Adolescence

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This is not my beautiful house 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.
A new stunt to stunt growth A new stunt to stunt growth
New restrictions on high school graduation go further to infantilize teenagers in the hope of making them perfect adults.
Why drug tests flunk Why drug tests flunk
If the Supreme Court rules in favor of drug testing in public schools, will students come clean? Kids at schools in Indiana, where drug tests rule, say no way.
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Crush
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Velvet Sug
Dear Concerned Mother Dear Concerned Mother
My writing students in juvenile hall -- addicts, thieves, gangbangers -- have great parenting advice. All you have to do is ask.
Payback time Payback time
My son is leaving to live with his dad. It is only fair -- and horrendously painful
If a child is a killer, are the parents to blame? If a child is a killer, are the parents to blame?
Psychologist and author James Garbarino says the responsibility for teen violence must be shared.
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Means he likes you.
Porn virgins Porn virgins
I remember the first time I saw a dirty movie with my girlfriends, when we still burst into hysterical laughter at the word "penis."
On the custody circuit On the custody circuit
My sister and I were lawless in transit, silent upon arrival.
Kids on the road Kids on the road
They have exchanged hair gel and television for playing blindman's buff and swimming with manta rays.
Been there, done that Been there, done that
The Santana High School shooting was terrifying. The students' response was chilling.
I'm no Heidi I'm no Heidi
I felt happy rather than traumatized when I was told that my breasts were beginning to develop.
Lolita's book tour Lolita's book tour
Rebbecca Ray's novel, "Pure," written when she was 16, is a raw work of sexual exposure. Is it autobiographical? "Thank God it's not," she says.
Whose crisis is this, anyway? Whose crisis is this, anyway?
Teens are getting the blame for their parents' failures.
Facts of life
One wonderful, confusing, sweaty summer in Miami, I got my first lessons about sex from my pal, my dad and a Jersey girl.
My heart aches for what I can't have
My daughter's boyfriend is the man of my dreams.
Power play
What kind of kid would break up with his mother? Mine, apparently.
Sex education with a contraceptive chaser
The French will distribute the morning-after pill in schools, much to parents' and the Pope's chagrin.
"Paisley Girl"
An excerpt from a powerful novel about how disease affects body and soul.
Sells like Teen Spirit
Savvy about the media, steeped in pop psychology, today's kids have problems the experts still don't understand.
Traumas in adolescent life
A judge of the Seventeen magazine fiction contest recalls what was endearing about the writers of the 400 stories she read --even the really bad ones.
Raging hormones
When I gave birth at nearly 40, I never considered the fact that 12 years later my son and I would both be having hot flashes.
Geometry and hot pix
Nothing is so alien as your family during a college break.
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