A new national study in Canada says teens are experiencing better ties with their parents “than any teen cohort in the past 30 years.”
Teens are reporting a greater degree of understanding between themselves and their parents: just 39 per cent are troubled about not being understood, compared to 58 per cent in 1992. Weekly arguments are down from 52 percent a decade ago to 42 per cent.
Close to 80 percent of youth are receiving high levels of enjoyment from their moms, 75 percent from dads, up about 10 points in the past 8 years.
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Two years ago a large survey sample in the U.S. pointed to the same trend:
Poll: What Makes Teens Happy? … Family Ties
Raising hopes for the development of an AIDS vaccine that might actually work, researchers report they were able to protect monkeys against infection with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), the primate version of HIV. 
A migration route for almost half the world’s whale species which contains vast amounts of rare coral will be preserved in the Savu Sea within the borders of the newest and largest marine park in Southeast Asia.
The Orphan Collection t-shirts are all limited editions, printed with eco-friendly water-based inks, and are available in women, men and kids sizes. The designs are derived from artwork by orphans in Obanjenie, South Africa and other developing nations. With each t-shirt, supporters receive a tag with the name of an orphan that CommonThreadz is able to feed for a month with that purchase. Supporters are also immortalized on the CommonThreadz Honor Wall in Africa. 
