On Youth and Teens Today with Vanessa Van Petten

Welcome to a secret view into the world of the net-generation. I love writing to you (maybe a little too much) so enjoy, stick around and be sure to tell me what you think…and, duh, get on my email list quick! (on the right, “subscribe via email”). Or subscribe to my RSS feed. [...]

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This is a post by one of our teen writers: Shannon is a 16 year old from Maryland. She enjoys writing, is pro recycling, and loves the Jonas Brothers.
Parties are a regular occurrence during the course of a teenager’s high school career. They typically involve bad DJing, a lot of red plastic cups, [...]

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Disclaimer: I just bring what I hear to you, the terms below are sometimes mean, often lewd and I typically disagree with.
I remember explaining to my mom 6 years ago that just because we were dating, doesn’t mean he was my boyfriend.  The rules of teen dating seem to constantly change and vary by school, [...]

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Today is Teen Tuesday and I will have a number of different articles from my wonderful teen writers, a few are on Teens and dating.  Many of their articles are a fascinating glimpse into the way they think about dating, boys, girls and parents.
This is Samantha. She is a 17-year-old aspiring fashion journalist who [...]

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Bisexuality is really really ‘in’ right now.  As one of my mentees said to me today: “Even if you aren’t bi, it’s still like, really cool, you just pretend to be.”
I called a few of my teen friends and asked them why everyone is coming out:
(Disclaimer: By no means am I encouraging teens to pretend [...]

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