Teenagers

Francesca Lia Block A teen book burns at the stake

A Christian group hopes to set fire to library copies of Francesca Lia Block's novel about a gay boy coming of age.
  • Mom says dump the boyfriend or leave home!

    We got caught making out and now my mom's all like you have to break up with him if you want to keep living here
  • "Hannah Montana: The Movie"

    Miley Cyrus, preteen queen, brings her hit TV show to the big screen. Relax, parents: It's not completely painful!
  • "Adventureland"

    The director of "Superbad" grows up with an engaging movie about young love, crappy amusement parks and the listless days of summer.
  • Zac Efron and the twilight of the teen idol

    The "High School Musical" pinup wants to shed his cheesy image. Can he succeed? Plus: A look at the heartthrobs who made the leap to adult fame.
  • My 16-year-old is out of control

    She hid her boyfriend in her bedroom closet until we went to bed
  • Runaway daughters

    After her teenagers hit the streets, author Debra Gwartney faced desperation and panic. She talks about why her children left -- and how they finally returned.
  • The new pornographers

    What's more disturbing -- that teens are texting each other naked pictures of themselves, or that it could get them branded as sex offenders for life?
  • America's youth turned amateur porn stars?

    A poll finds that young people are taking and sharing sexually explicit snapshots.
  • My 13-year-old niece is out of control

    We took her in because her home life was unbearable. Now my home life is unbearable.
  • My husband and I live four blocks apart

    I find our arrangement quite suitable, but his two teenage sons are being very rude about it.
  • Smells like middle-aged spirit

    Your 20th high school reunion is a reminder that you actually can go home again. But as you suck in your gut, ask yourself this: Do you want to?
  • I'm 17 and I can't figure things out

    I don't know what my friends are talking about, and I don't know what my problem is.
  • Why wouldn't a 16-year-old boy want to live on a houseboat?

    See, there's this maverick single dad with three adopted kids, and he buys this old houseboat and starts restoring it ...
  • Jesus loves you -- and your orgasm

    The religious right is celebrating sex to stroke its conservative message. Liberals better rise to a secular defense soon.
  • Little girls gone wild

    Now companies sell padded bras to 6-year-olds. Isn't it time to stop marketing grown-up sexuality to little kids?
  • The girl who's also a boy

    A nifty Gothic fable about an intersex teen in a desolate coastal town is among the year's most striking debuts.
  • Of condoms, Clinton, Obama and McCain

    Sex education regressed into the Dark Ages under Bush. Which candidate will now stand up for young persons' health?
  • What's the matter with kids today?

    Nothing, actually. Aside from our panic that the Internet is melting their brains.
  • STI 911

    CDC: One in four teens has a sexually transmitted infection. Someone's not giving them the 411.
  • Teenage boys not so sex crazed?

    According to a new study, they also care about love ... and stuff.
  • Girls abusing alcohol? Blame feminism!

    Some experts say the push for equality is behind the rise in girls' drinking and drug use.
  • I'm a doubting teenager

    My experience contradicts what I have been taught. I feel guilty and alone.
  • Creepy panties for the 'tweens on your list

    It's hard out there for a Wal-Mart.
  • Away in an awesome manger

    The Nativity story is a cornerstone of the Christian faith but can be a big hurdle for a bunch of skeptical New York teenagers.
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