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Interview With Annabel Monaghan, Author of New YA novel, 'A Girl Named Digit'

Interview With Annabel Monaghan, Author of New YA novel, 'A Girl Named Digit'

06. 7.2012
You know that feeling you get from holding a new book in your hands, excited by the promise of the first few pages? That's how I felt...
Facebook Lowering the Age of Admittance? No Thank You!

Facebook Lowering the Age of Admittance? No Thank You!

06. 7.2012
As a psychologist, mother and someone who cares about kids' well-being, I suggest we collectively resist allowing pre-teens to access Facebook,...
Surprising Reason Students Missed Their Own Prom

Surprising Reason Students Missed Their Own Prom

Hannah Orenstein  06. 6.2012
For New Jersey seniors Sasha Chhabra and Kevin Petrovic, prom was one of the biggest nights of their life -- but not for the reason you...
Apocalypse and Adolescence: <em>The Age of Miracles</em> by Karen Thompson Walker

Apocalypse and Adolescence: The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

06. 5.2012
This tragic coming-of-age story chronicles the parallel disintegrations of the world and the life and family of Julia, a sensitive 12-year-old...
5 Reasons It's Awesome To Be A Millennial

5 Reasons It's Awesome To Be A Millennial

06. 5.2012
By Britni Berg Britni is a senior at Glenbrook North High School. She’s a student reporter for The Mash, a weekly teen publication distributed...
10 Things I Want My Ten-Year-Old Daughter To Know

10 Things I Want My Ten-Year-Old Daughter To Know

06. 5.2012
I feel ever more aware of her girlhood and looming adolescence, and of all the things I want her to know, as if I could somehow instill...
Kids Under 13 on Facebook? Not So Fast!

Kids Under 13 on Facebook? Not So Fast!

06. 5.2012
Just as our kids have to wait to be the right age to drive, drink and vote, let's help them understand that in today's world, they also...
Teen Writers Get Their Showcase at Central Library

Teen Writers Get Their Showcase at Central Library

06. 4.2012
Librarians have been focused on creating practices to help kids and teens understand that information online is content that must be evaluated,...
Frightening Books to Help People of Any Age Own the Night

Frightening Books to Help People of Any Age Own the Night

05.30.2012
When you're a teenaged book lover summer reading is the best reading! The freest reading! It's staying up all night under the covers with...
Worrying About What Our Teens are Reading? Really?

Worrying About What Our Teens are Reading? Really?

05.30.2012
When I was growing up, my mom's best gift to me was to take me to the library.
Do You Listen To Your Music On Full-Blast? (POLL)

Do You Listen To Your Music On Full-Blast? (POLL)

05.25.2012
Whoever coined the phrase "sex, drugs and rock n' roll," may have been onto something: According to a new study conducted by researchers...

5 Lies Moms of Teens Tell

05.21.2012
What an easier time we would have if we felt we had permission to be real with ourselves and each other.
PHOTO: Mom's Public Punishment For Daughter's Facebook Pics

PHOTO: Mom's Public Punishment For Daughter's Facebook Pics

Laura Hibbard  05.18.2012
While the rise of social media has certainly created new ways for children to get themselves in trouble, it's also given parents a whole...

Cell Phones, Teenagers and Anxious Attachment

05.15.2012
We are raising a cohort of teens whose cell phones have replaced their favorite blankets or stuffed animals.