Eating Disorder Roulette
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.
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.
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 06.18.2008 | Life
If you suffer from chronic insomnia and have adolescent kids, they could be at a higher risk not only for insomnia themselves, but also for suicidal behavior and for using drugs that induce sleep (like hypnotics).
Maia Szalavitz | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics
How can it be that there are unregulated private jails for teenagers in which they can receive corporal punishment that is prohibited even for convicted murderers in 21st century America?
Maia Szalavitz | Posted 05.19.2008 | Life
Two things I want to call attention to: first, last week, the House Education and Labor Committee approved historic legislation to begin to regulate...
Maia Szalavitz | Posted 05.05.2008 | Life
Despite thousands of cases of severe abuse, few attorneys have been willing to take on the unregulated "troubled teen" industry, and its practices that the government has labeled "torture."
Leslie Goldman | Posted 04.13.2008 | Entertainment
The use of a teeny-bopper text message acronym in a very adult ad for a show about high schoolers is novel yet symbolic of the dichotomy which exists when it comes to marketing to young adults.
Anastasia Goodstein | Posted 04.09.2008 | Life
The internet didn't make those cheerleaders beat up that girl. YouTube and MySpace are just the new ways of making sure the other kids at school know it happened.
Jonathan Fast | Posted 04.03.2008 | Life
What makes Billy Wolfe's case unusual was not the frequency or brutality of the beatings, but the fact that Billy's parents decided to sue the parents of one of the bullies.
Sarah Seltzer | Posted 03.31.2008 | Life
In order to enable teens to gain knowledge, we first have to trust teens. And like the viewers who can't stand Sophie on In Treatment, there are far too many lawmakers who would rather push them out of view.
Tom Gregory | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics
Fifteen-year-old Brandon McInerney has absorbed and internalized the slandering tongue of the president for half his life; it's no wonder he pulled the trigger on a gay student.
Anastasia Goodstein | Posted 02.07.2008 | Life
Maybe "makeover" is a concept adults can stomach when we watch the neverending stream of reality shows, but I'm not sure that's a great message for 8-year-olds.
Anastasia Goodstein | Posted 01.15.2008 | Business
By focusing solely on social networking sites, we miss the real picture of who is at risk and how victimization happens.
Debra Condren | Posted 10.17.2007 | Life
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Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 07.07.2008 | Life