Teens

Teenagers Use Caffeine To Study Better
by eNotAlone.com
More than 30 per cent of British teens admit that they use caffeine tablets and energy drinks in order to better study for exams, a new survey has revealed. According to the new findings, 8 out of 10 teenagers (79 per cent) who took part in the survey

Teenagers Use Less Contraception
by eNotAlone.com
A study by the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the Guttmacher Institute, found that there has been a 10 per cent drop in contraceptive use by teenagers, between 2003 and 2007.

Teens Use Cell Phones To Cheat At School
by eNotAlone.com
A significant number of teenagers in the United States admit that they are using the Internet to cheat, according to a new national poll, conducted by the Benenson Strategy Group.

MTFC Program Reduces Teen Pregnancy Rates
by eNotAlone.com
The Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) program that is aimed to reduce juvenile criminal behavior in America's youth, has yielded a surprising positive side effect. According to a new evidence, the program also reduces pregnancy rates

Chewing Gum Boosts Academic Performance In Teens
by eNotAlone.com
According to the surprising findings of a new study by U.S. investigators, chewing sugarless gum during class and while doing homework can have a positive effect on academic performance in teenagers.

Young Vegetarians Are At Risk Of Eating Disorders
by eNotAlone.com
Vegetarian teenagers and young adults are believed to eat a healthy diet, but they might be at an increased risk of developing eating disorders and unusual behaviors, compared to their meat-eating peers.

Summer Employment Turns Down Suicidal Thoughts In Teens
by eNotAlone.com
There is a new evidence that summer jobs for teenagers appear to be much more than just a way to make some extra money. A new study from the University of Iowa has found that summer jobs can significantly reduce suicidal attempts in at-risk teens

Teen Pregnancies And Birth On A Rise
by eNotAlone.com
The number of teenage girls in the United States who are having babies, has reached a record level in 2007, a government statistics show, and C-section delivery rates continue to hit new highs.

Teenage Drivers Are Dangerous For Others
by eNotAlone.com
According to American Automotive Association (AAA), teenage drives pose a great risk not only to other people on the road, but mostly to passengers sitting next to them. Most of the people that are being killed in teen driver accidents are people other

Teen Exposure To TV Leads To Depression
by eNotAlone.com
Teenagers who are greatly exposed to TV and other electronic media, highly raise the risk of developing depression in young adulthood, especially men, according to a new US study. The adolescents reported an average of 5.7 hours of media exposure each day

Cell Phones Pose Dangers For Kids On The Road
by eNotAlone.com
Children who talk on a cell phone while crossing a street are at a higher risk to get hit by a vehicle, according to psychologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The study included 77 children ages 10 and 11, who completed a dozen of virtual

Anorexia Affects More And More Teenage Girls
by eNotAlone.com
The national Health Service (NHS) has revealed in its recent survey that there has been a significant raise in the number of young girls admitted to hospital suffering from eating disorder called anorexia.

Understanding Teenagers
by eNotAlone.com
Dealing with teen years can be confusing for both the teenagers and their parents in a same way. Very often at about 15 years of age, many teens go through a tough period of being introspective and moody.

Do Unto Others . . .
50 Awesome Ways Kids Can Help Animals: Fun and Easy Ways to Be a Kind Kid
by Ingrid Newkirk
Animals can't talk-they need you to speak up for them! When kids want to, they can make a lot of noise-especially when they use their voices to make the world a better place for animals.

A Guide to Better Health for Teenagers
by National Institute of Health
As a teenager, you are going through a lot of changes. Your body is changing and growing. Have you noticed that every year, you can't seem to fit into your old shoes anymore? Or that your favorite jeans are now tighter or 3 inches too short?

Teens: Cosmetics and Reality
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Ads promise romance! Popularity! Beauty! If you use their blushers, lipsticks, creams, shampoos, and other cosmetics. What do these products really deliver? A sea of cosmetics crowds the drugstore shelves, luring you with claims of romance, popularity

January
Daily Life Strategies For Teens
by Jay McGraw
January 1: 'To drift is to be in hell; to be in heaven is to steer.' George Bernard Shaw. January 2: What are Life Strategies? Simply this: Plans for obtaining the things that matter to you in life.

Introduction
The Grieving Teen
by Helen Fitzgerald
In an earlier book, I wrote about a fifteen-year-old named Laura, whose unhappy situation as a young person whose needs were ignored continues to haunt me, for stories like hers remain largely unaddressed in the many books that have been written about

If I Stepped in Front of a Bus
Boys Will Put You on a Pedestal (So They Can Look Up Your Skirt) : A Dad's Advice for Daughters
by Philip Van Munching
I'm not entirely sure whether it's a sign of pragmatism or just an advanced stage of whistling in the dark, but as I get older I seem to be having a lot more conversations that begin with this: 'If I died tomorrow...' Actually, that's not quite right.

On a Date
Am I Weird or Is This Normal? Advice and Info to Get Teens in the Know
by Marlin S. Potash, Ed.D., Laura Potash Fruitman, Lisa Sussman
I never know what to say on a date. Dr. Marlin: Stand out and be someone. The key is to be yourself. After all, that's who he was attracted to in the first place and that's who he asked out.