Now companies sell padded bras to 6-year-olds. Isn't it time to stop marketing grown-up sexuality to little kids?
By Katharine Mieszkowski May 20, 2008
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I thought I knew what I wanted to do and now all I want to do is ... join the Navy or ... learn German!
By Cary Tennis
October 20, 2009
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SyFy's new "Caprica" campaign is scary for all the wrong reasons
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
September 30, 2009
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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
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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
March 2, 2006
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He's a smart kid but he's fallen for a crazy conspiracy site
By Cary Tennis
October 9, 2009
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I missed the memo on how to grow up
By Cary Tennis
September 30, 2009
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My husband smokes a lot of pot. Shouldn't we at least admit it to our son?
By Cary Tennis
August 13, 2009
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I have a job offer in the Bible Belt, but my roots are in the Northeast
By Cary Tennis
July 31, 2009
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I've had some success at 60, but it seems downhill from here.
By Cary Tennis
May 19, 2009
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"Change is hard," he says. What?
By Cary Tennis
February 2, 2009
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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
January 14, 2008
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My father died last year -- and suddenly I'm reliving junior high.
By Cary Tennis
January 5, 2006
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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
March 1, 2005
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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
July 25, 2003
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Spin Cycle
February 7, 2003
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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
February 4, 2003
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I am his mother. We snigger impatiently, we sigh, grip our foreheads, and sometimes we fight.
By Anne Lamott
January 17, 2003
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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.
January 2, 2003
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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
December 3, 2002
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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
November 11, 2002
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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.
October 24, 2002
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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
October 11, 2002
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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
September 27, 2002
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What She Just Said
September 20, 2002
Little girls gone wild
I'm 20, brilliant and totally lost
She's bare, and she "looks eight"
My son, the stranger
God to Margaret: Always with wings!
Stuck in resentment after 35 years
The whatever culture
My daughter's reality show
Lynda Barry
Is she the one for me?
Sam is 13
Through a glass, darkly
Future shock
From Laramie to California
Sex talk
Running with the bad girls
Magical mystery teens
Lynda Barry
Glenn Greenwald
War Room