They Say: Abstinence Only Responsible for Skyrocketing STIs

According to the CDC, approximately 19 million new sexually transmitted infections occur in the U.S. each year, with half of these cases affecting youth between the ages of 15 and 24. According to John Douglas, director of the CDC division of sexually transmitted diseases, “We have among the highest rates of STDs of any developed country in the world.” Continue reading »

Teen Hero Saves Paralyzed Man

An eagle-eyed teen spotted a car at the bottom of an embankment from the window of his school bus last Friday in Sullivan Country, NY.  He alerted his mom after the bus dropped him off, she checked it out and a life was saved.

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Teen Wearing Wig Sent Home From School

17-year-old O’Rhonde Chapman likes to wear jumbo gold hoop earrings, long flowing wigs and stiletto heels.  So what’s the big deal?  To the school administrators of Nimitz High School in Texas, it’s the fact that O’Rhonde was born a “he”.   Unhappy with his attire, the school principal recently sent him home.

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They Say: Maybe Following the Crowd is a Good Thing

“So if Heather told you to jump in the lake, would you?

Are you really sure you know how you’d like your teen to answer that question? You may want to think again.

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They Say: Tell The Kids You Toked

Should Whitney Houston have disclosed all the dirty details of her  freebasing past? Was it a necessary cautionary tale, or would the revelation make her teen daughter, Bobbi Kristina, want to pick up the pipe?

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Why’s a Baby Boozing on this Billboard?

A big picture of a baby drinking a beer might turn heads, but is it really  going to make teenagers stop drinking?

Connecticut State Police officers think a billboard with a boozing baby and the words “You wouldn’t do this then . . . why now” is going to turn teens into teetotalers. Continue reading »

Trend Alert: Kids Getting Brazilian Waxes?

My first thought when I read that little girls were getting Brazilian waxes was what exactly is being waxed off?

Then I read a little deeper - these are girls of ten and eleven. So again, I’ve got to ask: what is being waxed off? Continue reading »

Telemarketing Company Slammed for Hiring Kids

Ever feel like debating with the person calling to sell you something at dinner time is like talking to your kids? It might well be.

A Utah company that conducts surveys and collects information via the telephone will have to pay more than half a million dollars in fines for hiring kids as young as thirteen to staff its phone banks. Continue reading »

In Recession, Fewer Women Want Kids–and More Can’t Afford Contraception

A comprehensive study from the Guttmacher Institute about the way the economy has affected women’s childbearing desires puts the reproductive health care debate into stark relief. Half of the women interviewed said the recession has made them want to delay pregnancy or have fewer children–but half of these same woman are also cutting back on contraception to save money. Continue reading »

Mom Sues Kids for Faux Facebook Page

The mother of a teen whose Facebook page earned him nearly six hundred friends is suing four of her son’s classmates. The page, she says, wasn’t actually his but a prank by the four kids meant to harass her son.

Set up to look like it was the actual page belonging to Laura Cook’s son, the page included his cell phone number and pictures of the boy. Continue reading »