Parenting Teens

Parenting Teens is a website that bridges research and outreach. It is designed to connect:

• Parents and professionals with information about the Study of Healthy Youth Experimentation conducted by Jodi Dworkin, Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota.
• Parents with reliable and practical information on parenting and youth development.
• Professionals with research-based resources on parenting and youth development.

About Us

Principal Investigator Jodi Dworkin is an Associate Professor and Extension Specialist at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities in the Department of Family Social Science. She earned her Ph.D. in 2002 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.