Afflatus: It's Elusive to Me
Sure, we'd all love to have a book published. But few of us really want to expend the energy. And even fewer are lucky enough to have afflatus!
Sure, we'd all love to have a book published. But few of us really want to expend the energy. And even fewer are lucky enough to have afflatus!
Aimee Liu | Posted 01.12.2009 | Living
Frustratingly few media accounts of self-injury ever address the fundamental reason why people hurt themselves when they're distressed.
Marianne Schnall | Posted 01.02.2009 | Entertainment
AP: The idea came out of us wishing we could go back in time to the younger versions of ourselves and let them know it was gonna be ok. My goal is to be the Edward R. Murrow of girls.
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 12.13.2008 | Living
A new study shows that sleep makes for a proper balance of hormones related to appetite, hunger, metabolism, and even fat retention.
Abigail Jones | Posted 11.24.2008 | Living
Normandy High School officials should have come out strongly, advocating openness, pushing sex education, and acknowledging the problems and pressures of teenage life.
Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living
Allstate, which called the Posit program "potentially the next big breakthrough in automobile safety," said it expects software exercises to reduce risky driving maneuvers by up to 40 percent.
Alyssa Best | Posted 11.06.2008 | Entertainment
My love for New Kids On The Block translated into a powerful feminist experience and brought together an amazing community of women all over again.
Amy Sue Nathan | Posted 10.31.2008 | Living
On a daily basis, when we used to talk about the school day or the towels left on the bathroom floor, as a family, we've tackled the issues of teen pregnancy and the right to choose.
Michelle Renee | Posted 10.20.2008 | Living
As a 17 year-old abused homeless runaway, getting what I needed to survive sometimes meant hurting those that I loved and those that loved me most.
Donald Liebenson | Posted 10.16.2008 | Living
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.
Don Ringe | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics
Some will go across the border, consider self-abortion, suicide, and some will suffer serious injuries or die.
Abigail Jones and Marissa Miley | Posted 10.11.2008 | Living
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.
Lee Stranahan | Posted 10.06.2008 | Media
This controversial report from a former student at Walter Reed Middle School rips the lid off of the scandal that left America asking "Seriously, WTF ...
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 09.27.2008 | Living
Bottom line: if your healthy kid is getting poor sleep, he or she is at risk for elevated blood pressure.
Sarah Seltzer | Posted 09.09.2008 | Entertainment
If you've been spending time in proximity to teenage girls this week, there's a strong chance you've heard about Edward Cullen. Cullen is the undead hero of bestselling young adult fantasy/romance series The Twilight saga.
Olivia Zaleski | Posted 07.31.2008 | Green
Miley's recently released album, "Breakout," breaks the sugar mold with the synthesized call to environmental action, "Wake up America." The song is an eco-anthem ode to mother earth.
Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 06.27.2008 | Media
For all his reliance on social science research, in The Dumbest Generation Mark Bauerlein doesn't present any evidence to justify his assertion that this generation is the dumbest in American history.
Leslie Goldman | Posted 05.03.2008 | Living
Club 21 is an elite clique to which high school girls at St Patrick's College can belong. The thinner the girl, the prettier and more popular she is assumed to be and the higher her rank, from 1 to 21.
Rep. Lois Capps | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics
Over the past decade we have spent over 1.3 billion in Federal dollars on abstinence-only education, event though these programs are ineffective and often contain false information.
Times Of London | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
One day you wake up and your adorable child has become a foul-mouthed adolescent. The anonymous author of a new book describes the blackly comic night...
AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
In a troubling reversal, the nation's teen birth rate rose for the first time in 15 years, surprising government health officials and reviving the bi...
New York Times | MAYRAV SAAR | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment
Celebrities were starting to pour out of the Declare Yourself party, a get-out-the-vote event at the Beverly Hills Post Office, and Blaine Hewison was...
USA Today | Sharon Jayson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
Teens have been taught since elementary school about avoiding risky behaviors such as drinking, drugs and sex. So why, parents may wonder, do they so ...
AP | GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
The suicide rate among preteen and teenage girls rose to its highest level in a decade, and hanging surpassed guns as the preferred method, federal he...
Margot Rogers | Posted 01.17.2009 | Living