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“It makes kids feel they have a trusting
relationship because they have a voice
in the family” says Peggy Meszaros,
Ph.D., director of the Center for
Information Technology Impacts on
Children, Youth, and Families, at
Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.
Build parent networks. Get
to know the parents of your
children’s friends. When
Meszaros studied young women in
Virginia’s tobacco-producing counties
to find out why they didn’t smoke, she
learned that one of the strongest
protective factors was parents who
knew each other socially and attended
activities together.
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Stay in control. Keep the
: computer in a room where
you can monitor its use. Ask to
see their MySpacc or Facebook page
and talk about potential dangers if
they have inappropriate items. “Ifyou
start monitoring early, it’s considered
normal behavior by your child. It’s not
like he or she wakes up one day and
says, ‘my parents don’t trust me
anymore/ ” Meszaros says.
Take interest in tech. Ask for
lessons on how to send a text
message. This bolsters your
relationship with your child and
gives you better insight into their
technological world.
T R A C K T E C H
Parental concern has spaw ned a range of
new technologies— and new w ays to use old
tech— to keep tabs on kids. Here are just a
few o f the program s and services in use,
with resources for m ore inform ation before
you consider usingthe service.
■ W A T C H K ID S D R IV E . The Am erican
Family Insurance Teen Safe Driver program
includes an audio/video recording device
that sits behind the rearview mirror.
Extrem e braking, accelerating, and collisions
prom pt the device to save a video clip o f the
incident, which is review ed and scored by
the insurance com pany. Parents can then
log in to a secure Web site to view the video.
Find out m ore at
reensafedriver.com.
■ T R A C K B Y P H O N E . Global positioning
satellite (G PS) technology allows Verizon’s
(
yerizon.com
) Chaperone with Child Zone to
help parents create a virtual vicinity with
boundaries such as school, playground, or
daycare. When the child enters or leaves the
designated boundaries, parents are alerted
with a text m essage.
■ T R A C K C L A S S W O R K . See
attendance, behavior, grades, and m ore
with school m anagem ent softw are such
as LunchTime (
lunchtimesoftware.com
).
Parents can also m onitor w hat kids are
eating when they’re part o f a prepaid
lunch program .
Vyvanse is indicated for the treatment of
ADHD. Efficacy based on two controlled
trials in children aged 6 to 12 and one
controlled trial in adults.
Tell the doctor about any heart
conditions, including structural
abnormalities, that you, your child, or
a family member, may have. Inform
the doctor
im m e d ia te ly
if you or your
child develops symptoms that suggest
heart problems, such as chest pain
or fainting.
Vyvanse should not be taken if you or
your child has advanced disease of the
blood vessels (arteriosclerosis);
symptomatic heart disease; moderate to
severe high blood pressure; overactive
thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism); known
allergy or unusual reactions to drugs
called sympathomimetic amines (for
example, pseudoephedrine); seizures;
glaucoma; a history of problems with
alcohol or drugs; agitated states; taken
a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI)
within the last
14
days.
Tell the doctor
before
taking Vyvanse if
you or your child is being treated for or
has symptoms of depression (sadness,
worthlessness, or hopelessness) or
bipolar disorder; has abnormal thought
or visions, hears abnormal sounds, or has
been diagnosed with psychosis; has had
seizures or abnormal EEGs; has or has
had high blood pressure;exhibits
aggressive behavior or hostility. Tell the
doctor
im m e d ia te ly
if you or your child
develops any of these conditions or
symptoms while taking Vyvanse.
Abuse of amphetamines may lead to
dependence. Misuse of amphetamine
may cause sudden death and serious
cardiovascular adverse events. These
events have also been reported rarely
with amphetamine use.
Vyvanse was generally well tolerated in
clinical studies. The most common side
effects reported in studies of Vyvanse
wer
e: children
- decreased appetite,
difficulty falling asleep, stomachache,
and irritability;adu/t- decreased
appetite, difficulty falling asleep, and
dry mouth.
Aggression, new abnormal thoughts/
behaviors, mania, growth suppression,
worsening of motion or verbal tics, and
Tourette's syndrome have been associated
with use of drugs of this type. Tell the
doctor if you or your child has blurred
vision while taking Vyvanse.
Please see Brief Summary of Full Prescribing
Information on the following page.
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