Folks, I want to talk with parents - mothers or fathers - who feel basically comfortable with their teenager(s) being on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace, etc. There are lots of parents who feel pretty passionately about watching over their teenagers in one way or another - by “friending” them, keeping their [...]
Archives for November, 2009
Teenagers in prison
While this is not a topic that is terribly related to adolescent sexuality, it is one that is receiving a lot of attention recently.
One week ago the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether sentencing a juvenile - someone under 18 years old - to life in prison without the possibility of parole is cruel and [...]
When girls wear tuxes and boys wear heels
The Western world has been divided into male/female for many years. This division is slowly dissolving, and not surprisingly it is our young people who are pushing this crusade.
There’s a recent article in the New York Times called Can a Boy Wear a Skirt to School? It’s not a terrible article, although it does make [...]
