HERE'S A PRECIOUS MOMENT, KID

WHAT HELPS TEENS THE MOST? A FEDERAL STUDY REVEALS A COMMONSENSE TRUTH

On Wednesday, all of Washington woke up to an above-the-fold banner headline in the Post blaring the news LOVE CONQUERS WHAT AILS TEENS. Gee, all this time I thought it was Guess jeans and $140 Air Jordans. What kind of love? Parental, rock-star, tough or backseat? When I found out it was the kind a mother can give, I thought it was news after all. How sweet, how wholesome, and what a relief. There were times when my love for my own particular teenager seemed capable of curing very little, much less whatever ailed her. For one three-month period, she so...

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