Teenage Years

Dear Me -- A Letter to My 16-Year-Old Self

Trish Mitchell | Posted 12.24.2011

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Trish Mitchell

Dearest Trisha, You are about to have a rough year. Your 16th birthday was crap, I know, like a lot of your life so far, but I promise it'll be ok. I...

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Psychologist Broadened Americans' View of Teens

Laura Stepp | Posted 12.21.2011

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Laura Stepp

For much of the 20th century, scientists spoke of adolescence as a period of inevitable depression and rebellion. Beginning in the late 1980s, a different view began to emerge.

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Waiting for My Teen to Become a Monster

Red Room | Posted 10.09.2011

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Red Room

Experts have also told us that the number one, ultimate rule of the parent-child relationship is that a mother must never, under any circumstance, ever consider being best friends with her daughter. I guess I blew that one.

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