and 1 in 10 (2.4 million people) said that they use prescription stimulants and tranquilizers to get high.2 Nearly two-thirds of teens report that prescription pain relievers are easy to find at home, in the medicine cabinet.3
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Sources for Praise Is Important to Raising a Child

1,2 Murphy, A.P., and Allen, J., 2/15/2007. Why praise can be bad for kids: While specific praise can be good, too much praise can bring down kids’ performance, last referenced 11/27/2007.

3 Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995. Webster’s II New College Dictionary. Houghton Mifflin Company: New York.

4 Yeung, Alexander Seeshing; McInerney, Dennis M., 2005. Student’s School Motivation and Aspiration over High School Years. Educational Psychology, 25(5):537-554.

5 Bronson, P., 2/19/2007. New York. How not to talk to your kids: The inverse power of praise, last referenced 11/27/2007.

6,7 Regents of the University of Minnesota Online, 2006. Positive Parenting II: Toddler to Twelve. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, last referenced 6/22/2007.

8 Hopkins, G., Education World 2/7/2000. How can teachers develop students’ motivation—and success? Wire Side Chat, last referenced 11/27/2007.
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