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Would You Adopt A 'Text Baby'? (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Krystie Yandoli | Posted 05.17.2013 | Teen
Read More: dosomething.org, Teen Parenting, dosomething.org Pregnancy Text, Teen Pregnancy, Pregnancy-Text, Pregnancy Text Video, Teens and Technology, Teen Pregnancy Awareness, Teen News, Sex Education, Teen Moms, Teen Motherhood, Video, Teen News

DoSomething.org wants to make it easier for high school students to understand just how hard it is to be a teen parent -- and they're doing it through...

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Masturbation Is Not A Dirty Word

Jincey Lumpkin | Posted 04.13.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: Teen Mom, Lack of Sex Education, Lesbian, Sex, Reproductive Health, Pregnancy, Vagina, Female Sexuality, Sex Education, Masturbation, Sex Stigma, Sex Ed, Sex Positivity, Sexual Stigma, Sex Positive, Sex Shame, Teen Moms, Sexual Shame, Gay Voices News
Jincey Lumpkin

Having been brought up in the very religious Deep South, I long thought that even dry humping could get you pregnant. And certainly no one taught me about masturbation. But is this really the way we want to handle human sexuality? Why is sex so taboo?

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'I Was Just A Regular 15-Year Old Girl'

Posted 01.23.2013 | Parents
Read More: Adoptive Parents, Teen Mothers, Pregnant at 15, Family and Adoption, Adoption, Teen Moms, Carrie Goldman, Adopting, Birth Mother Stories, Portrait of an Adoption, Teen Pregnancy, Adoptive Parents Stories, Birth Mother, Parents News

This is the eighth post of "30 Adoption Portraits in 30 Days," a series designed to give a voice to people with widely varying experiences, including ...

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Pitching Baby Jesus to the Paploids: If OK! Was Around in the First Century

Angela Himsel | Posted 02.18.2013 | New York
Read More: Christmas, Angelina Jolie, Mary, Madonna, Jesus, Angelina Jolie Twins, Suri Cruise, Esther, Wardrobe Malfunction, Mayim Bialik, Caiaphas, Barrabas, Teen Moms, Bethlehem, Samaritan, Three Wise Men, Snooki, Lazarus, Yiddish, New York News
Angela Himsel

The baby twins on the cover of Shalom! -- the top selling papyrus celebrity mag in all of Israel -- drew Miriam in.

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'Teen Mom 2': A Family Is Split for Good

Sydney Levin | Posted 01.26.2013 | TV
Read More: TV Recaps, Teen Dads, Jordan, Kesha, Ke$Ha, Park, cheating.babies.teen Pregnancy, Ali, Jace, Marriage, Video, Jenelle, Jail, Chelsea, Tv Replay, Barbara, Pregnant, Adam, Engagement, Dentist, Alie, Teen Moms, Keifer, Mtv, Cailynn, Leah, Robbie, Corey, TV News
Sydney Levin

Jenelle explains that she still chooses jail over probation, so her lawyer pulls out his phone to consult his calendar. "It'll be a total of 16 days in jail," he clarifies, since he's not sure if Jenelle can count to double digits.

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Teen Moms, Young Moms Endure Alarmingly-High Levels of Childhood Trauma, Crittenton Study Finds (Part Two)

Jane Ellen Stevens | Posted 01.21.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Teen Moms Childhood Trauma, Teen Mom Study, Crittenton Foundation, Childhood Trauma, ACE Study, Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, Young Moms, Teen Moms Mental Health, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Health News, Childhood Traumas, Young Moms Childhood Trauma, Adverse Childhood Experience, Teen Moms, Healthy Living News
Jane Ellen Stevens

The good news is that services provided by organizations such as Crittenton can help people turn their lives around and interrupt the cycle of parents passing on their high ACE scores to their children.

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'Teen Mom' Stars Call Out Kim Kardashian

The Huffington Post | Leigh Blickley | Posted 11.20.2012 | Celebrity
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These days, our knowledge of celebrities too often originates with paparazzi images and snarky quotes by anonymous "insiders." After a while, it's eas...

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'Teen Mom 2': Someone's Going to Jail

Sydney Levin | Posted 11.20.2012 | TV
Read More: Teen Dads, TV Recaps, Jordan, Barbara, Pregnant, cheating.babies.teen Pregnancy, Park, Ali, Adam, Engagement, Dentist, Alie, Teen Moms, Keifer, Jace, Marriage, Video, Jenelle, Mtv, Cailynn, Leah, Jail, Robbie, Tv Replay, Corey, Chelsea, TV News
Sydney Levin

Jenner is facing 45 days in jail. The probation officer would like to give her a second chance, but she's not ready for it, since that would mean nine more months without weed. Just to be clear: She's picking jail over giving up marijuana.

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Teen Moms, Young Moms Endure Alarmingly-High Levels of Childhood Trauma, Crittenton Study Finds

Jane Ellen Stevens | Posted 01.19.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Crittenton Foundation, ACE Study, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Teen Moms, Teen Moms Childhood Trauma, Teen Mom Study, Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, Young Moms, Teen Moms Mental Health, Childhood Trauma, Childhood Traumas, Young Moms Childhood Trauma, Adverse Childhood Experience, Health News, Healthy Living News
Jane Ellen Stevens

Some alarming data from a recent pilot study of Crittenton clients show that, compared with a general population, teen and young mothers suffer up to seven times the levels of child abuse and other maltreatment. This explains why they become addicted, pregnant or drop out of school.

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'Teen Mom 2' Premiere: Trouble's On The Horizon

Sydney Levin | Posted 11.13.2012 | TV
Read More: Teen Dads, Barbara, Pregnant, cheating.babies.teen Pregnancy, Ali, Adam, Engagement, Dentist, Alie, Teen Moms, Jace, Keifer, Marriage, Jenelle, Cailynn, Leah, Jail, Robbie, Mtv, Corey, Chelsea, TV Recaps, Video, TV News
Sydney Levin

In the time it's taken "Teen Mom 2" to return, you could have had your very own baby! It's been nine excruciating months, but the gals are finally back and ready to make us feel superior.

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The Kardashians, Real Housewives, Teen Moms, Honey Boo Boo And More: How Much Do Reality TV Stars Earn?

www.celebuzz.com | Posted 09.17.2012 | Celebrity
Read More: Housewives Earn, Reality Stars Earn, Reality Star Paycheck, Kardashians Earn, Teen Moms Earn, The Kardashians, Real Housewives, Honey Boo Boo Paycheck, Honey Boo Boo, Teen Moms, Celebrity News

Andy Warhol may have predicted that everyone would become famous for 15 minutes, but he never guaranteed that everyone would earn the same paycheck fo...

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Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Dominates In State With Highest Teen Pregnancy

Reuters | Posted 10.27.2012 | Home
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* State has nation's highest teen birth rate * New law allows abstinence plus sex-ed teaching * Studies show sex-ed work...

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CNN Hero Overcomes Loss, Transforms The Lives Of Teen Moms In Colombia

Posted 11.20.2012 | Impact
Read More: Juan Felipe Gomez Escobar Foundation, Tragic, Catalina Escobar, CNN HERO, Give Back, Cartagena, Global Motherhood, Teen Moms, Video, Colombia, American-Hero, Teen Moms Cartagena, CNN Heroes, Juan Felipe Gomez Escobar, Inspire, Impact News

For most people, a personal tragedy -- like the death of a son -- doesn't result in an initiative that goes on to save the lives of thousands. But...

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Teen Mom Reveals Suicidal Thoughts

Posted 08.02.2012 | Celebrity
Read More: Coping With Postpartum Depression, Postpartum, Teen Mom, Postpartum Depression, Teen Mom Farrah, Teen Mom Mtv, Farrah Abraham, Farrah-Abraham, Postpartum-Depression, Teen Moms, Celebrity News

In addition to her on-screen drama as a single mother and her troubled relationship with her own mom, Debra Danielson, "Teen Mom" star Farrah Abraham ...

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My Day as a Teen Mom

Megan Lehman | Posted 08.19.2012 | Teen
Read More: Teen Pregnancy, Do Something, Pregnancy Text, Teen Moms, Teen News
Megan Lehman

A baby crying is not exactly the ideal wake-up call. I know that now more than ever.

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My Story: 16 and Pregnant

Sarah Roberts | Posted 07.15.2012 | Teen
Read More: Safe Sex, Unprotected Sex, Teen Pregnancy, 16 and Pregnant, Teen Sex, Mtv, Teen Moms, Teen Mothers, Teen News
Sarah Roberts

Sixteen and pregnant. It wasn't exactly the dream I'd had while I was in my junior year of high school. I dreamt of moving away to college and living in a dorm. But when I got the news that I was pregnant, everything changed.

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Teen Moms In Africa Speak Out About Sexual Rights

CNN | Posted 03.16.2012 | Teen
Read More: Girls at Risk, Reproductive Rights, Teen Pregnancy, Liberia, Global Motherhood, Girls at Risk Project, Sierra Leone, Teen Pregnancy Africa, Teen Moms, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Maternal Mortality, Teen News

Sierra Leone and Liberia have some of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, with 15-24 year olds accounting for 40 percent of such deaths...

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Charities To Donate 20 Million Diapers To Families In Need

Posted 02.23.2012 | Impact
Read More: Diapers, Video, Huggies, The National Diaper Bank, Poverty, Single Mothers, Charity, Kids, Jane Weinman, Kids in Distressed Situations, Global Motherhood, Every Little Bottom, Teen Moms, Impact News

The DC Diaper Bank estimates that a child goes through six diapers per day, which can cost up to $120 per month per child. For Americans living in ...

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16 & Pregnant & Having an Abortion

Cristina Page | Posted 03.21.2012 | Home
Read More: Teen Pregnancy, Abortion, 16 & Pregnant, Teen Mom, Mtv, Pro-Choice, Teen Abortions, Adoptio, Birth Parents, Open Adoption, Abortion Clinics, Teen Moms, Home News
Cristina Page

There's another voice you must add to 16 & Pregnant: That of the 16 year-old girl who is pregnant and chooses to have an abortion.

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Life's Detours Don't End the Story

Sarah Henson | Posted 02.28.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Teen-Motherhood, Teen Mom, Teen Mothers, Bv-Life, Teen Moms, Black Voices News
Sarah Henson

I wonder what my life would have been like had Teen Mom been popular when I had my son at age fourteen. I wonder if the stares would have lasted as long or if the shame would have moved inside of my heart where it lived for years.

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Teens, MTV, and Pregnancy -- A Very Confusing Topic

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 02.07.2012 | Parents
Read More: Contraception, Teen Moms, Pregnancy, Teen Mom, Parenting, Mtv, Condoms, Arts Education, Teens, Parents News
Barbara Greenberg

Perhaps, by providing a glance into the not-so-glamorous lives of teen mothers, Teen Moms actually serves to dissuade our girls from entering motherhood at a tender young age.

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What's The Perfect Age To Be A Mother?

Janice Van Dyck | Posted 12.04.2011 | Women
Read More: Women, Puberty, Single Mothers, Infertility, Children, Working Mothers, Teen Pregnancy, Pregnancy, Motherhood, Fertility, Modern Family, Mothers, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Family, Teen Moms, Women News
Janice Van Dyck

Is it possible we're missing the old days when younger couples did the parenting and older couples were grandparents?

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Why MTV Was Right to Show the Disturbing Domestic Violence on Teen Mom

Bonnie Fuller | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Bonnie Fuller

At first I felt MTV was irresponsible to air a scene of domestic abuse on Teen Mom, but in the end, it's good that the general public is seeing this actually happening.

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In Down Economy, Older Moms' Births Still Up In US

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Economy, CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Teen Birth Rate, Babies, Premature Births, Mothers, Teen Moms, Older Moms, Postponing Babies, Economic Recession, Preemies, Pew Research Center, Birth Rate, Healthy Living News

ATLANTA — U.S. births fell in 2008, probably because of the recession, updated government figures confirm. The one exception to the trend was th...

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Tiger Woods and the Problem of Porn Culture in US Celebrity Life

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Read More: Models, Strip Ckubs, Role Models, Bikers, Marketing, Sports Stars, Tiger Woods, US, Porn, Strippers, Teen Moms, Celebrities, Sports News
Vivian Norris

When "success" professionally=failure as a human being for so many, there is something seriously wrong with our definition of success!

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