Adolescence

Growing Pains From the Sidelines

Janell Burley Hofmann | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Growing Up, Adolescence, Boys, Parenting Struggles, Teenagers, Parents-Moms, Parents, Growing Pains, Bullying, Parents-Teens, Youth Sports, Kids Playing Sports, Raising Boys, Parents-Kids, Anti-Bullying, Parents News

The humbling tumble from the world of boyhood to confused, chaotic adolescence is upon us. And I am sick over it.

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May Day Festivals of Flirtation, Fertility, and Sexual Frenzy

Donna Henes | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Marriage, May Day, Puberty, Fertility Goddesses, Adolescence, Ecstasy, Sex, Goddesses, Green, Flowers, Fertility, Sexuality, Trees, May Day 2012, May Pole, May Day Holiday, Mindfulness, May Day Traditions, May Day History, Gps-Soul, Healthy Living News

This May Day, let us pay tribute to the Earth Mother and Her daughter goddesses of green growth by planting May trees and flowers and then dancing around them to celebrate the lovely, lusty miracle of life.

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We Need 'All Hands on Deck' to Save Bullied Teens

Thenera Bailey | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Youth Development, Youth, LGBT Issues, Bullying, LGBT Youth, Teen Suicide, Kenneth Wieshuhn, School Bullying, Adolescence, Impact News

This is not an easy fix. But we can start by deploying what we know works in the youth development arena.

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Turn Me On, Dammit Celebrates Horny Girls

Erica Abeel | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Norwegian Cinema, Adolescence, Entertainment News Indie Film, Bullying, Helene Bergsholm, Female Sexuality, Turn Me on Dammit, Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, Entertainment News

Rabid horniness is the default state of fifteen-year-old Alma, whose fantasies range from romantic encounters with cute schoolmate Artur, to down-and-dirty daydreams about practically everybody she encounters in her small town in the Norwegian boonies.

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What's the Rush?

Charissa Newkirk | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Adolescence, Childhood, Financial Responsibility, Teen News

Most of the time, teenagers fail to realize how relaxing being young is when compared with the responsibilities of the real world.

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What's In A Bra (Besides The Obvious)?

Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Push-Up Bras, British Women, Sexy Bras, Puberty, Adolescence, British Study, Sweatshop, First Bra, Training Bras, My Story, Women News

Bras are a way for women to try on different versions of themselves.

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Life Lessons Learned Early: Fess Up When You Mess Up

Julia Landauer | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Adolescence, Teamwork, Mindfulness, Learning Lessons, Teamwork Lessons, Lessons Learned, Life Lessons, Healthy Living News

My ego didn't like admitting my mistakes. It still doesn't! It's embarrassing. I don't like being wrong. It's always easier to blame other people. In the long run, however, I know I am much better off having learned this lesson.

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The Problem With Dressing Like Your Teen

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Aging, Adolescence, Daughters, Menopause, Parenting, Mothers, Teenagers, Parents News

I have been hearing a lot about this topic recently so please weigh in. Dear Dr. G., I know that your column is about problems with teenagers but I ...

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Backyard Boys

Janell Burley Hofmann | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Child Development, Boys, Growing Up, Memories, Parenthood, Mothers, Adolescence, Parents-How-To, Playing, Parents-Kids, Parents-Moms, Parents News

Long before leadership courses, sensitivity training, and peer counseling, if you'll remember that you learned fairness, justice, and teamwork in our backyard.

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Is 'Our Bodies, Ourselves' Necessary In The 21st Century?

Los Angeles Times | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Puberty, Adolescence, Our Bodies Ourselves, Fifty News

It's hard to imagine a time when "Our Bodies, Ourselves" didn't take up space in bookstores and sex education classrooms and rankings on bestseller li...

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Helping Teens When a Parent Has Cancer

Hollye Harrington Jacobs | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Cancer, Silver Lining, Breast Cancer, Adolescence, The Silver Pen, Parents News

The teenage years are a roller coaster of ups and downs under normal circumstances. A cancer diagnosis all but throws the roller coaster off its track. The silver lining is that there are people to help.

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Why Divorce Screws Up Kids More Than We Think

Robert Hughes, Jr. | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: University of Tampere, Marriage, University of Helsinki, Hillevi Aro, Adolescence, Ulla Mustonen, Taina Huurre, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Ari Haukkala, Finland, Longitudinal, Olli Kiviruusu, Intimate Relationships, Divorce News

More and more scientific information is being accumulated about the long-term effects of divorce on children.

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Psychologist Broadened Americans' View of Teens

Laura Stepp | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Assets, Youth Development, Peter Benson, Search Institute, Teenagers, Peter Benson Teens, Peter Benson Assets, Teen Development, Teenage Years, Adolescence, Adolescents, Impact News

For much of the 20th century, scientists spoke of adolescence as a period of inevitable depression and rebellion. Beginning in the late 1980s, a different view began to emerge.

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Standing by Our Boys

Niobe Way, Ph.D. | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Friendship, Adolescence, Boys, Stand by Me, Adolescence and Friendships, Boys and Friendships, Healthy Living Spirit, Relationships, Healthy Living News

One reason for the popularity of Rob Reiner's coming-of-age classic "Stand by Me," as suggested by studies of boys, is that the film's depiction of friendships during adolescence is hauntingly familiar.

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Open Letter to American Girl

John Riofrio | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Dolls, Adolescence, Latinos, Corporations, Advertising, Cultural Studies, Parenting, Bilingualism, Girls Body Image, Body Image, American Girl, American Girl Magazine, Women News

We received our first issue of American Girl magazine earlier this summer and, to be frank, I'm concerned.

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The Loneliness of Living Long Enough to Be Lonely

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Aging, Loneliness, Adolescence, College Aged Kids, Mid-Life, Living Alone, Old Age, Children Growing Up, Widows, Consciousness, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News

I remember the moment I truly understood my mother, a woman I couldn't understand for the life of me ... I saw her loneliness that day. I saw it because, for the first time, I felt glimmers of it in my own life.

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Exploding The Myth Of Teenage Sexuality

Wray Herbert | Posted 09.16.2011

Read More: Healthy Living Mind, Adolescence, Love and Relationships, Virginity Pledges, Sex, Public Health, Abstinence, Pregnancy, Teenage Sexuality, Sexually Transmitted Disease, Sexuality, Healthy Living News

There was no evidence that an early loss of virginity actually caused risky sexuality later. Indeed, twins who have very different initiations into sex -- one early and one late -- nevertheless go on to have similarly risky sex lives.

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Adolescence, Identity And Spirituality

Kenneth J. Doka, M.Div., Ph.D. | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Religion, Church, Puberty, Young Adults, Religious Beliefs, Adolescence, Teens, Identity, Aids, Spirituality, Teenagers, Youth, Healthy Living Spirit, Religion News

As adolescents begin to develop critical thinking, they are encountering their own spiritual questions. "Why do people suffer and die?" "Why do disasters occur?"

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Why I Created Skins

Bryan Elsley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Skins Criticism, Skins Mtv, Adolescence, Skins-Pornography, Skins Controversy, Teenagers, Entertainment News

Skins is actually a very serious attempt to get to the roots of young people's lives. Skins tries to tell the truth. Sometimes that truth can be a little painful to adults and parents.

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Growing Pains: A Dad's Struggle

Stuart Dow | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Pain, Fatherhood, Adolescence, Parenting, Loss, Love, Children, Parents-Dads, Healthy Living News

You see, my suffering isn't just selfish hurt; it stems from a pain that's hers. Of course, the analytical experts say she'll adjust, that this is all very normal.

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An Environmentalist's Review of True Grit

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rooster Cogburn, Review, Horse, Ambiguity, Violence, True Grit, Texas, Matt Damon, Film, Coen Brothers, Outdoors, Movies, Actors, Dvd, Adolescence, Jeff Bridges, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Hailee Steinfeld, Nature, Alcohol, Environment, Camping, Revenge, Avital Binshtock, Plot, Mattie Ross, Laboeuf, Green News

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains plot revelations; don't read past the second paragraph if you don't want to know how the story ends.]We can be fa...

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A Resolution Worth Keeping

Christopher Reeve | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Year's Resolutions, College Students, Homework, Adolescence, Nyc Service, Volunteer, Globalization, Professionals, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Volunteerism, Education News

I propose that qualified men and women volunteer their time to help students in their respective cities with their homework -- help them excel in school and ultimately find success later in life.

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Video: Getting a Look at Intuit's GoPayment System

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iphone, Credit Card Solution, Controlled Chaos, Adolescence, Rapid Adoption, Caps, Infancy, Intuit, Mobile Payment, Smartphones, Fragmentation, Tablet Market, Small Businesses, Mobile Space, Antenna, Technology News

The smartphone market seems to be plagued with chaos. Fortunately, this chaos is market-controlled. Yes, that is an oxymoron -- controlled chaos. Products and services relish in this formless state.

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Peddling War to Children

Robert Koehler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: America's Army, Adolescence, Fallujah, Gaming, Military Recruiting, Video Games, War, Politics News

What an obscenity, it seems to me, to exploit the yearning of the young, and feign a solidarity with it, in order to perpetuate a system that will in all likelihood simply chew them up.

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Preventing Teen Suicide

John Merrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Learning Matters, Mental Health, California, Adolescence, Palo Alto, Cyberbullying, Gay Teen Suicide, Bullying, High School, Community, Teen Suicide, John Merrow, Middle School, Education News

We need to support connections beyond the peer group. And it's not enough to just 'encourage' these connections; let's rebuild our institutions so that they happen naturally.

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