http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/teens/ en-us Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:51:16 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414460/posts A Willows High School student expelled from school for having a shotgun found inside his truck is getting some free legal help in his appeal. The National Rifle Association is providing 16-year-old Gary Tudesko with an attorney in his bid to be re-instated at Willows High School. At issue, does the school district's zero tolerance policy on guns make sense if there's no criminal intent. In his very first interview with Action News, 16-year-old Gary Tudesko showed us where he parked his truck on a city street on October 16th, minutes before class at Willows High School Was about to... khsltv.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414460/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:51:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413923/posts High-school kids in France are fighting for their right to wear revealing clothing to school. Apparently some schools have new dress codes that ban things like short skirts, piercings, and low-slung pants. At one school last week, a chick managed to convince 300 of 2,100 students to come to school dressed in violation of the new code. This meant revealing shorts or minis for girls and board shorts for guys. Their new headmaster was trying to ban skirts above the knee and clothes with holes in them. The protest organizer got in trouble, obviously. Her actions led to a three-day... nymag.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413923/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:59:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411322/posts INDIANAPOLIS -- A teacher and basketball coach at Pike High School has been arrested on a charge of child seduction. Sara L. Strahm, 28, was arrested on Friday in connection with an incident involving a 17-year-old girl, said Sgt. Paul Thompson. Police did not elaborate on what prompted the arrest, 6News' Sarah Cornell reported. Strahm, a special education teacher at the school, is also the varsity girls basketball coach. theindychannel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411322/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:11:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408902/posts Just Say No Smoking Malcolm A. Kline, December 16, 2009 On Monday the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) gave us some good and bad news. “The report says cigarette smoking was at the lowest point in the survey’s history on all measures for eighth, 10th and 12th graders,” NIDA reported on December 14, 2009. ‘For example, only 2.7 percent of eighth graders describe themselves as daily smokers, down from a peak rate of 10.4 percent in 1996.” “Similarly, 11.2 percent of high school seniors say they smoke daily, less than half of the 24.6 percent rate in 1997.” The... Accuracy in Academia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408902/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:47:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406135/posts Her choppy blue-and-blond hair hiding the fear in her eyes, a 15-year-old voiced her dislike for a hip-hop music group and got punched in the face by a classmate. The whole thing was caught on tape, and social media helped police in their investigation. A crowd of six to 10 classmates were following the self-described emo girl and her boyfriend home from school in Newark, Ohio, on an autumn day in September. Some kids were taping it and others were egging on the assailant, who was on the school wrestling team. It all started because Alexis Xanders doesn't like Insane... Sphere.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406135/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:01:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397552/posts Just who is a "young adult"? Common sense says it starts with legal adulthood at age 18. But elements of our society have unofficially declared that the onset of adulthood matches the onset of puberty at the very grown-up age of 12. Which is one of the reasons why parents often seem uncertain about how to parent during the critical teen years. I've come to believe that the term was designed to diminish parental influence during the years when our growing children need the most direction. It's a subtle way of telling us that we should relinquish our influence in... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397552/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:00:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392212/posts Teen Sex Magazine to Stay on Shelves at Iowa Library Sunday, November 22, 2009 AMES, Iowa — A teen sex magazine will stay on the shelves at the Ames Public Library despite a petition signed by more than 100 parents objecting to the publication. The Ames Library Board voted 6-1 to support library Director Art Weeks' recommendation to keep the magazine Sex, Ect., in the teen section. The magazine is written by and for teens under the oversight of Answer, a national sexuality organization at Rutgers University. It addresses teen sexuality issues, substance abuse and eating disorders. FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392212/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:35:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388293/posts The Texas Department of Public Safety is warning parents across the state that violent Mexican cartels and transnational gangs are actively recruiting Texas youngsters in schools and communities. These criminal organizations are luring teens with the prospect of cars, money and notoriety, and promise them that if they are arrested, they will receive light sentences. The gangs are responsible for massive drug deals and related slayings, and authorities say that they will often use youths in their crimes because juveniles are typically treated with more leniency by the criminal justice system. Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388293/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:04:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376967/posts Two Indiana teenagers have sued their school district after they were punished for posing suggestive photos on MySpace. The girls, 10th-graders at Churubusco High School in Churubusco, Indiana, say they were humiliated after the school banned them from fall semester extracurricular activities and forced them to apologize to the all-male Athletics Board (composed of varsity coaches). The girls also had to attend three counseling sessions. The American Civil Liberties Union has filed the proposed class-action suit on behalf of the girls and all present and future students at the school who participate or may participate in extracurricular activities. The ACLU... True Slant http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376967/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:04:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375164/posts Minneapolis police are looking for a group of teenagers who attacked at least three men. The attacks happened just minutes apart in south Minneapolis early Thursday morning. One man trying to break up a fight became a victim himself, right in front of his young son. It was about 6:30 Thursday morning when Dr. Mani Mokalla was walking his 6-year-old son to the bus stop. He stumbled on a man being beaten up right on the sidewalk. "I basically inquired, 'What's going on, what are you guys doing?' And they said for me to mind my own business, and I... WCCO.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375164/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:30:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370809/posts A 13-year-old boy is set to become a father after his 14-year-old girlfriend became pregnant. The two children, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, attend the same school. But the girl, who is several months pregnant, is in the year above the boy, report the Daily Mail. It is the latest in a history of under-age pregnancies in Poole, Dorset. In 1997, Jenny Teague became the country’s youngest mother when she gave birth, aged 12, to daughter Sasha. Two years later, sisters Charlene, 17, and Miranda Way, 15, from Poole gave birth within months of each other. The local... The Daily Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370809/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:24:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370094/posts Students at Howenstine High Magnet School will be collecting donations for troops serving in Afghanistan as part of Make a Difference Day. But the students' efforts are not a one-day deal. Instead, Corrine Blum's service learning class decided to adopt a Marine unit as a yearlong project. They sent a box of letters and personal items to the troops last month and are now planning to adopt an Army unit. The project began when Blum told her students she was planning to send a package to a family friend serving in Afghanistan. She asked her students if they wanted to... Arizona Daily Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370094/posts#comment Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:34:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370024/posts Friday, September 25, 2009 Please Stand-Up and Make Your Voices Heard! On Wednesday, September 16, the Abington Heights School District voted 4-3 to eliminate funding for the Abington Heights High School Rifle Team. Unfortunately, the Abington Heights School District is choosing to balance the budget on the backs of tomorrow’s shooters. Rifle teams, such as these, help foster the future of our Second Amendment freedoms, shooting sports, and safe firearms training. The Abington Journal even reported that coaches, team members, and parents were not given advance notice that funding for the team was in jeopardy at the school district’s meeting... National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370024/posts#comment Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:38:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356728/posts MONT VERNON, N.H. - A devout Mormon on the verge of becoming a church missionary helped lead a group of machete-toting teens accused of butchering a nurse in her bed and slashing her 11-year-old daughter’s throat in what officials say was a sadistic pact to attack at random. Police said Christopher Gribble, 19 - a handyman and member of the Church of Latter-day Saints - allegedly slashed to death 42-year-old Kimberly Lynn Cates in a brutal bloodbath that left sixth-grader Jaime Cates bleeding in her family’s front yard Sunday morning after attempting to run for help. Authorities allege a cold-blooded... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356728/posts#comment Wed, 7 Oct 2009 14:48:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356466/posts MONT VERNON, N.H. -- The four teenagers accused of breaking into a home here and using a machete and a knife to butcher a mother and her 11-year-old daughter allegedly chose their victims by chance. "They picked the house at random because it was in an isolated area," prosecutor N. William Delker said today during the teens' arraignments in Milford District Court. "Before they entered the home, all four defendants were aware that the intent was to kill the occupants." The violent whim allegedly took the teens to the home of Kim Cates, who lived in one of four houses... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356466/posts#comment Wed, 7 Oct 2009 03:20:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2355709/posts First Pictures Of 'Suicide Pact' Teenagers Who Died Hand In Hand By Jumping 125Ft From Bridge By DAILY MAIL REPORTER 06th October 2009 [Pics in URL] Two teenage girls leapt hand-in-hand from a bridge to their deaths after one left a 'suicide' message on a social networking site. The friends, aged 14 and 15, jumped more than 100ft from a notorious suicide spot and plunged into a river. Yesterday, classmates of Georgia Rowe and Neve Lafferty wept as police tried to unravel the mystery of their tragic pact. Georgia Rowe (left), 14, and Neve Lafferty, 15, took their own lives... Daily Mail (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2355709/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 04:09:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2355436/posts October 6, 2009 Two Teenage Girls Jump To Their Deaths Hand-in-Hand Charlene Sweeney and Jack Malvern Two teenage girls leapt hand in hand from a 125ft high bridge after escaping from a residential care home, police said today. Neve Lafferty, 15, was grieving for her boyfriend who died suddenly earlier this year when she jumped with Georgia Rowe, 14, off the Erskine Bridge, a notorious suicide spot near Glasgow, on Sunday night. The pair had escaped from the Good Shepherd Centre, a residential unit for young women with social, emotional and behavioural problems six miles away, just hours after seeing... London Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2355436/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 20:40:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353877/posts The Warriors of Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High took the field on Friday night without any Bible verses written on the cheerleaders' banner. Instead, the football team ran through a banner that read "This is Big Red Country" before each bent on a knee to pray on the field of Tommy Cash Stadium. The spirited display comes after the school district banned the banners last week over concerns they were unconstitutional and could provoke a lawsuit, angering many in the deeply religious north Georgia town of Fort Oglethorpe. "I'm just kind of unnerved about it," said 18-year-old Cassandra Cooksey, a recent graduate... AP via Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353877/posts#comment Sat, 3 Oct 2009 01:25:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2354280/posts British Schoolboy, Aged 13, Becomes One Of World's Youngest Fathers DAILY MAIL REPORTER 03rd October 2009 A schoolboy aged 13 has become one of Britain's youngest fathers, it was revealed today. The boy, from Manchester, was 'chuffed to bits' after his 16-year-old girlfriend gave birth to a baby girl this week, according to his family. 'My son is mature for his age and will make a good father. He will make a better dad than most 25-year-old men would,' his father told the Daily Mirror. The young couple's identity cannot be revealed for legal reasons. They are said to have... Daily Mail (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2354280/posts#comment Sat, 3 Oct 2009 20:58:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2351045/posts Spanish Prime Minister's Daughters Pictured For The First Time... Looking Like Goths [Pic in URL] [Pictures taken of the Spanish prime minister with his wife and daughters alongside Michelle and Barack Obama have caused a stir, not least because the teenagers look like goths] By Daily Mail Reporter 29th September 2009 The official photos, taken at the Museum of Modern Art where the Obamas were hosting a dinner, were uploaded onto the U.S. state department's Flickr page. Unlike the Obamas, Spanish prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has always tried to keep his daughters, Laura, 16, and Alba, 13, out... Daily Mail(UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2351045/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:45:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348450/posts St. Paul may soon pass a social host ordinance that punishes adults who knowingly allow parties, where minors are drinking. That includes adults who aren't even there, including landlords. "They bear some of the responsibility to ensure it doesn't continue," said St. Paul Council Member Russ Stark. City pages http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348450/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:16:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2344486/posts Atheist and religious skeptic student groups are on the rise across the country's high school and college campuses. The Secular Student Alliance added its 160th affiliate campus group last week and reports that demand for their group starting packets are high. "It’s been a challenge to keep up with the demand for services, especially group-starting packets and follow-up," said Lyz Liddell, senior campus organizer, in a statement earlier this month. "That’s a nice problem to have." The number of SSA campus affiliate groups has increased from 100 in 2008 to 160 this year. In 2007, the alliance counted only 80.... Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2344486/posts#comment Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:14:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2341957/posts A new study is suggesting a “strong” link between the religiosity of a state’s residents and the teen birth rate there. Though only half of the states listed among the ten most conservatively religious also appear in the list of ten states with the highest teen birth rates, researchers behind the latest study say increased religiosity in residents of states in the U.S. strongly predicted a higher teen birth rate. “With data aggregated at the state level, conservative religious beliefs strongly predict U.S. teen birth rates, in a relationship that does not appear to be the result of confounding by... Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2341957/posts#comment Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:28:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341261/posts HENRICO, VA (WWBT) - Reports of shots fired at Virginia Randolph Community High School in the West End has put the school on lockdown. The school is located on Mountain Road near Woodman Road. All students are accounted for and safe. According to officials, one person is in custody. No other details are available at this time. nbc12.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341261/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:25:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2338969/posts Gabrielle "Gabi" Swank dreamed of traveling to Africa as a Christian missionary. Now the 16-year-old Wichitan rarely leaves her house, but she's on a mission — warning girls, parents and doctors against Gardasil. Gabi's doctor and family think the cervical cancer vaccine caused a life-threatening condition that is affecting her immune and nervous systems. Other experts say there's no link: The vaccine is safe — and a better option than risking cervical cancer. Whatever the case, Gabi spends her days fighting her disease and urging others to fight Gardasil. "Preventing cervical cancer is a great idea. This vaccine could... The Wichita Eagle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2338969/posts#comment Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:14:31 GMT