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Be a Good Role Model: Someone Is Watching You

1 The Acorn. "Teen Girls Still Choose Their Moms as Best Role Models," last referenced 12/4/2006.

2 Horatio Alger Association. "The State of Our Nation's Youth," last referenced 12/4/2006.

3 Yancey, A.K., J.M. Siegel, and K.L. McDaniel. January 2002. Role models, ethnic identity, and health-risk behaviors in urban adolescents. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 156(1):55-61, last referenced 12/4/2006.

4, 5 Office of National Drug Control Policy. Navigating the Teen Years: A Parent's Handbook for Raising Healthy Teens, last referenced 12/4/2006.

6 Office of National Drug Control Policy. Enforcing the Rules, last referenced 12/4/06.
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