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Spy on Your Teen While She's Driving Without Leaving Your House

posted by Lindsay Mannering May 16 at 5:09 PM in Teen

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Looking for a loophole when it comes to spying on your teen? Here's a great one. Dr. Claire McCarthy of Boston.com explains that she uses her family's cellphone bill to see if her teens are texting while driving. She points out that her bill, if not all cellphone bills, lists the exact date and time in which a text is sent or a call is made. Using this information and the general knowledge about the moments her teens are behind the wheel, she can guesstimate whether or not they're texting while driving.

Genius!
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'Teen Mom' Farrah Abraham Should Stick to Doing Sex Tapes & Leave Our Daughters Alone

posted by Jeanne Sager May 16 at 9:49 AM in Teen

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Ready for more proof that Farrah Abraham is nutters mcgee? The Teen Mom and recent porn star has started a Twitter war with former co-star Catelynn Lowell over -- get this -- who is the better role model.

Ohhhhh, ohhhhh, ohhhhh. I needed that laugh, didn't you? Go on and just let it out!
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Inspiring
Teenagers Interrupt Their Prom Night to Rescue Family From Car Accident

posted by Jacqueline Burt May 15 at 2:01 PM in Teen

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It's something of a stereotype, but the average teen tends to be a bit on the self-absorbed side. Even the ones who aren't all that self-absorbed. Adolescence is simply a time when human beings are completely wrapped up in their own personal dramas -- and never so much than at the prom, an entire event devoted completely to angst and formalwear. That's why I'm seriously impressed by what a bunch of Florida teens on their way to the prom did when the van traveling in front of their limo started swerving, hit the guardrail, and flipped over on its side.
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Say What!?
Mom Whose Kid Was Described as a 'Freak' in Yearbook Overreacts Big Time (VIDEO)

posted by Jeanne Sager May 15 at 10:01 AM in Teen

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It's the question of the decade. How far should schools go to stomp out bullying? Should a school, for example, confiscate 900-some yearbooks, destroy them, and print new books ... all because one student was called a mean name on one page of the book? That's what the mom of a teenager called a "freak" in a caption of his marching band photo wants.

Dylan Worthen's name was adjusted by someone prior to the printing of the South Paulding High School yearbook this year. Every book purchased by students at South Paulding features a photo of the 16-year-old with the addition of "freak" as a second last name.

It's cruel. It's awful. But does that mean the school should shoulder the burden of printing new books?
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Jada Pinkett Smith's Son Wants to Give His Parents the Heave-Ho -- Like, for Real

posted by Adriana Velez May 14 at 4:01 PM in Teen

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Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have gone out of their way to raise two kids who feel confident expressing themselves. But are they prepared to hear everything their kids have to express? Their son just announced what he wants for his 15th birthday: Jaden wants to be emancipated from his parents.

Will Smith describes it as the backlash. "I know if we do this, he can be an emancipated minor, because he really want to have his own place, like ooh," Will told The Sun. He understands how kids want "command" of their lives. But ... at 15? Isn't that so very young for a kid to be living on their own?
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School Bribes Kids With iPads & Other Prizes to Get Them to Show Up

posted by Lindsay Mannering May 14 at 3:56 PM in Teen

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A middle school in New Jersey lost $1.3 million in funding because of the district's high absentee rates, so they decided to take action. Using money and gifts donated by local businesses, the school is using iPads, bikes, and other gifts to incentivize kids to come to class. So far, it's working. The principal reports that attendance is up and that the kids are loving the contest, which ends June 11.

Sure, the incentives may be working, but ultimately, aren't they working against our children?
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Ewww!
'Teen Mom' Farrah Abraham Wants to Share All the Dirty Details of Her Life With Her Daughter

posted by Jeanne Sager May 14 at 2:30 PM in Teen

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Leave it to Farrah Abraham to come up with a parenting method that makes us want to go take a shower. The Teen Mom has been making headlines lately for her new porn star venture, Backdoor Teen Mom. Fortunately daughter Sophia is too young to read any of those headlines.

But she won't be forever ... and Farrah has already come up with the "perfect" way to introduce the little girl to mom's porn career. Have a barf bag handy? You're going to need it.
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Car That Prevents Teen Pregnancy Should Have All Parents Rejoicing

posted by Ericka Sóuter May 13 at 8:00 PM in Teen

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Buying a used car is always a gamble. You could be driving off with a total lemon. If you are lucky, next time you are in the market for one, you will come across an ad like the one recently spotted on Craigslist. Not only does it detail all the dings and various other crappy parts, but it offers something that all parents of teenagers will appreciate: it guarantees no one will ever have sex with the car's owner!
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Dying Teen's Last Wish Made Possible By Thousands of Twitter Users (VIDEO)

posted by Emily Abbate May 13 at 2:35 PM in Teen

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Despite being given just days to live, Marie Sowler has a lot to be happy about right now. Diagnosed with stage 4 leukemia, the 19-year-old's father and sister pitched in with a double bone marrow transplant that failed to work. Her last last wish? To meet Kellin Quinn, the lead singer for an indie band by the name of Sleeping With Sirens. Marie made a YouTube video revealing her big wish last Thursday. Thousands of shares, likes, and tweets got her message seen by the singer, who tweeted at her at 7:59 p.m. -- "How can we make this happen?"

And so just like that, the two set up a Skype meeting. Seriously, talk about the power of social media, eh? In a world where technology can often be a parent's biggest nemesis, it's got to be pretty cool for Marie's parents to see something so magical happen for their daughter.

Watch Marie's plea, here:
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Mom Moment
Soldiers Teach Self-Defense Classes to Tweens -- Hooah! (VIDEO)

posted by Jeanne Sager May 13 at 11:04 AM in Teen

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Steubenville. Rehtaeh Parsons. A high school "hotness" tournament. These are the stories that keep parents of little girls up at night. Finding respect for our daughters, finding a safe space for our girls, is like searching for a needle in a haystack. But it's out there.

Take Project Bold. It's run by soldiers in the Indiana National Guard. It's teaching tween girls self-defense. But it's so much more than that.
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