Teens

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Eating Disorder Roulette

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 07.07.2008 | Life

Read More: Preppies, Anorexia, New Research, Teens, Eating Disorders, High School, Jocks, Emo, Bulimia, Goths, Athletics, Social Anxiety, High School Dropouts, Life News

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.

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Red Alert to Moms and Dads: Your Insomnia Could Trigger Suicidal Behavior in Your Kids

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 06.18.2008 | Life

Read More: Stress, Suicide, Insomnia, Depression, Mental Health, Children, Sleep Deprivation, Teens, Life News

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).

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Stop Selling Child Abuse as Therapy: Call Congress Today to Support HR 5876

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Boot Camps, Congress, Tough Love, Child Abuse, Troubled Teens, Teens, Politics News

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?

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Tough Love Legislation Moves Ahead; Since When is Biology Not Science?

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 05.19.2008 | Life

Read More: Women, Science, Drugs, Tough Love, Boot Camp, Teens, Life News

Two things I want to call attention to: first, last week, the House Education and Labor Committee approved historic legislation to begin to regulate...

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When Tough Love is Torture-- And How to Stop It (Updated)

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 05.05.2008 | Life

Read More: Boot Camps, Tough Love, Troubled Teens, Teens, Cafety, Life News

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."

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OM(F)G

Leslie Goldman | Posted 04.13.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Video, Gossip Girl, Sex, Teens, Teen Sex, Gossip Girl Ads, Entertainment News

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.

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MySpace and YouTube Didn't Cause The Cheerleader Beatdown

Anastasia Goodstein | Posted 04.09.2008 | Life

Read More: Cheerleader Fight Video, Cheerleader Beating, Cheerleader Fight, Cheerleader Bullying, Girl Beating Video, Florida Girl Fight, Florida Girls Beating Video, Girl Fight Video, Florida Cheerleader Beating, Lakeland Florida Fight, Watch Cheerleader Beating, Florida Teens Beating, Cheerleader, Beating, Watching Florida Girl Fight, Teens, Life News

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.

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Bullying Billy Wolfe - Part I

Jonathan Fast | Posted 04.03.2008 | Life

Read More: Dan Olweus, Bullying, School Shooting, Teens, Billy Wolfe, Columbine, Matt Lauer, Bully, Eric Harris, School Rampage, Today Show, Dylan Klebold, Bullies, Life News

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.

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Trusting Teenage Girls: What America Can Learn from HBO's Dr. Paul Weston

Sarah Seltzer | Posted 03.31.2008 | Life

Read More: Psychotherapy, Therapy, Abstinence Only, Sex, Hbo, Teens, Abstinence-Only, Abstinence, HBO in Treatment, Abstinence Education, Teen Sex, Sexuality, In Treatment, Teenagers, Life News

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.

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Death at the Beach: What Did America Learn in School Last Tuesday?

Tom Gregory | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Brandon McInerney, Ma Vie en Rose, Hate Crimes, Hate, Sexual Orientation, Gay, Alain Berliner, Gay Teens, Violence Against Gays, Homosexuality, Matthew Shepard Act, Gay Rights, Ban on Gay Marriages, Teens, Bigotry, Gay Marriage, Lawrence King, Politics News

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.

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Sweet & Sassy: Do Tweens Need Their Own Salons?

Anastasia Goodstein | Posted 02.07.2008 | Life

Read More: Sweet & Sassy, Teen Girls, Puberty, Tweens, Salons, Tween Salons, Bratz, Kids, Children, Teens, Parenting, Beauty Industry, Beauty, Life News

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.

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MySpace's Missed Opportunity

Anastasia Goodstein | Posted 01.15.2008 | Business

Read More: MySpace Safety, Fear, Cyber Ethics, Internet Safety, Strangers, Social Networking, Social Networking Sites, Ethics, Teens Internet Safety, Teens, Parenting, Facebook, Myspace, Sexual Predators, Business News

By focusing solely on social networking sites, we miss the real picture of who is at risk and how victimization happens.

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