middle school

Peer pressure is real. And it’s applied in this order 1. Sex 2. Alcohol 3. Drugs (sometimes 2 and 3 trade places). Are you? Have you? How often do you? By the time they’re are in their junior year, it’s expected that they will have “done it.” And if they haven’t “done it”, they will certainly feel a lot of pressure to “do it.” All of it.

In Ohio, 13-year-old Sophie Thomas wore a T-shirt with a word considered so offensive, so objectionable, that the principal had it

I know that in a lot of ways I am a cultural and ethnic enigma. But discussing my identity all the time can get old. Like, real old, real fast.

Meet Tyra from Oakland: She admires Tyra Banks . . . and not just because they share a name.

We want to be where the Little Mermaid wedding guests are. We want to see, want to see them dancing . . .

At schools teaching the "Get Real" program, significantly fewer students engage in sex by the 8th grade. What's its formula for success?

Cringe-worthy? Yes. Hilarious? Absolutely.

The newest rage among crazy teens? Self-imposed insomnia.