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Mother knows best
Compiled from staff and wire reports
Published January 2, 2006
When you need advice, whom do you ask? Here are the results, according to a Just Kids Inc. and Harris Interactive survey of 1,278 kids ages 10-17:
- Mom: 69 percent
- Friend my age: 67 percent
- Dad: 46 percent
- Older friend: 38 percent
- Sister or brother: 36 percent
- Teacher: 30 percent
XPRESS QUOTE
"I never get used to having my makeup done. It's not natural. But I do like getting my hair cut."
- JESSE McCARTNEY, in the December/January issue of Teen People
ROAD TRIP!
Check out X-Team member Lyndsey McKenna's wild ride to get her learner's driving permit in her blog, Road Trip. Read it and respond at www.sptimes.com/blogs/roadtrip/
HEADING OFF TO COLLEGE
Follow Xpress film critic Billy Norris as he searches for the perfect school in the new blog, College Bound, at www.sptimes.com/blogs/college/
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