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Does prosecuting teenagers as adults make society safer?
By Fiona Morgan
May 26, 1999
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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.
By Curtis Sittenfeld
February 17, 1999
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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.
By Celeste Fremon
January 25, 1999
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The Supreme Court ruling to protect school districts from liability in sexual harassment cases leaves students to protect themselves.
By Dawn MacKeen
June 30, 1998
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By Susie Bright
June 19, 1998
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Richard Price talks about getting off drugs, getting out of Hollywood and his new novel, based on the Susan Smith case.
By Dwight Garner
May 13, 1998
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There are still plenty of dull sex books for kids with organ
diagrams that resemble bus maps of Rome. But there are also some
honest, respectful books that tell kids what they really want to
know.
By Polly Shulman
May 13, 1998
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Controversial former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders talks about Big Tobacco's slick marketing campaigns, a new study showing that smoking among black teens is on the rise and why, despite everything, she believes President Clinton's private life should remain just that -- private.
By Dawn MacKeen
April 9, 1998
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Can a fat teenager find happiness? Cherie Bennett, author of the young adult novel "Life In the Fat Lane," talks about binge-and-barf clubs, Madeleine Albright's thighs
and why well-meaning mothers often make things worse.
By Leora Tanenbaum
March 11, 1998
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Two black authors explore tales of same-sex and interracial teenage love in a new crop of young-adult novels. In her monthly children's books column, Polly Shulman reviews 'Lives of Our Own' by Lorri Hewett and 'The House you Pass On the Way' by Jacqueline Woodson
By Polly Shulman
February 24, 1998
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No lover but the first will ever know me as both a child and a woman.
By Lori Leibovich
February 13, 1998
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"Lock ups" for "defiant teens" use questionable tactics -- on the Web and off.
By Andrew Leonard
January 30, 1998
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Nushawn Williams, who may have spread HIV to dozens of girls, is being treated as Public Enemy No. 1. But a doctor who treats teens says there are thousands of men like him.
By Dawn MacKeen
November 10, 1997
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By Susie Bright
November 8, 1997
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By Sara Baird
October 7, 1997
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A recent court ruling in California reignies the debate over whether prgnant minors are capable of making a decision about abortion.
By Dawn MacKeen
August 12, 1997
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Of first bras, near-kisses and why the sixth grade sucks
By Cynthia Joyce
August 11, 1997
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The scariest aliens on the screen this summer are our teenage children.
By Nell Bernstein
August 6, 1997
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It's true, says one teenager -- teachers are being pushed over the edge by the savagery of their students.
By Nishat Kurwa
August 6, 1997
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Youth advisor Nell Bernstein reviews the movie 'I87' starring Samuel L. Jackson and decides that the scariest aliens on the screen this summer are our teenage children.
By Nell Bernstein
August 6, 1997
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Twin sisters undergo a painful and sensual coming-of-age in "ripe."
By Lori Leibovich
July 20, 1997
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Relearning to Brainwash Our Nation's Youth
By Cintra Wilson
December 2, 1996
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