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A UK government program that allows teenager girls to receive birth control implants at school without their parents' knowledge and consent has some parents outraged. Government officials say it's an effective way to combat teen pregnancy. Parents say it's a complete violation of their rights as parents. Morality-minded individuals are concerned that this will result in rampant sluttiness. Teenage girls sit sullenly texting and rolling their eyes. It's a tense situation all around. More »
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Ahh, peeing in bed. Many of us have unpleasant memories of doing it as children, and no doubt many of you have been woken to change the sheets after one of your children let loose his or her bladder while deep asleep. There are plenty of reasons why kids wet the bed, but now scientists have discovered that there's something which could be causing a lot of this night-leaking that never occurred to anyone before: constipation. As odd as it sounds, the study, which was published in the journal Urology, found it played a big role: More »
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Parents of young men who have been busted and sent to jail for having sex with underage girlfriends are fighting anti-sex offender laws on their sons' behalf. Sex offender registry standards are unfair, they say, and enforcing statutory rape laws when the two people involved are just two kids in love is unjust. Is it? More »
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On today's episode of Anderson Cooper's eponymous talk show, the silver haired action figure discussed the issue of father-daughter "purity balls." Specifically, is it the creepiest shit ever or what? Verdict: Yes. More »
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It often seems like the biggest ambition of most Americans is to be 110% comfortable during every moment of their existence, especially when it comes to their fashion choices. And it looks like our nation's youth are doing their very best to blaze new trails in this quest for constant comfort. According to the Wall Street Journal, the latest trend in teen fashion is wearing pajamas to school. More »
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Hey guys, have you met The Purity Bear? He's a plush toy who appears to tempted teens and warns them without moving his mouth that going inside a girl's house will inevitably lead to sex having, and sex having before marriage is literally the worst decision you could possibly make. More »
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There's been a ton of hysteria about all the blowjobs teenagers are allegedly giving and getting these days, but relatively little talk about how teen girls actually feel about giving head. Now a group of researchers has decided to ask them, and the results are kind of disturbing — turns out that for some girls, oral sex is "like homework." More »
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Sydney Spies was on the Today show this morning, discussing the "provocative" photograph that her peers on the yearbook committee banned from being published. "I guess it is artistic," Matt Lauer allowed, "it is also not your run-of-the-mill yearbook photo." Matt asked Sydney's mother, Miki, if she thought the image was appropriate, and Miki cringed as she told Matt, "I asked her not to do it." Then she said something about her child "spreading" her wings — maybe not the best choice of words — and explained that she supports Sydney. More »
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A Colorado school district is embroiled in sexy, sexy scandal after a senior girl's picture was barred from the pages of its yearbook on the grounds that it depicted the dress code being violated and was therefore too sexy. She's organized a protest, asserting that she has a right to be sexy in the yearbook. If only schools banned yearbook photos for being too hilarious in 10 years. More »
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A Washington woman who forced teenage girls to have sex with paying clients she found on the internet has been given some superjustice and sentenced to one year of jail time. If you think that punishment is too harsh for a woman who benefitted financially from forcing kids to have sex, don't fret; she can serve 300 of the days on work release. This isn't a slap on the wrist, it's a kiss on the hand followed by a slightly too rough shoulder massage. More »
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The HPV vaccine is pretty scary stuff. For starters, you probably heard from your aunt that this lady told Michele Bachman that it totally made her daughter "mentally retarded." And even if those who get the shots don't end up like that poor girl no one was ever able to locate, the vaccine is rumored to transform girls into little harlots. After all, everyone knows the only thing keeping 12-year-old from having sex is their deep-seated fear of cervical cancer. More »
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Isn't it natural and normal for adult men to want to have sex with teenage girls? And aren't we being unfair to them by prohibiting them from doing so? These are questions you'd be likely to see on Reddit, but this week they've been addressed to Scientific American's new advice column. And our favorite science writer Jesse Bering has some answers. More »
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Parents might prefer that their teenagers just accept what they say without argument. But a new study reveals — perhaps unsurprisingly — that teens who push back against their moms' words tend to be better at resisting peer pressure as well. More »
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Some good news today: teens are less likely than in previous years to get unwanted sexual propositions over the internet. Does this mean To Catch a Predator is working? More »
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Two teens have died recently from complications of wisdom teeth extraction, and now experts are saying that the entire process may be unnecessary. Future generations of teenagers could be spared weeks of Vicodin and milkshakes — and worse. More »
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While the teen pregnancy rate plummets, American adolescents are occupying their spare time with a different sort of mischief: marijuana smoking. To put it in terms of terrible puns: they may be much less likely to have a bun in the oven, but that doesn't mean that they're not baked. More »
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We really want Michele Bachmann to leave us alone and stop trying to ruin our lives, and we're adult women who've never met her, not teen girls under her care. Yesterday, Michele Bachmann offered some insight into the plight of her three biological daughters and 412 foster children while promoting her book on Sean Hannity's radio show: More »
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For the past few years we've been hearing reports about how the kids are sexting themselves silly, leading overzealous law enforcement officials to crowd our sex offender registries with girls who sent out photos of themselves wearing a bra. Now a new study claims that the vast majority of teens have never sent or received a nude photo. We've never known the media to exaggerate stories involving teens and sex in a hysterical fashion, but let's hear the scientists out. More »
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In spite of efforts by big names like Lady Gaga and Dan Savage, teens continue to treat each other like shit. And so the great tradition carries on, as it did during my high school career and the high school careers of the women who came before me: bullies' preferred method of making girls feel bad about themselves seems to be via harassment about sexual proclivity. Why do teenagers love calling each other "sluts" so much? More »
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Last night's Simpsons dove into the world of fiction writing in an episode titled "The Book Job." Lisa was disgusted with Homer's periodical of choice — JetSki Wanter magazine — which was written by a committee of writers. So Homer got the idea to gather Springfield's best and brightest and work on a YA novel! The group discussed all of the elements that make such a series successful: Orphans, vampires, and trolls. And! As we all know, the troll needs to be played by Robert Pattinson in the flick for true success — perhaps that'll come in The Book Job, Part 2: The Movie Deal. More »
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Gloria Allred, who apparently has a whole show wherein shut-ins watch her Dispense Justice on the teevee, took on a doozy of a case in a recent show, a case that pitted three popular girls against one girl who couldn't hack it with their crew. Regina George on trial! More »
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The long dominance of abstinence-only sex ed in this country has made any program that even mentions condoms look pretty damn good. But what if your teachers could have taught you what you really needed to know about sex? What would you have wanted them to say? More »
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Most people agree that bullying is a big problem for schoolkids, and anti-bullying efforts have gotten a lot of lip service in the past year or so. But now, some kids are doing more than talk — one boy is working with the ACLU, while others recorded their bullies to catch them in the act. More »
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More bad news on the kids-today front: kids who are sexting are more likely to be depressed. The only (sort of) silver lining is that kids in general may be recognizing that sending nude pics to each other is a bad idea. More »
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A Craigslist poster has some weed to offer — and he or she is asking for an unusual form of payment. Below, the full ad: More »
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A new study has found that over half of girls, and many boys, experience sexual harassment in middle or high school. And although some might claim that's just "kids being kids," victims suffer many ill effects. More »
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Colleges place heavy emphasis on test scores in their highly competitive admissions processes. Where you go to college determines what sort of ilk you rub elbows with while doing kegstands, who will hire you, how much money you will make, and your success and happiness forever and always, and poor test scorers are sent to hard labor camps in the Adirondacks. It's no wonder that teenagers pull out all the stops in pursuit of the perfect SAT score, and it's no wonder that often times their desperation combined with their general teen malaise drives them to cheat. Now the government's stepping in to make that more difficult, and, in the process, making the entire standardized test taking process even more of a pain in the ass than it already is. More »
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A 15-year-old boy has been taken into police custody for questioning regarding his involvement in a series of sexual assaults in Queens. Five women have been sexually assaulted in similar attacks since mid-September. More »
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A new poll shows parents may be talking to their kids about sex in general — but when it comes to the details, they're falling short. More »
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Because a woman named Kerry Cohen has written a book called Dirty Little Secret that looks at the current sex lives of our female teenage youth, Good Morning America used the opportunity to create freakout news package. Anchor JuJu Chang gathered up a panel of teen girls and "two older women who admit they were once loose girls" to talk about the current state of affairs. Unmeaningful questions ensue. More »
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A new study shows that parents divorce may increase children's risk of binge drinking. But parenting styles may matter even more. More »
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Procter & Gamble says its website BeingGirl is meant to give young women important advice about puberty and their bodies. But some groups say it's actually a ruse to sell products. More »
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When a Pennsylvania photographer saw that some of her teen clients were cyberbullying other kids, she refused to photograph them. Now she's receiving an outpouring of support. More »
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A new study shows that having sex may actually reduce teenage misbehavior — but only if teens are in relationships. More »
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American Eagle's new padded "Drew" bra promises to enhance your breasts up to two cup sizes and give you that "Double Whoa." The problem? Some would say they are marketing directly to teenagers. More »
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A new study reveals that an older sister's pregnancy increases a teen girl's risk of getting pregnant herself — and the effect is stronger than that of education. More »
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WARNING: Experts fear that binge drinking will turn your teenage daughter into a "violent and promiscuous" monster. More »
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A new study shows that a whopping 60% of Texas students are suspended at some point in middle or high school — and those getting the harshest suspensions are students of color. More »
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According to a study published in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, binge drinking is more likely to affect teen girls than teen boys — due in part to the fact that the brains of young women develop before those of their male counterparts. More »
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According to a government report, underage drinking over the Fourth of July weekend results in double the number of boys admitted to the emergency room. More »
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