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When Women Had No Choice, I Had To Give My Baby To Strangers

When Women Had No Choice, I Had To Give My Baby To Strangers

By Cathryn Vogeley The shame and ache from losing my firstborn to adoption in 1969 nearly destroyed me. At the time, I was an eighteen-year-old nursing student in Pittsburgh PA. […]

Family Life

Holistic Approach To Teen Mental Health – Why & How It Makes A Difference

Holistic Approach To Teen Mental Health – Why & How It Makes A Difference

By Nicole McCray Being a teen is harder. Mental health is an important topic whether you are a teen, or a parent of one. According to the National Alliance on […]

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Family Life: How To Help Your Teen Learn How To Drive

Family Life: How To Help Your Teen Learn How To Drive

If you’re a parent of a teenager, you’re probably a little nervous about teaching them to drive. It can be a daunting task, but it’s also an important one. This […]

Girl on a Mission

Teen Author Draws From Her Own Experience In New Novel ‘The Terrible Bullies’

Teen Author Draws From Her Own Experience In New Novel ‘The Terrible Bullies’

As anyone in school would know, bullying is everywhere and comes in many different forms. But how do we stop it? When you are different from other kids in any […]

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Too Young To Vote? Not Too Young To Act! Three Ways Teens Can Still Make A Social Impact

Too Young To Vote? Not Too Young To Act! Three Ways Teens Can Still Make A Social Impact

By Kaia Stueck Like millions of teens and young adults across the world, I care deeply about a lot of issues. From the Parkland shooting survivors advocating for stronger gun […]

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Dear Anxious Parent, From Your Struggling Teen…

Dear Anxious Parent, From Your Struggling Teen…

By Julie and David Bulitt The two of us spend our lives working with people who are under stress. Work brings stress, money brings stress, families and children and relationships […]

Body Image

Understanding Body Dysmorphia: The Harmful Effects Of Pushing Diets Towards Teen Girls

Understanding Body Dysmorphia: The Harmful Effects Of Pushing Diets Towards Teen Girls

By Hollie Jones We all know what it’s like to be a teenager staring unhappily at your body in the mirror, poking the bits you don’t like and trying to […]

Lifestyle

Eco-Friendly Jewelry: What Green Teens Are Looking For

Eco-Friendly Jewelry: What Green Teens Are Looking For

If you are looking for socially and environmentally conscious choices in jewelry, look no further than what the movement of green teens are doing. If you are not familiar with […]

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Artist & Public Health Advocate Creates Org. That Teaches Sex Education Through Theater Performance

This article is part of an exciting series we launched in 2018 called Today’s Wonder Women – designed to celebrate the inspiring, impactful, empowering and extraordinary things ordinary women are […]

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Ending The Stigma – Why Fact-Based, Medically-Accurate, Comprehensive Sex Ed. Matters

Ending The Stigma – Why Fact-Based, Medically-Accurate, Comprehensive Sex Ed. Matters

By Liz Greene Is sexual education the responsibility of parents or the public school system? This debate has been raging for far too long — and unfortunately, the only losers […]

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Student-Run Mentorship Program Aims To Empower Young Girls To Pursue STEMM Interests

Student-Run Mentorship Program Aims To Empower Young Girls To Pursue STEMM Interests

When it comes to the gender gap in STEM (science, tech, engineering, and math), it widens the more you look at older age groups. There are numerous studies showing how […]

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How A Group Of British Teens Helped Change Policy Around Sex Education In Schools

How A Group Of British Teens Helped Change Policy Around Sex Education In Schools

Comprehensive sex education is always a good idea, no matter which part of the world you live in. The idea that giving youth information about bodies, relationships and fostering dialog […]

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New Female-Founded App, ‘Real Talk’, Set To Bring Comprehensive Sex Education To Teens

New Female-Founded App, ‘Real Talk’, Set To Bring Comprehensive Sex Education To Teens

Although it’s 2017 and America is known as “the most powerful country in the world”, there should be some major asterisks against that phrase, because in a lot of ways, […]

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Fashion Advertising, Consumerism & Social Media Influencers – A Lethal Combo Targeting Teens

Fashion Advertising, Consumerism & Social Media Influencers – A Lethal Combo Targeting Teens

By Jenny Park It’s not an undisclosed matter that more than the majority of marketing departments now capitalize on teenagers niche to boost sales and brand reputation. It comes from […]

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This Mother’s Day Is An Important Reminder Why Moms Need to Validate Their Children’s Courage

This Mother’s Day Is An Important Reminder Why Moms Need to Validate Their Children’s Courage

By Sandra Ford Walston, The Courage Expert Angela Cortez’s sixteen-year-old daughter had an eye-opening experience when her mom mustered her courage to share that when Chantal was a little girl […]