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Best Friends: No Way Out?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 02.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Living News, Relationships, Female Friend, Mean Girl, Insecure, Reader Q & A, No Way Out, Female Friendship, Manipulative, High School, Std, Controlling, Toxic Friend, Abusive, Counselor, Promiscuity, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Dear Irene: I wish I had an escape but I'm still in high school and I live a street away from her and she knows almost everything about me, even that I may have an STD.

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No to More Media Personalities in Government!

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: France, Politics, Sarkozy, Washington, Industry, President Obama, Kennedy, High School, Clintons, Obama, Media, Hollywood, Carla Bruni, Facebook, Camelot, Politics News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

I live in France where we already have a people-izing of government with the President marrying an ex-model just three months after his divorce and li...

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Have an Underperforming Teenager?

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 01.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Relationships, Adhd, SAT Exam, High School, School, Family, Performance, Teenagers, Junior High School, School Grades, Living News
Mark Goulston, M.D.

Take a deep breath./Stop reacting from your frustration/and read what follows below.../Does it sound like someone you know?

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The Impact of Kindness: Riches and Regrets

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 01.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Health, Principals, Holiday Reflections, High School, Caring, Teachers, Love, The New Year, Compassion, Kindness, Holiday Season Commentary, Living News
SaraKay Smullens

I find myself looking back and remembering those who showed me enormous kindness -- as well as opportunities for kindness to those I had not been deeply involved with.

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Why Harm Reduction Makes Sense: These Three Things I Know are True

Stanton Peele | Posted 01.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Youth, Underage Drinking, Harm Reduction, Drugs, Teen Alcohol Abuse, Binge Drinking, Drug Use, High School Students Survey, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug Czar, American Teen, Adhd, High School, Drug Abuse, Substances, Health, Living News
Stanton Peele

How many adult substance abusers abstain? By now, we are inured to the frequent visits to rehab by problem drinking and drug abusing entertainment figures.

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A Great SAT Gift for Teens

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 01.15.2009 | Living

Read More: High School, Test Preparation, Education, Holiday Gifts, Online Courses, SAT Preparation, Sat Scores, Living News
Esther Wojcicki

If you are a budget conscious parent of a student who is feeling the college preparatory pressure, here is an idea for an affordable holiday gift.

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My Most Over-the-Top Moment as a Mother

Marilyn M. Machlowitz | Posted 12.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Fencing, Mother, Hover Geneartion, Mothering, Hover Mother, Ivy League, High School, Parenting, Help Applying to College, College Admissions, Living News
Marilyn M. Machlowitz

When my daughter's fencing coach moved to Seattle, I was beside myself. How, I worried, could she explain on her college applications why she stopped fencing senior year?

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A Brief Educational Update

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 12.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Television, High School, Reality TV, Humor, School Discipline, Gas Prices, School Budget, Alternative Energy, School Funding, Cheating, School Militaary Recruiters, Education Budget, Ninja Assassin, Living News
Jeffrey Shaffer

The bus schedules should have arrived in your mail by now and we have instituted a policy that awards school credits to any student who shows up at the bus stop with a full can of gasoline.

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HIV Scare at St. Louis High School

Abigail Jones | Posted 11.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Jamie Lynn Spears, Teen Sex Education, Cdc, St. Louis, Teenage Sex, Hiv, Sex Education, Teenagers, HIV/AIDS, Bristol Palin Pregnancy, Health Scares, Normandy High School, Kids, Sex...With Mom and Dad, Health, Teens, Abstinence Education, High School, Gossip Girl, Bristol Palin, Troubled Teens, Living News
Abigail Jones

Normandy High School officials should have come out strongly, advocating openness, pushing sex education, and acknowledging the problems and pressures of teenage life.

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High School Debaters Debate The Debate (WATCH)

Washington Post | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Video, Barack Obama, Joe the Plumber, High School, Washington Post, Presidential Debates, John McCain, Politics News

via The Washington Post: Last night, four members of the Walt Whitman High School Debate Team from Bethesda, Md., debated John McCain and Barack Oba...

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What I Learned At The Sarah Palin Rally Before They Threw Me Out!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Women's Health Clinics, Abortion Rights, George W. Bush, Cheerleader, Sarah Palin Vice President, Prisoner of War, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, California, Christian Fanatics, 1996 Olympics, John Kerry, Bill Ayers, High School, Republicans, Domestic Terrorism, Eric Rudolph, Carson, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

I'd rather be thrown out for the truth than group-hugged for a lie.

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On Facebook, The High School Reunion Never Ends

Pauline Millard | Posted 10.30.2008 | Media

Read More: People, High School, Facebook, Reunions, High School Reunion, Social Networking, Friendster, Long-Distance Coorespondence, Myspace, Media News
Pauline Millard

These aren't people I see everyday but it's nice to hear from them every now and again.

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Police Add Uncertainty to the Mix

Donald Liebenson | Posted 10.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Adolescent Depression, Scrubs, The Police, High School, Parent-Child Connections, Adolescence, Parenting, Mixtapes, Teenagers, Living News
Donald Liebenson

At parent orientation for incoming high school freshman, the principal encouraged us to get involved with our kids, to ask questions. So I sat my son down and, bracing myself, asked about the mixtape.

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Attention Parents: Back-to-School 101

Abigail Jones and Marissa Miley | Posted 10.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Jamie Lynn Spears, Restless Virgins, Sex, Sarah Palin, High School, Beverly Hills 90210, Parenting, Gossip Girl, Bristol Palin, Teenagers, Mothers and Daughters, Living News
Abigail Jones and Marissa Miley

High school will be a whole new world for your daughter, including a changing social scene where partying, drinking, and hooking up may seem suddenly expected. You--her parents--can help her safely navigate all of it.

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Not Just a Bunch of "Stupid Girls" -- Education and the Next Generation

Lindsay Dittman | Posted 10.04.2008 | Living

Read More: High School, Community Service, Travel, Invisible Children, The Giving Life, Living News
Lindsay Dittman

Heading into my senior year of high school, I'm entering it with a much clearer head because I know that somewhere in my four years, I did something constructive.

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Donating To Myself

Lindsay Mannering | Posted 07.23.2008 | Living

Read More: High School, Donations, College, Selfishness, Costa Rica, The Giving Life, College Endownments, Alumni Donations, Alumni Gifts, Living News
Lindsay Mannering

Once a year I officially donate money. I write two checks, one to my high school and one to my university. I fill out the insert that comes in the s...

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Eating Disorder Roulette

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 07.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Preppies, Anorexia, New Research, Teens, Eating Disorders, High School, Jocks, Emo, Bulimia, Goths, Athletics, Social Anxiety, High School Dropouts, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Why do teens get eating disorders? Blame it on their friends! But wait, it's not that simple. In fact, it doesn't matter which group teen girls actually fall into, but only which group they most identify with.

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Canadian Turns Mom's Yearbook Into Art

Jeremy Axelrod | Posted 05.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Toronto Comics Arts Festival, Graphic Artists, John Martz, Robot Johnny, Excelsior High, Graphic Art, High School, Yearbook, Comics, Ontario, Excelsior, Living News
Jeremy Axelrod

Excelsior High is a fiction, set in "fictional Bristol Country Secondary School in the fictional Staedtler, Ontario," but the students are drawn and renamed from an actual yearbook.

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States' Data Obscure How Few Finish High School

New York Times | SAM DILLON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: High School Graduation Rate, High School, US Education, High School Graduation, Politics News

When it comes to high school graduation rates, Mississippi keeps two sets of books. One team of statisticians working at the state education headquar...

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