Inspiring 13-Year-Old Starts Charity to Help Out Mom (VIDEO)

posted by Lindsay Mannering Yesterday at 5:32 PM in Teen

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The greatest achievement for most 13-year-olds usually involves a good grade in school, or making a competitive sports team, or beating some "important" level in a video game. But Hunter Stewart isn't your average teen. By the age of 10, his mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer, twice, and the effect it had on Hunter was profound ... and profoundly inspiring.

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Teen's Winning Google Doodle Pays Tribute to Her Military Dad

posted by Jeanne Sager Yesterday at 1:18 PM in Teen

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Did you wake up this morning, power up Google, and start to sniffle? The world famous Google Doodle is paying tribute to our military families a wee bit early for Memorial Day, but this is not just any military homecoming. The picture of a little girl running to her soldier daddy is a true story, pulled from the life of the artist, a real-life military kid.

Sabrina Brady of Sparta, Wisconsin is the kid in the picture. Her dad is the dad. AND 18-year-old Sabrina is the talented artist who drew the picture popping up on computer screens all over America today.

Wait, did that just make you sniffle louder?

Heartbreaking

Teen Dies of Cancer After He's Too Embarrassed to Tell Mom He'd Found a Lump

posted by Jeanne Sager Wednesday at 12:59 PM in Teen

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When was the last time you sat your teenager down for a talk about his or her private parts? Ohhhh, you think they're too old for that? This might change your mind: a teen died of testicular cancer this month. He was just 16 years old.

It's tragic. And sad. And it all could have been prevented.

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Teen Fakes Own Kidnapping to Avoid Telling His Parents About a Bad Grade

posted by Lindsay Mannering Tuesday at 4:14 PM in Teen

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Some kids would do anything to keep their report cards from their parents, but one 19-year-old college student took it to the extreme. Aftab Aslam, a freshman at Georgia Gwinnett College, was so afraid to tell his parents he was failing English, he faked his own kidnapping. Using a cellphone he'd purchased at Target, Aftab sent an anonymous text to his parents pretending to be his kidnappers. The cops were called, the FBI got involved, and 10 days later, Aftab had more problems than just that F in English.

Say What!?

Throwing Water Balloons at School Gets Kids Arrested -- Yes, Really!?

posted by Jeanne Sager Tuesday at 12:19 PM in Teen

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Oh America, are we TRYING to fill up our prisons until there is no room left? Have we actually gotten that far? Because I can't really see another other reason for having a bunch of kids arrested for ... wait for it ... throwing water balloons. In school. As part of a prank.

Y'all have heard of spring fever, right? End of school ants in the pants? Just being kids?

Anyone? McFly?

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Inspiring

Teen Behind Goodbye Song 'Clouds' Dies & His Parents Should Be Proud (VIDEOS)

posted by Emily Abbate Monday at 5:09 PM in Teen

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It feels like just yesterday when we were first inspired by Zach Sobiech, an 18-year-old from Minnesota fighting bone cancer. Sobiech, who was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, shared his smile with the world with his viral hit about facing death, "Clouds," last December. This past month, Jason Mraz, Colbie Caillat, and dozens of other celebrities joined together to lip-sync Zach's "Clouds" in a moving tribute to his cancer battle. This morning, Zach Sobiech died.

It's heartbreaking. Sobiech quickly became a role model for so many across the globe so quickly. His message, which was that you shouldn't find out you're dying to start living, is a true testament to his loving spirit and compassion.

And whereas it's never easy to lose a child, I'm sure that Zach's parents are overjoyed knowing the legacy their son had, and that with "Clouds," a piece of him will always live on.

Inspiring

School Officials Refuse to Read Transgendered Boy's Name at High School Graduation (VIDEO)

posted by Kiri Blakeley Monday at 4:45 PM in Teen

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It must be confusing enough to be born the wrong gender. But add to that that your school refuses to call you by your real name (as opposed to your legal name) and now you've got humiliation on top of confusion. That's what's happening to 18-year-old Issak Wolfe, a transgender student in Red Lion, Pennsylvania. Wolfe will be graduating from high school soon -- only he won't be graduating. His legal female name, Sierra Stambaugh, will. That is, if the school gets its way. But Issak is fighting to have his boy name read and had a petition of 2,000 supporters to help him out.

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School Bans Pregnant Teens' Baby Bumps From Yearbook Pictures

posted by Jeanne Sager Monday at 1:55 PM in Teen

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Usually when school rules make the news, you wonder what administrators were thinking. I'm wondering if the higher-ups at the high school in Michigan that has banned baby bumps from the yearbook were thinking at ALL. The school's pregnant teens were told they needed to have their photos re-shot so they didn't show their tummies because -- according to the superintendent anyway -- a baby bump in the yearbook violates the "state’s abstinence-based approach to sex education."

Huh. So parents look to the yearbook to educate their kid? Since when?

Heartbreaking

Parents Press Charges Against Girl for 'Turning Their Daughter Gay'

posted by Adriana Velez Monday at 1:51 PM in Teen

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When you hear about charges of "lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12 - 16," you usually picture some gross middle-aged adult molesting a young teenager. As far as crimes go, this one is considered among the lowest. But what if those charges are against an 18-year-old girl? Florida teen Kaitlyn Hunt has been charged with two counts of this felony based on a relationship she had with a 15-year-old girl.

Kaitlin and the unnamed teen began their consensual relationship at the beginning of the school year. When the younger girl's parents found out, they went on the offensive, calling the police, pushing to have Kaitlyn expelled from the high school both girls attend, even pressing charges. If you ask Kaitlyn's mother, the charges are motivated by homophobia.

Heartbreaking

'Whip Up' Blogger's Tragic Drowning Leaves 2 Kids Orphaned & Our Hearts Break

posted by Jeanne Sager May 17 at 9:30 AM in Teen

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Oh, my heart hurts today. The mom blogging community has lost one of our own: Kathreen Ricketson, better known on Twitter as WhipUp, is gone, as is partner Rob Shugg. And the couple's two children saw it all -- their parents drowning, rescue workers trying desperately to revive their mom, to no avail.

Those poor kids. Can it get much worse than that?