middle school

If they want to have sex, they will find a way to have sex. They will have sex anywhere. Like, literally ANYWHERE.

5 Things Teens Won’t Tell You About Sex, Drugs, Other Scary Stuff

Peer pressure is real. And it’s applied in this order 1. Sex 2. Alcohol 3. Drugs (sometimes 2 and 3 trade places). Are you? Have you? How often do you? By the time they’re are in their junior year, it’s expected that they will have “done it.” And if they haven’t “done it”, they will certainly feel a lot of pressure to “do it.” All of it.

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"Feminist" Digitally Removed From Teen's T-shirt In School Photo

In Ohio, 13-year-old Sophie Thomas wore a T-shirt with a word considered so offensive, so objectionable, that the principal had it

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Yes, I'm A Black Jew: Why Do People Always Want To Talk To Me About It?

I know that in a lot of ways I am a cultural and ethnic enigma. But discussing my identity all the time can get old. Like, real old, real fast.

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12-Year-Old Shares Why Tyra Banks Is Her Role Model

Meet Tyra from Oakland: She admires Tyra Banks . . . and not just because they share a name.

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Little Mermaid-Themed Wedding Is Ridiculous, Glorious 

We want to be where the Little Mermaid wedding guests are. We want to see, want to see them dancing . . .

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Planned Parenthood Changes The Sex Ed Game

At schools teaching the "Get Real" program, significantly fewer students engage in sex by the 8th grade. What's its formula for success?

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Watch: Taylor Swift, Jimmy Fallon Remind Us How Awkward Our Teen Years Were

Cringe-worthy? Yes. Hilarious? Absolutely.

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Vamping: The Latest Teen Trend Killing Brain Cells

The newest rage among crazy teens? Self-imposed insomnia.

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