Today is Friday, Friday, which means we’re all looking forward to partyin’, partyin’. But today also happens to be the one-year anniversary of Rebecca Black’s generation-defining anthem, named after this very day, which lingered around the Internet for a few weeks before going viral last March.
Abbey Watson holds eight world powerlifting records — and she’s still in middle school.
A lone, defenseless victim endured several minutes of beatings from a group of youths who recorded themselves committing the assault.
There’s been no shortage of hand-wringing over the menace of “sexting” among kids, but new research finds that parents’ concern may be largely overwrought.
Flash mobs, the social network and text-message organized groups comprised mainly of youths, are nothing new. Originally, they came together for very quick performance art in public places. But whereas the clusters used to get together mainly for nonsensical fun like pillow fights and Glee performances, some have taken on criminal intent — and some [...]
A new study shows that teens who “hyper-text”–that is, text more than 120 times a day–are far more likely to be sexually active, drink alcohol and do illegal drugs than teens who text less.
That’s what the latest analysis of national health data on adolescents shows. And the reason may not be the ubiquitous earphones that snake from nearly every teen’s ears during most hours of the day. Head over to TIME.com for details.
Worried parents can breathe a little easier today, after results of a study were released that suggest that not all teens who have sex have lower grades as a result.
