teenagers

Photo: Getty Thanks to the popularity of things like Facebook, Playstation and TiVo, it's pretty obvious that teenagers today are getting less ... Read More »

Lemondrop has a series of old advertisements for smoking. They're humorous in an I-can't-believe-they-said-that kind of way. A couple of the ads ... Read More »

Jess Weiner blogs about body image on Seventeen.com, and she does a great job of cutting right to heart of the self-esteem issues young girls face. ... Read More »

When it comes to the idea of gastric bypass surgery, I'm like a cork bobbing on water. I'd like to have a firm pro or con opinion, but there are so ... Read More »

Enrolling your kids in sports can improve their self esteem, get them in shape and help them develop a life-long habit of being active. These are some ... Read More »

Tweens and teens may seem to be constantly on the go. But while they're go, go, going ... are they really being physically active? Encourage them to ... Read More »

I remember back when I was in high school (what my son would call the "olden days"). When my friends and I finally scored drivers licenses and cheap ... Read More »

Talking with kids about the hard topics -- drinking, drugs, sex, and so forth -- is never easy for parents. I don't know what tact you take with your ... Read More »

For the parents out there: do your children spend a lot of time in front of a screen most of the day? If you have teenagers (or happen to be one) then ... Read More »

A new study says that teenage boys in the U.S. are increasingly seeing eating disorders, and that the rate of those problems rose greatly between the ... Read More »