Textbooks

Here's an interesting piece on keeping your used textbooks. In some cases I think this is a good idea, for example, keeping the texts in your major or perhaps texts for courses you really enjoyed and want to refer to at a later time. In some cases, however, it probably would just add to clutter.
http://www.onlinedegreeprograms.com/blog/2012/7-good-reasons-to-keep-your-old-textbooks/

Bullying

Here is a good list of things to know about bullying--something we've just started to include in our textbooks probably because of cyberbullying, tho' bullying has been around a lot longer than computers.
http://oedb.org/library/beginning-online-learning/10-telling-psychology-studies-on-the-nature-of-bullying

Encouraging Talk

http://www.babysitting.net/blog/10-ways-to-get-your-teens-to-talk-to-you/
Here's an interesting little piece on getting your teenager to talk to you but actually the suggestions can be used in a variety of situations.