Social and Community Articles

• Editor's Tidbits:

  Short Takes on Teen Topics:
  • Home Alone After School May Lead to Crime
  • Heavier Kids Don’t Go to School As Much
  • SAT Scores Drop
  • Social Networking Sites Get Younger
  

• Editor's Tidbits:

  Short Takes on Teen Topics:
  • Declaring a Major in High School
  • Protect Your Active Teen
  • Lowering the Legal Drinking Age?
  • Sexually Active Teens Avoid Safe Sex
  • Online "Bake Sales" Earn School Funds

• Editor's Tidbits:

  Short Takes on Teen Topics:
  • States Abstain from Abstinence Education


• Teach Your Teen Cell Phone Etiquette
• Sleepless Teens Battle Biology
• Onscreen Smoking Lures Teens
• School Shooters and Violent Media


• Fitting In

  Teens Speak Out on the Importance of Being "In" With the "In" Crowd

• Hooking Up: Whatever Happened to Crushes?

  ParentingTeensOnline delves into teens' most intimate moments and looks at ways to help your teen with love and sexual issues.

• You Want To Do What?!!!

  A Parent's Guide to Body Decoration
  Piercing, tattooing, dyeing, and shaving seem to be a rite of passage for many teens. What can a parent do?

• Teens Who Give Back

  Teens have a reputation for being self-centered, but many teens care about others and want to volunteer. Find out how to get your teenager involved.

• Tidbits

  • Getting Holy with Hip Hop
  • Stop Smoking, Build Media Smarts
  • AT&T Hosts Texting Bees for Parents
  • Teen Trend Alert: Caffeine Abuse from Energy Drinks
  

• Editor's Tidbits:

  Short takes on teen topics:
  • A More Responsible Generation
  • MySpace.com Goes Political
  • Keep a Spy-Eye on Teen Drivers
  • A Cool Nurse Who Knows Her Stuff
  • My Diary No More
  

• Book Excerpt: Unhooked

  An excerpt from Laura Sessions Stepp's Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both