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Adolescent Behavior

Teenagers Have Sex: Deal With It

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 12.12.2012 | New York
Read More: Emergency Contraception, Teenage Pregnancy, Adolescent Behavior, Sexual Health, Sex, Adolescents, Adolescent Sex, Parenting, Sexuality, Sex Education, Adolescent Pregnancy, Stds, Sex Ed, Teen Pregnancy, New York, New York State, New York News
Marianne Mollmann

High School students under the age of 19 account for approximately one-third of all newly diagnosed sexually transmitted infections in New York State. And not surprisingly, teen mothers are much less likely to graduate from high school than their peers who didn't give birth.

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Losing Hope With Your Defiant Teen? Heed This Advice

Evan Allis | Posted 12.19.2011 | Fifty
Read More: Rebellious, Drug Use, Adolescent Behavior, Defiant Teens, Problem Child, Parenting Tips, Runaways, Aggression, Parenting post50, Fifty News

Many parents have a difficult time knowing what to do with their defiant teens. Sometimes it might seem like all of your efforts are worthless, and at...

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How Not To Address Teen Pregnancy

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 07.17.2011 | Politics
Read More: Abortion, Adolescents, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Girls, Parenting, Sex Education, Adolescent Pregnancy, Politics News
Marianne Mollmann

The United States has a long way to go to ensure access to age-appropriate, comprehensive sex education and modern contraception.

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Regression, or How Divorce Turned Me into a (Giddy) Drinking, Smoking, Post-Adolescent

Beth Jones | Posted 05.25.2011 | Divorce
Read More: Marriage, Adolescent Behavior, Smoking, Relationships, Divorce, Rebellion, Drinking, Divorce News
Beth Jones

My divorce took nearly two years. Between the icy night when my ex and I split and the sunny spring day when the gavel finally struck, I behaved like ...

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America's Politically Adolescent Behavior

Carol Smaldino | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Adolescent Behavior, Tea Party, Noise Machine, White and Right, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Rage, Tim Wise, Fringe Politics, Black Americans, Don't Tea on Me Blog, The Shadow, Hatred, Political Right, Israel, Realpolitik, Politics News
Carol Smaldino

In my clinical practice, I have actually seen and tried some of the ways that might represent a pathway to transition our society from a culture of hate to one of listening.

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Staying Connected to Your Tween

Donna Fish | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Adolescent Girls, Tweens, Connection to Kids, Active Listening, Adolescent Behavior, Texting, Adolescent Development, Healthy Living News
Donna Fish

Have you noticed your preteen spending more time away from you when what might feel like a minute ago they were asking you to stay longer at drop off?

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Uh, Yeah: Young Girls Who Feel Unpopular May Gain Weight

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Girls, Adolescent Girls Weight, Weight Gain, Healthy Living News

Where a teenage girl sees herself on her school's social ladder may sway her future weight, a study of more than 4,000 girls finds. Those who believed...

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