Teens

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"So You Think You Can Dance" Producer Puts Underprivileged Youth In The Spotlight

Posted 11.24.2009 | Impact

Read More: Dancing With the Stars, Katie Holmes, Youth, Carrie Ann Inaba, Teens, Nigel Lythgoe Adam Shankman, Dance, Dancers, So You Think You Can Dance, Impact News

"So You Think You Can Dance" co-creator and executive producer Nigel Lythgoe sees a lot of talented young people who aren't quite ready to take the st...

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Who Knew a School Requirement Could Change Your Life?

Joliz Cedeno | Posted 11.19.2009 | Impact

Read More: Foreign Relations, Community Service Requirements, Global Kids, Youth, International Relations, Kids, Teens, Inspiring Youth, Impact News

Fifty hours was all I needed. This was the thought in my mind when I first came to a Global Kids meeting ten years ago.

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Third Of Teens Say They've Texted While Driving, Survey Shows

msn.com | Posted 11.16.2009 | Technology

Read More: Texting While Driving, Teens Texting, Text Messaging Driving, Texting Driving, Text Messaging, Teens, Technology News

A third of teens ages 16 and 17 say they have texted while driving and 48 percent of teens ages 12 to 17 say they have been in a car when the driver w...

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Text Messaging Booms: 80% More Messages Sent In Just 12 Months; 132.5 Billion Texts Sent

New York Times | ALEX MINDLIN | Posted 11.09.2009 | Technology

Read More: Bucket Plans, Text Message Statistics, CTIA Report, Texting Stats, Tweens, Text Message Growth Rates, Teenagers, Cell Phone Carriers, Text Stats, Cell Phone Companies, Phones, Teens, How Many Text Messages Have Been Sent, Per-Message Fees, Cell Phones, Adults, Demographics, Technology News

The number of text messages transmitted in the United States grew by more than 80 percent over the 12 months ended in June, according to a report just...

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Really Special Education: State Investigation Confirms "Lap Dance Therapy" Allegations

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Supreme Court, Taxes, Expensive Lap Dances, Education, Add, Disabilities, Teens, Addiction, Treatment, Mount Bachelor Academy, Drugs, Troubled Teens, Living News

A series of investigations could spell the beginning of the end for the billion dollar, taxpayer funded troubled teen industry.

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Teens Sue School Over Punishment For Racy MySpace Pics

AP | CHARLES WILSON | Posted 10.31.2009 | Technology

Read More: Myspace, Myspace Photos, Churubusco High School, Teens, Churubusco High School Myspace, Teens Sue School Over Punishment for Racy Pics, Racy Myspace Pics, Myspace Pics, Pics, Teens Sue School, Racy Pics Churubusco High School, Racy Myspace Pictures, Teens Sue School Myspace, Technology News

INDIANAPOLIS — Two sophomore girls have sued their school district after they were punished for posting sexually suggestive photos on MySpace du...

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The Drama Of The Adopted Daughter

Jenifer Fox | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Girls, Jenifer Fox, Relationships, Parenting Tips, Daughters, Teens, Strengths, Parenting, Adoption, Happiness, Living News

Between the ages of 14 and 16 girls begin the difficult search for independence. It is even more difficult for a daughter who has been adopted, as she is trying to find a separate identity from her adopted mother.

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Swine Flu Death Toll Continues To Rise, Especially Among Children

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Fatalities, Vaccine Shortage, Deaths, Children, Virus, Teens, Swine Flu, H1n1, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Vaccine Supply, Flu Strain, Teenagers, Living News

With no signs of the H1N1 virus slowing down, the flu strain continues to hit children and teens in larger numbers than any other age group, and rese...

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Show Reviews: Why?, Au, and Dark Dark Dark at the Bluebird

Angora Holly Polo | Posted 10.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Au, Dark Dark Dark, Bluebird Theater, Why?, Denver Shows, Show Reviews, Teens, Concert Reviews, Denver News

Perhaps it's the accordion, but when I first heard Dark Dark Dark I felt like it should be piping through Metros of Paris, sad songs wafting sadly from a band of waif-like ragamuffins.

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Depression Alert: Reading This Post May Just Help Save a Life

Chloe Spencer | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Mental Illness, Depression, Cutting, Teens, Suicide, Parenting, Teenagers, Troubled Teens, Living News

Be aware of all your friends and family, because they may be suffering from severe depression, and it's just bottled up inside them and invisible to others.

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You Don't Have to Be Barbie: Girls and Media Literacy

Dr. Logan Levkoff | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Leadership, Logan Levkoff, Teens, Media Literacy, Teenage Girls, Media, Celebrity, Living News

In the last year, I joined the Board of Directors of Women's Expressive Theatre and Risk Takers. How could I not get involved? I have a daughter and I want her to know that she is unstoppable.

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Ending Domestic Violence Means Teaching Respect

Courtney Macavinta | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Self-Respect, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Dating Violence, Teens, Living News

My first memory in life is of my mother holding me up as a human shield to get my dad to stop beating her. I was just 2-years-old. Now my goal is to break this cycle of disrespect.

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Judge To Decide If 9-Year-Old Liberian Refugee Will Stand Trial In Arizona Rape

AP | By AMANDA LEE MYERS | Posted 11.28.2009 | Home

Read More: Rape, Attorney, Crime, Children, Camelview Elementary School, Liberia, Dawn Bergin, 9 Year Old, Boys, Arizona, Teacher, Judge Bergin, Phoenix, Teens, Africa, West Africa, West Phoenix, Liberian Boys, Teacher Testimony, Art Merchant, Judge Dawn Bergin, Toya Abrams, Liberia Refugee, Refugees, Shed, Home News

PHOENIX (AP)-- A 9-year-old boy charged in the gang-rape of an 8-year-old Liberian girl sobbed in court Monday as his teacher testified that he rarely...

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Kids and Self Esteem: The Real Deal

Donna Fish | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Confidence Building, Kids, Parenting, Eating Disorders, Self-Esteem, Substance Abuse, Parenting Advice, Teens, Living News

How do you as a parent help give your kids the skills to do their best, which involves trying over and over and over?

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The Benefits of Choosing to Participate

Deborah Plummer | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Youth Activities, Race and Diversity, Facing History and Ourselves, Choosing to Participate Exhibit, Teens, Living News

The "Choosing to Participate" exhibit is part of a national initiative aimed at stimulating young people and adults to think deeply about the importance of participating in a democratic society.

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Teen Birth Rates Highest In Most Religious States

MSNBC | Jeanna Bryner | Posted 11.17.2009 | Home

Read More: Religion, Conservative States, Teen Birth Rates, Teens, Home News

U.S. states whose residents have more conservative religious beliefs on average tend to have higher rates of teenagers giving birth, a new study sugge...

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Why Is AAA Offering Brain Training to Older Drivers?

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living

Peter Kissinger, CEO of the AAA Foundation: Part of making our nation's roads safer is helping mature drivers who wish to stay active -- a quickly growing population -- maintain or improve their driving safety.

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A World On Pause: The Joys Of Being Unplugged At Summer Camp From A 16-Year Old Experiencing It

Cassie Goldring | Posted 10.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Unplugging, Television, Connectivity, Children, TV Turnoff, Computers, Nature, Teens, Childhood, Technology, How-to-Unplug, Maine, Teenagers, Living News

As a 16 year-old girl, turning in my Blackberry to the camp director, not to see or hold it again for 7 weeks, was certainly not my ideal way to begin my summer vacation.

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Writers Conference for Teens and Twenties? You bet!

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 09.27.2009 | Books

Read More: Authors, Writers, Writers Conference, Indiana, Agents, Teens, Literary Agents, Twenties, Tweens, Editors, Conference, Books News

Teens 'N Twenties Writers Conference (TNT) to be held Sept 19 in Indiana, reflects its dynamic abbreviation!

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Sexting, Texting, and Other Back-to-School Tips

eSarcasm | Posted 09.27.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Iphone, Sexting, Vanessa Hudgens, Humor, Satire, Teens, Teen Sex, Facebook, School, Humor and Satire, Teenagers, Texting, Comedy News

If you send a pic of your ta-tas to your boy-toy, you could just as well send it to the entire world. Flash your friends in-person instead; it's far less risky, and no one's going to be able to upload it to the Internet later.

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Surprise, Surprise! Teens Not Tweeting

NYT | CLAIRE CAIN MILLER | Posted 09.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Teens Not Twitter, Twitter, Not Tweeting, Text Messaging, Teens and Twitter, Texting, Teens, Home News

Just 11 percent of its users are aged 12 to 17, according to comScore. Instead, Twitter's unparalleled explosion in popularity has been driven by a de...

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Why Teens Don't Use Twitter

New York Times | CLAIRE CAIN MILLER | Posted 09.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Teens Twitter, Twitter, Teens, Media News

Twitter, however, has proved that "a site can take off in a different demographic than you expect and become very popular," he said. "Twitter is defyi...

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Painful Teen Friendship: What's a Mom to Do?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 09.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Reader Q & A, Parent, Living News, Resilience, Mom, Best Friend, Hurt, Advice, Parenting Advice, Role, Breaking News, Communication, Teens, Preadolescents, Living News

Unless your teen's health or safety is at risk, resist the temptation to solve friendship problems for her.

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Prescription Drugs: Keep Out of Reach of Teens

Barbara Ficarra | Posted 08.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Prescription Drugs, Addiction, Barbara Ficarra, Mental Health, healthin30, Teens, Addiction & Recovery, Living News

"Pharming" is when teens swap prescription and/or over-the-counter medications and take them all at once, often with alcohol, to get high. This has become a popular and dangerous trend among teens.

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