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Mom allegedly leaves children home alone while sexually assaulting boy down the street.
A Texas mom of two is in jail, accused of leaving her children alone while she carried on a six month affair with a 13-year-old neighbor boy.
Amanda Ann Nabers, 25, allegedly confessed to having sex with the boy several times beginning in February. She even told police she shared pot, Xanas and alcohol with the boy during her first encounter with him. Continue reading »
When I was a teen, every kid I knew had an after-school job. Mine was in the mall, working at Hickory Farms. I don’t remember exactly what I got paid, but it was it was something like $2.50 per hour. These days, the minimum wage is much higher at $7.25 an hour. While that may not sound like much, some feel that it’s too much for employers to handle and a contributing factor to the decline in the number of teens working. Continue reading »
The Centers for Disease Control’s National Youth Risk Behavior Survey monitors the health risk behaviors of children and young adults in the U.S. The 2009 report was released this week and the results reveal interesting trends and at least one frightening new statistic.
The good news is that teens seem to be more health conscious than ever. As compared to previous surveys, fewer reported drinking soda and more are eating fruit. Extreme dieting tactics such as fasting, taking diet pills and laxatives as well as intentional vomiting are also on the wane. However, while more kids may be getting wise to the benefits of healthy eating, many are doing something far worse than skipping meals. Continue reading »
As evidence of a link between tanning beds and melanoma grows, experts are particularly concerned about teenagers.
Melanoma is a deadly form of skin cancer that afflicts nearly 69,000 Americans each year. With more than 7,000 of those cases resulting in death, scientists are taking a hard look at tanning beds to see if they might be contributing to those numbers. And according to a new study reported in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, they likely are.
So your kid has started blogging and you’re terrified you’re going to be reading about their drinking, drug use, and sexual escapades, right? Well, it turns out that’s probably not going to be the case. At least, that’s what researchers at Ohio State University found in a study of 100 teen bloggers from around the country.
As part of his school’s Blankets for Babies project, 16-year-old Darryl Currie knits beautiful blankets for children living at Our Ladies Inn shelter for pregnant women in St. Louis. That a high school boy would spend his free time knitting for others is impressive and commendable, but his philanthropy has an unexpected twist. Continue reading »
Fear of SIDS. Autism. Learning disabilities. Anxiety is a constant throughout every phase of parenting. Worries about sickness and freak accidents dominate parents’ lives when their kiddies are tiny. But come the teen years, your child’s behavior can and will introduce a whole new set of nail biters. Vicki Iovine, author of the Girlfriends’ Guides series, weighs in on what causes her the most angst in her upcoming book Girlfriends’ Guide To Teenagers:
Joslyn Gray 
Amber Doty 
Julianna Miner 
Monica Bielanko 
Sierra Black 
Meredith Carroll 
Carolyn Castiglia 
Sunny Chanel 
Madeline Holler 
Wendy Michaels 
Rebecca Odes 
Danielle Smith 
Danielle Sullivan 
Katherine Stone 
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