Mother knows best

Compiled from staff and wire reports
Published January 2, 2006

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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/