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Help! I'm an Internet troll!
I go on right-wing sites and say provocative things. Why do I do it? You think they'll come after me?
By Cary Tennis Jan 14, 2008
My son, the stranger
The sweet boy I raised is gone, replaced by a sullen, scornful teenager. It may be a phase, but it's breaking my heart.
By Anne Lamott May 22, 2006
God to Margaret: Always with wings!
In updated editions of Judy Blume's classic, Margaret's famous pink belt is replaced with self-adhesive pads. But something has been lost.
By Rebecca Traister Mar 2, 2006
Stuck in resentment after 35 years
My father died last year -- and suddenly I'm reliving junior high.
By Cary Tennis Jan 5, 2006
The whatever culture
A new book says uncaring, punitive adults -- parents and professionals alike -- are responsible for an epidemic of checked-out, drug-taking middle-class teens.
By Corrie Pikul Mar 1, 2005
My daughter's reality show
I was cool, I watched "Sex and the City" with my 14-year-old daughter. But then she asked, "Can Ben sleep over?"
By Stephanie Lehmann Jul 25, 2003
Lynda Barry
Spin Cycle
Feb 7, 2003
Is she the one for me?
Contrary to what many adults might think, teenagers are capable of lasting romantic relationships -- and they can get tremendous benefits from sexual experimentation.
By Dr. Lynn Ponton Feb 4, 2003
Sam is 13
I am his mother. We snigger impatiently, we sigh, grip our foreheads, and sometimes we fight.
By Anne Lamott Jan 17, 2003
Through a glass, darkly
Are our children destined to repeat the worst of us? Don't be so hard on yourselves, Dr. Ponton tells parents. And work toward change with your child.
Jan 2, 2003
Future shock
Dr. Lynn Ponton responds to a 17-year-old boy who despairs of a world threatened by war and run by adult hypocrites.
By Dr. Lynn Ponton Dec 3, 2002
From Laramie to California
The father of a cross-dressing teenage boy is terrified for the boy's safety. He's right to be worried, says Dr. Ponton. It's a scary world for these courageous teens.
By Dr. Lynn Ponton Nov 11, 2002
Sex talk
My 12-year-old daughter asked me about oral sex. How much does she need to know at her age? Dr. Lynn Ponton answers readers' questions.
Oct 24, 2002
Running with the bad girls
What's the solution when teens hang out with the wrong kind of kids? Don't despair, says Dr. Ponton. Parents have far more influence than they realize.
By Dr. Lynn Ponton Oct 11, 2002
Magical mystery teens
The bubbly charmer at 10 turns into a sullen cipher by 14. What's a parent to do? Keep talking, advises Dr. Lynn Ponton. Never stop trying to communicate.
By Dr. Lynn Ponton Sep 27, 2002
Lynda Barry
What She Just Said
Sep 20, 2002
It's all good
As a parent and a psychiatrist, Dr. Lynn Ponton has daily encounters with the danger and exhilaration that accompany adolescence. Teenage risk is scary, she says, but it is also a developmental necessity.
By Dr. Lynn Ponton Sep 17, 2002
Lynda Barry
Countdown from cool
Sep 13, 2002
Lynda Barry
Glow
Aug 9, 2002
Minor report
Sex between teenage boys and older men is not always coercive -- and it can be more ecstatic than traumatic.
By David Tuller Jul 22, 2002
"Hang in there, sweetie. I'll be home in 18 years"
As a father behind bars, my role is to listen to my daughter's life.
By Stephen Reid Jul 18, 2002
Rotten kid
Why do the John Ashcrofts burn with hatred for John Walker Lindh? He's their renegade son whose every thought and action stands as an unforgivable personal rebuke.
By Eric Weinberger Jul 17, 2002
The Madman and me
Ozzy and I crossed paths on the worst day of my life. Boy, am I grateful.
By Erich Pfeifer Jul 16, 2002
Flour power
The authorities have decided that hauling around sacks of flour will teach middle schoolers not to get pregnant. My daughter and I think it's a half-baked idea.
By Susan Straight Jun 25, 2002
This is not my beautiful house
We go back to old homes to reinhabit past selves. We don't own them anymore, but they belong to us nonetheless.
By Carol Lynn Mithers May 14, 2002
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