A Christian group hopes to set fire to library copies of Francesca Lia Block's novel about a gay boy coming of age.
By Laura Miller Jun 16, 2009
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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
By Cary Tennis
June 25, 2009
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Miley Cyrus, preteen queen, brings her hit TV show to the big screen. Relax, parents: It's not completely painful!
By Stephanie Zacharek
April 10, 2009
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The director of "Superbad" grows up with an engaging movie about young love, crappy amusement parks and the listless days of summer.
By Stephanie Zacharek
April 3, 2009
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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.
By Sarah Hepola
March 26, 2009
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She hid her boyfriend in her bedroom closet until we went to bed
By Cary Tennis
June 18, 2009
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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.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
March 7, 2009
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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?
By Tracy Clark-Flory
February 20, 2009
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A poll finds that young people are taking and sharing sexually explicit snapshots.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
December 10, 2008
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We took her in because her home life was unbearable. Now my home life is unbearable.
By Cary Tennis
November 24, 2008
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I find our arrangement quite suitable, but his two teenage sons are being very rude about it.
By Cary Tennis
October 31, 2008
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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?
By Darin Strauss
October 20, 2008
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I don't know what my friends are talking about, and I don't know what my problem is.
By Cary Tennis
October 7, 2008
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See, there's this maverick single dad with three adopted kids, and he buys this old houseboat and starts restoring it ...
By Cary Tennis
July 14, 2008
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The religious right is celebrating sex to stroke its conservative message. Liberals better rise to a secular defense soon.
By Louis Bayard
July 8, 2008
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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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A nifty Gothic fable about an intersex teen in a desolate coastal town is among the year's most striking debuts.
By Andrew O'Hehir
May 2, 2008
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Sex education regressed into the Dark Ages under Bush. Which candidate will now stand up for young persons' health?
By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D.
March 24, 2008
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Nothing, actually. Aside from our panic that the Internet is melting their brains.
By Amy Goldwasser
March 14, 2008
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CDC: One in four teens has a sexually transmitted infection. Someone's not giving them the 411.
By Lynn Harris
March 12, 2008
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According to a new study, they also care about love ... and stuff.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
February 25, 2008
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Some experts say the push for equality is behind the rise in girls' drinking and drug use.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
February 11, 2008
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My experience contradicts what I have been taught. I feel guilty and alone.
By Cary Tennis
January 18, 2008
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It's hard out there for a Wal-Mart.
By Lynn Harris
December 12, 2007
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The Nativity story is a cornerstone of the Christian faith but can be a big hurdle for a bunch of skeptical New York teenagers.
By Garrison Keillor
December 5, 2007
A teen book burns at the stake
Mom says dump the boyfriend or leave home!
"Hannah Montana: The Movie"
"Adventureland"
Zac Efron and the twilight of the teen idol
Runaway daughters
The new pornographers
America's youth turned amateur porn stars?
Smells like middle-aged spirit
Jesus loves you -- and your orgasm
Little girls gone wild
The girl who's also a boy
Of condoms, Clinton, Obama and McCain
What's the matter with kids today?
Away in an awesome manger
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Glenn Greenwald
Joan Walsh