Okay, so this site isn’t for younger teenagers - it explicitly states it’s for those 18 and older, actually. But it’s still a fascinating phenomenon. Crazy Blind Date. Ever heard of it?
They get your information, information about what kind of person you’d like to date, where in your local city you’d like [...]
Archives for February, 2008
Crazy Blind Date
Poetry and Condoms
Hi Folks,
On this Valentine’s Day, buy your kid some condoms and a copy of Pablo Neruda’s Love Sonnets. You can’t go wrong with such a combination!
Love? Lust? What’s the difference again?
Given that this week is Valentine’s Day week, I’m going to write a little bit about adolescent romance.
First, close your eyes. Let your memories from high school wash over you. Center your self back in the body you had then, the sense of self you had then. Remember the hard chairs and [...]
Happy Valentine’s Week!
This week - and Thursday in particular - is often either glorious or pure torture for high school students. (Or at least for the girls. I get the feeling there are plenty of high school boys who don’t really notice or care?)
Here’s what happened during my 4 years of High School Valentine’s Days:
Freshman [...]
Two interesting Times stories
Last week, the New York Times posted two stories I think are interesting enough to share with you.
The first: You’re 16, You’re Beautiful and You’re a Voter is about the enfranchisement of teenagers. The basic gist is that teenagers do better when their rights and privileges are gained slowly over time. This has, [...]
Sex is not all bad. Even for teenagers. (Part 3 in 3)
Hello! And welcome to Part 3 in a 3-part series on:
What I Think About Parents and Sex Education!
On Tuesday I introduced the series, and today I’m talking about my third point:
Sex is not all bad. Even for teenagers. In order to maintain credibility, parents have to acknowledge that fact.
This is [...]
Everyone has sex. (Part 2 in 3)
Hello! And welcome to part 2 in a 3-part series on:
What I Think About Parents and Sex Education!
Today I’m talking about the second point that parents need to explicitly acknowledge:
Everyone has sex. Not all teenagers. But all teenagers do need to learn the facts about sex. It’ll come in [...]
Parents have to talk to their kids about sex (Part 1 in 3)
Hello! And welcome to Part 1 in a 3-part series on:
What I Think About Parents and Sex Education!
Yesterday I introduced the series, and today I’m talking about my first point:
Parents have to talk to their kids about sex. Before the kids start asking. Because otherwise it’s too late.
If you’re [...]
What I think, an Introduction
I wrote an e-mail to a friend last week, and mentioned to the recipient that if she was interested in knowing more about my perspective on sex education and how parents figure into that, she could come to this blog. She did. The next time we talked, she pointed out that while my [...]
My Own (Bi-)Sexuality
(Written by guest blogger JustAnotherTeen.)
Hello again!
Karen has graciously asked if I will write about once a month here, so this is my first regularly scheduled post. I will likely post on the first Monday of every month unless I have something that I urgently want to write about. If anyone has any questions or ideas [...]
