A third of teens ages 16 and 17 say they have texted while driving and 48 percent of teens ages 12 to 17 say they have been in a car when the driver was texting, according to a new survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Three men convicted of the gang rape of a West Palm Beach woman and the beating of her young son were sentenced to life in prison Tuesday.
A new survey by online brokerage TD Ameritrade says college is the top reasons teens save their money. The results were a pleasant surprise to educators who are focusing on getting personal finance taught in schools. The survey indicated 78 percent of teens say they want to share the cost of college with their parents.
Stroll through the mall on a weekend and you get the impression teens save money to buy clothes or iPods and video game systems, but a new survey shows their priority is quite different — saving for college.
Police in Puerto Rico say three teenage boys have been found shot to death on a basketball court in a northern coastal town near the U.S. territory's capital.
Concerned about drug and alcohol use among teens in military families, three organizations are undertaking an online educational campaign on Wednesday to encourage parents and children to talk about substance abuse.
Less than 10 percent of U.S. high school students are eating the combined recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables, a finding that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called "poor" in a report Tuesday.
Teens and texting is a subject that's often discussed in pathological terms. They're texting in class! They're sexting! They're running up $5,000 bills! They need thumb therapy!
Two men were convicted Friday in the brutal gang rape attack on a woman and her young son in a South Florida housing project and could be sentenced to life in prison.
Opening statements will begin in the trial of two suspects accused in the 2007 rape and assault of a mother and her son in Florida.
Reports of shots fired near a Detroit school have sent dozens of students fleeing from classes just two days after seven teenagers were shot near the school.
A surprising number of teenagers — nearly 15 percent — think they're going to die young, leading many to drug use, suicide attempts and other unsafe behavior, new research suggests.
Richard Laermer, CEO of New York-based RLM PR, has noticed a disturbing trend lately. Employees who quit aren’t giving the customary two weeks’ notice, and some are even breaking noncompete agreements they signed.
When it comes to preventing risky teen sex, there may be no better deterrent than a doting dad.
It took the vicious jailhouse beating death of Charnel Robinson's teenage son to spur passage of a law that might help to expose violence in city facilities that house adolescent inmates.
Authorities say a Michigan man tried get a business owner to give him a free lawn mower by pretending to be the father of a girl killed in a crash.
Even in the best of times, teenagers face plenty of hurdles when they look for summer jobs. Would-be employers often worry that they’ll be undependable, late and generally flaky — and teens must convince prospective bosses that they’re actually reliable and responsible.
An influential government-appointed medical panel is urging doctors to routinely screen all American teens for depression — a bold step that acknowledges that nearly 2 million teens are affected by this debilitating condition.
Your teenager has some new competition for jobs this summer. Namely, the growing army of 12.5 million out-of-work Americans hungry for a paycheck.
A woman prosecutors say was drunk when her van struck a car, killing four teenagers, was charged with second-degree murder Tuesday.
Authorities searching for three missing teens in northern California say they have recovered two bodies from the Feather River and are searching for a third.
Fewer teens are sniffing glue, lighter fluid, spray paint, shoe polish and other easy-to-find substances, a government study said Monday.
New research in teenagers links low levels of vitamin D to high blood pressure and high blood sugar, which can lead to ominous early health problems. The "sunshine" vitamin is needed to keep bones strong, but recent research has linked vitamin D to other possible health benefits. The teen study confirms results seen in adults, linking low levels with risk factors for heart disease, the researchers said.
A 15-year-old Pennsylvania girl is facing child pornography charges for sending nude photos of herself to other kids. A 19-year-old Florida man got thrown out of college and has to register as a sex offender for 25 years because he sent nude pictures of his girlfriend to other teens.
If you're the parent of a 'tween or teen, chances are you've been asked to leave the room during your child's visit to the doctor so they can have a private chat.
Unemployment for 16-24-year-old black men was 34.5 percent in October, as high as it was during the Great Depression, the Washington Post reports. Young black women face similarly bleak employment numbers: 24.5 percent of them currently do not have jobs.
I saw a guy commit suicide, two teenagers have sex, bare breast, bare ass, an incredible band, incredible lighting and performances and intensity second to none.
Kids made up most of the guests as a Upstate NY feeding center served Thanksgiving dinner to the needy. Supervising was a local high school student who's doing her senior year online to give herself time to volunteer at the center. (Video included.)
The parents of some Mooresville High School students are outraged over a 41-second cell phone video showing a softball player licking her coach's toe.
Pointing to the research of Hofstra professor Jeffrey Froh, a number of these reports have suggested that it is remarkably easy to rid your teen of his selfishness and entitlement. All you've got to do is have your teen start making daily lists of things they're thankful for.
Attention, Christian kids: If you like not having sex, not speaking the Lord's name in vain, and not being gay, then you'll love the newest trend in policing typical adolescent behaviors in the name of God.
Reports have surfaced that teacher Randolph Forde, who works at Mundy Mill's High School, Clayton County, Georgia, took a 16-year-old teenager out of class to ask the youngster if he was gay.
In my opinion, McDonald's has one of the worst drive-through experiences in the USA. I used to eat at fast food restaurants often due to the unfortunate nature of my profession.
Florida has 111 of the teens incarcerated for non-homicide related paroles. What a shame! Does this have anything to do with the literacy rate or temperature?
"Muggers punched a two-year-old girl in the head as they demanded money from her mother." Like I write in all my posts "The world is getting darker!" Greed Anger & Stupidity...
It is a drug said to be more powerful than marijuana and it is new challenge to law enforcement in Johnson County, Kansas. Officers said K2 is becoming the recreational drug of choice for teens and young adults.
No, it can't be... How will I tell my parents? What will my boyfriend say? I'm too young to be pregnant... I'm too young to make these decisions! That's probobly what all girls say when they read that pregnency test. There is hope.
Rather than serving in the U.S. Senate for almost 20 years, or having so many other wonderful life experiences, I could have served a longer sentence in prison for some of the stupid, reckless things I did as a teenager.
What seemed like a clever way to order food at a McDonald's drive-through ended up with four teenage boys pursued and cited by police.
Remember the huge uproar in April 2008, when 15-year-old Miley Cyrus appeared in "Vanity Fair" wrapped in a sheet, with her right shoulder and the top of her back visible, implying that, under the sheet, she wasn't wearing a shirt? That week, the cover of the New York Post read " …
With ages ranges ranging from 13 to 22, the "What Do Teens Want Panel?" at this week's Web 2.0 Summit was a sample of teen consumer behavior and a possible harbringer of what the web will look like when post-millennials come of age.
A Miami Herald investigation into the families of five boys accused of setting a classmate on fire and leaving him debilitated for life reveals home lives where violence and neglect were business as usual.
President Obama declared a "National Emergency" today, October 24, 2009, because of the Swine Flu, but can that declaration lead to the U.S.
Rats develop memory loss in adulthood after receiving high doses of amphetamines during their "teen" years, new research shows.
Like never before, teen lit is alive with plus-size characters who take on their school tormenters and get the guy, soaking up self-esteem as football heroes and big-girl models.
Sze said she started compensated dating because many of her classmates at an all-girls school were doing it. She says she became jealous when she saw the designer clothes, bags and cosmetics they bought with the money they earned through compensated dating.
A gang member who was 14 when on a shooting spree in Modesto, Calif., killed a man was sentenced Friday, Oct. 9, to 132 years to life in prison.
Overland Park police have three men in custody in connection with the death of Keighley Ann Alyea, officials said Monday night.
- MacArthur Center is implementing a new program requiring that anyone under the age of 18 be accompanied by a supervising adult 21 years or older after 5 p.m.
Girl-on-girl bullying or hazing is old news by now, for anyone who has seen Mean Girls or Heathers or Gossip Girl: popular girls organize a perfectly coiffed and designer-clothed gang; fringe girl is targeted; bullies use their meanness and power to further marginalize fringe gir …