Teen

Saying 'So Long' to Your Senior

Leslie King, LCSW | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Graduation, Teenager, Dads, Graduate, Teen, High School, Parenting, Moms, College Graduates, Parents, High School Graduation, Parents News

What can a parent do when the last, precious moments of many busy years of effort and work seem to suddenly culminate in caps and gowns?

Read Post

Executive Function Dysfunction?

Leslie King, LCSW | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Parent, Dad, Teenager, Children, Child, Mother, Teen, Mom, Father, Parenting, High School, Homework Help, Homework, Studying, Parents News

In essence, parents would do well to understand that teenagers develop execution function capacities at different times and in individual ways.

Read Post

Goodbye, My Child -- Hello Alien?

Darryl Sollerh | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Dad, Teenager, Girl, Parental Challenges, Children, Child, Middle School, Parent, Raising Children, Mom, Teen, High School, Boy, Parenting, Middle Schooler, Parents News

With a little judicious self-understanding, awareness, patience and support, your Middle Schooler may not seem quite so alien after all, and you likely won't seem quite so alienated from them.

Read Post

Do These Posts Describe Your Life?

Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Teen Quotes, Teen, Teenagerposts, Inspirational Quotes, Teen Memes, Fun Stuff, Slidepollajax, Teen Sayings, Tumblr Trends, Teen News

In case you didn't know, we're kind of obsessed with Tumblr at HuffPost Teen. While, admittedly, a lot of our Tumblr-time has been spent looking a...

Read Whole Story

Bullying Study Shows Some Kids At High Risk For Abuse

Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Video, Autistic Children, Asperger Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Children, Kids, Bullying, Teen, Elementary School, Bullies, Autism, Autistic, Parents, Science News

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 03/27/2012 01:17 PM EDT on LiveScience Kids with autism spectrum disorders are three ti...

Read Whole Story

Trayvon Martin Case Salts Old Wounds, Raises Racial Ire

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: George Zimmerman, Shooting, Trayvon Martin, Sanford, Teen, Florida, Sanford Police Department, Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee Jr., Self-Defense, Black Voices News

When Bill Lee Jr. took over as police chief in Sanford, Fla., last May, he promised to polish the force’s image and clean up an agency that had lost...

Read Whole Story

Email Use On The Skids Among Teens

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Teen Mobile, Linkedin, Facebook Chat, Mobile Teen, Twitter, Smartphones, Teen Email, Facebook, Texting Teen, Texting, Teen Texting, Video, Teen, Skype, Email Teen, Tablets, Technology News

With texts, tweets, Facebook Chat, and Skype all available as means of instantaneous communication, it's no surprise that the good ol' email seems to ...

Read Whole Story

Twitter Generation Business Letter

Trish Mitchell | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Hashtag, Teen, Twitter Hashtags, #Wff, Twitter, Comedy, Humor, Comedy News

@DearSirorMadam U need to #chill #dudes! #lol #WTF #mybitchpays #ows #occupywallst @DearSirorMadam I don't appreciate the #threatening tone of ...

Read Post

15-Year-Old Led Police On High-Speed Car Chase

AP | Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: Juvenile Delinquency, Teen, Car Chase, Police, High School News

ASHLAND, Ore. — A 15-year-old Washington boy is behind bars after police say he led troopers from two states on a 45-mile pursuit at speeds that...

Read Whole Story

Mom Calls Cops On Son For Not Cleaning Up Mess

Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Gets Arrested, Video, Dumb Crime, Stamford, Connecticut, Stamford Crime, Clean Room, Teen, Teen Arrested for Refusing to Clean Room, Luis Perez, Weird Connecticut, Connecticut Crime, Teen Refuses to Clean Room, Weird News News

If you don't pick up after yourself, you risk getting grounded -- or even arrested. Luis Perez was booked on disorderly conduct charges after his m...

Read Whole Story

Teen Makes Occupy Wall Street Trip With Grandmother

Turnstyle | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Black Voices, New York, Youth, Economy, We Are the 99 Percent, Jobs, United States, Pontiac, Politics, Education, Grandmother, Occupy Wall Street, Protest, Ows, Teen, Michigan, u.s. News , Parents, Impact, Impact News

Originally published on Turnstylenews.com, a digital information service surfacing emerging stories in news, entertainment, art and culture; powere...

Read Post

VIDEO: Ohio Students Rap About Math

| Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Video, Math, Rap, Schooltube, Ohio, Westerville South High School, Teen, Fun Stuff, Student, High School News

The students at Westerville South High School in Westerville, Ohio are triple threats: they can sing, they can dance, and they can solve quadratic equ...

Read Whole Story

Cigar-Smoking Teen Suspected in Canyon Fire

Patch.com | Sharon Cotal | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Teen, Cigar, Fire, Mandeville Canyon, High School News

The Los Angeles Fire Department said the fire that burned 40 acres in the Mandeville Canyon and Sepulveda Pass area is under active investigation and ...

Read Whole Story

Why A College Fund Is An Essential Part Of Your Divorce Settlement

Natalie Pace | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: President, Degree, Pace, Divorce, Wage, Ivy League, Natalie, Wall Street, Invest, Education, Phd, Unemployment, Clinton, College, Stock, NataliePace.Com, Teen, 529, Divorce News

Include this life line in your divorce settlement. On June 29-30, 2011, President Bill Clinton brought together over 750 CEOs, NGOs, Nobel Prize wi...

Read Post

Cops: Florida Teen, Killed Parents, Then Had A Party

AP | MATT SEDENSKY | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Murder, Port St. Lucie, Tyler Hadley, Police, Party, Kill, Mary-Jo Hadley, Teen, Florida, Black Hadley, Arrest, Cops, Parents, Video, Crime News

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A 17-year-old boy is accused of bludgeoning his parents with a hammer, then hosting dozens of friends for a party while ...

Read Whole Story

Teen Girl Dies At Sleepover After Sipping Spiked Soda

AP | TERRY COLLINS | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Poison, Spiked Soda, California, Sleepover, Teen Death, Soda, Teen, Santa Rosa, Crime News

SAN FRANCISCO — Alcohol was a likely factor in the death of a 14-year-old Northern California girl after she and three friends apparently drank ...

Read Whole Story

Honor Your Life

Jay Tavare | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: American Indian, Indian Reservations, Honor Your Life, Addiction, Suicide, Crisis Intervention, Teen, Adolescent, Apache, Mesclero, Impact News

The air smelled of smoke from the fires raging in the Southwest, but foremost in my mind was excitement to see my friends and family on the reservation. Whenever I make a trip to the Apache rez, it is their love that always leaves me humbled.

Read Post

WATCH: James Tate, Conn. Student Once Barred From Prom, Gets Big Night

AP | Posted 08.05.2011

Read More: Banned, Sonali Rodrigues, Connecticut, Prom Night, Teen, Prom, Good News, Shelton High School, James Tate, New York News

SHELTON, Conn. -- A Connecticut teen who was briefly barred from prom for his over-the-top invitation to his date finally got to go. Shelton High S...

Read Whole Story

Guest Post: How to handle toxic teen friendships

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Talking Teenage, Reputation, Guest Post, Toxic, Relationships, Toxic-Teen, Friendship by the Book, Teen, Jennifer A. Powell-Lunder, Toxic Friendship, Downgrading, Phasing Out, Living, Breaking Living News, PsyD, Healthy Living News

By Barbara R. Greenberg, PhD and Jennifer A. Powell-Lunder, PsyD Teens are hard-pressed to know when they should phase out a friendship. As parents, ...

Read Post

Middle school is tough on friendships

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Name-Calling, Friendship, Friend, Mean Girls, Teasing, Preteen, Frenemies, Bully, Bullying, Friendship Advice, Teen, Middle School, Best Friend, Healthy Living News

QUESTION Dear Irene, My best friend and I have been best friends since the first grade. Now we're in middle school. This new charter school opened u...

Read Post

When you can't stand your teen's best friend

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

QUESTION Hi Irene, What should you tell a teen whose friend is nothing but trouble when she feels that the friend is her best friend in the who...

Read Post

My teen daughter doesn't have a single close friend

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

QUESTION Dear Irene, I read another post on your blog regarding a daughter who felt like an outcast. My own daughter was in tears last night because...

Read Post

Expert: Wave Of Gay Teen Suicides Underscores A 'Hidden Problem'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Raymond Chase Suicide, Raymond Chase, Suicide, Teen, Gay, Tyler Clementi Suicide, Tyler Clementi, Statistics, Politics News

A recent rash of suicides among gay youth has captured the attention of the nation, with President Obama releasing a video Thursday aimed at reaching ...

Read Whole Story

'At 13' -- Why We Must Make it Better for LGBT Teens (VIDEO)

Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lgbt, It Gets Better Project, Out in the Silence, Glbt, Suicide, Teen, Gay, It Gets Better, Impact News

The epidemic of teen suicides has directed national attention to the severity of homophobic bigotry and harassment, but it has not deterred the religious right from continuing to battle against measures to protect students.

Read Post

Cops: Woman Posed As Teenage Boy To Have Sex With Teen Girl

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Patricia Dye, Matt Abrams, Woman Dresses as Boy, Springboro, Teenage Boy, Patty Dye, Crime, Ohio, Underage Sex, Teen, Boy, Teenage Girl, Home News

Patricia Dye, 31, posed as a 14-year-old boy under the alias Matt Abrams in order to allegedly have sex with a 16-year-old girl in Springboro, Ohio, a...

Read Whole Story