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Stair Rover Is the Next Awesome Toy Your Teenagers Will Demand [VIDEO]

Stacy Lee — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:47:50 +0000

I just stumbled upon this today. It’s a skate board (looks like it could be a long board) that slides effortlessly down stairs! I’m not a mechanical engineer but it looks to me like the board has eight wheels — four on each side — and as the board goes down the stairs the wheels [...]

Stacy's View: It's OK for Moms to Be Hip & Cool! [POLL]

Stacy Lee — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:36:29 +0000

Big Jim thinks that the whole situation with his Sheri using of teenage "slang" terms is ridiculous. I, on the other hand, think that keeping up with the times is OK. Using the terms "filthy" and "dank" and "sick" is cool -- if you can do it right. Keeping up with modern lingo is important. My mom was always stealing clothes from my closet to stay current.

Big Jim's View: Moms Shouldn't Talk Like Their Teenagers! [POLL]

Big Jim — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:33:39 +0000

My significant other keeps talking like her teenagers. She's 40! It drives me crazy! She thinks she's being a "cool mom" and staying up with the times saying things are SICK, DANK and FILTHY. But the proof that she knows it's weird is the fact that she won't say those words in front of her friends!

New Survey Reveals More Teenagers Try Drugs and Alcohol During the Summer

Mike Adams — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 20:02:18 +0000

While the summer months are supposed to fun and a much needed break from the previous school year, a new survey finds that many teens are using their summer vacation to try drugs and alcohol. The survey, conducted by the United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, finds that nearly 11,000 teens will [...]

Have Diabetes Rates Among Teens Really Tripled?

Shauna Wright — Sat, 26 May 2012 14:54:59 +0000

Health experts have been buzzing this week after a new study seemed to show a dramatic rise in the number of teenagers who have diabetes or are at risk for developing it. But are the research findings really cause for alarm? The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of more than 3,000 individuals revealed that [...]

Little League Baseball Comes with Some Not-So-Little Costs — Dollars and Sense

Danny Gallagher — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:03:02 +0000

Playing Little League baseball might be as American as hot dogs and apple pie, but it’s way more expensive. A new report proves it. According to The New York Times, the minimum cost for a bat, ball, glove and other basic necessities can go for more than $450. Of course, this is just for the [...]

Study Reveals Lots of Parents Use Facebook to Spy on Their Kids

Danny Gallagher — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:44:40 +0000

Social media sites like Facebook and Twitter may have eroded levels of privacy by giving people a place to post every facet of their lives and the people around them. However, it’s also given parents a way of doing some sneaky snooping into their children’s lives. A new study from Research Now of 4,400 parents [...]

Do Women and the Elderly Cause More Car Accidents Than Men and the Young?

Amy Sciarretto — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:51:07 +0000

A recent study of accidents involving the gas pedals of vehicles yielded some age and gender-specific results. Female drivers hit the gas instead of the brake in two-thirds of these accidents which occur in static places like garages, as opposed to roadways due to spacing and reaction time. They also occur in drivers over the [...]

It's Prom Time, What's The Trend?

Big Jim — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:30:22 +0000

Here’s your made-up media trend of the day. According to the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists at “Teen Vogue”, the big fashion trend this season is girls wearing men’s pajamas to their prom. They say it’s inspired by current high-fashion trends where women are taking comfortable, laid-back, quote, “gender-bending looks” and making them more sexy. Or something. [...]

Homeless Teen Shelter Dedicated Today!

Faith Martin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:02:54 +0000

Most of you know that I spent time as a teen being homeless... There are many reasons that teens can end up in this predicament. And I can tell you from a first hand experience that it isn’t easy! I am so happy to see a place like this come together! “My Friend’s Place” homeless teen shelter was dedicated today!

US Teen Birth Rate Hits a 70-Year Low — Health Check

Shauna Wright — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:32:16 +0000

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday that the teen birth rate in the United States dropped to an all-time low in 2010. Last year, there were 34.3 births per 1,000 teenagers aged 15-19, a nine percent drop from 2009 and the lowest rate in the nearly 70 years such data has been [...]

Teen Crashes Into Two Cars While Allegedly Texting and Driving [VIDEOS]

The Brad — Tue, 31 May 2011 20:34:47 +0000

Last week, blogger Sean Symons captured horrifying footage of a teen driver who crashed into the side of the road, then hit two oncoming cars, all while he was allegedly texting and driving.

According to his YouTube page, Symons called the police when he spotted the texting teen, then pulled out his camera to catch the teen in the act. The original video was reportedly handed over to the police as evidence, Symons said.

Texting Stuff Like "gr8″ Makes Kids Better At Spelling

Big Jim — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:28:53 +0000

So when your kids send text messages, they use abbreviations with letters and numbers, like g-r-8 for great and 4-g-o-t for forgot. And you probably think they’re becoming brainless, English-mangling fools. But believe it or not, a new study by Coventry University in England found out that when kids text message using abbreviations..that accually makes [...]