Drifting Toward Love: Black, Brown, Gay, and Coming of Age on the Streets of New York By Kai Wright The author, Kai Wright, has taken a look at three adolescents that chose to live on the streets of New York. The author is a journalist and wanted to understand why these teens would put themselves [...]
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——————————————————————————— Since there has been talk, and I have posted on this blog, about teen bi-sexuality growing as a trend, I am featuring a guest post by Cristin Brew, a professional that works with teens and sexual identity. My hope this will better prepare parents as they deal with their teens identity issues. ———————————————————————————- When I was in high school the last [...]
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Vanessa Van Patten at onteenstoday wrote an interesting blog about teens and the teen trend to be bisexual. She quotes one of her, what she calls mentees, “Even if you aren’t bi, it’s still like, really cool, you just pretend to be.” So, why is it “cool” to be bi today? Is it a Teen Trend [...]
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I guess I am falling prey to media hype, when I first read about the 17 teens in a small Massachusetts town that all got pregnant at the same time. I thought wow good blogging material for my troubled teen blog. But then I saw it was all over the blogosphere and decided no one [...]
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For teen boys who prefer to dress as girls at one rural high school in Thailand, taking a bathroom break no longer means choosing between “male” and “female” restrooms. There’s now a “transvestite toilet.” The Kampang School in northeastern Thailand conducted a survey last term that showed more than 200 of the school’s 2,600 students [...]
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By the time parents notice that their son is entering puberty, he may already have been struggling with physical and emotional issues related to his changing body. The signs of puberty in girls are immediately noticeable. They shoot up in height. They develop breasts. In boys, the first changes are to the genitals. Their testicles [...]
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Over the last few years, treatment programs for teens have seen a significant increase in students struggling with sexual behavioral problems. Here are some true stories and videos. read more | digg story
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