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Summer intern for Morgan Stanley wrote their most discussed write-up

filthy light thief — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:00:23 -0800

Matthew Robson, aged 15 years & 7 months, was asked to describe how he and his friends consume media by the London research branch of Morgan Stanley, where he is a summer work intern. The teenager spent a day on the briefing note, after polling some friends by text message. His write-up impressed the right people (direct link to pdf report). "Without claiming representation or statistical accuracy, his piece provides one of the clearest and most thought provoking insights we have seen. So we published it." After being published, the note had generated five or six times more feedback than the team's usual reports. Lauded by professionals, his claims were met with disagreement from some peers. (via)

For Teenagers, Hello Means ‘How About a Hug?’

ericb — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:37:07 -0800

For this generation of teens hugging [video | 02:35] seems to be all the rage at high schools around the U.S. “A measure of how rapidly the ritual is spreading is that some students complain of peer pressure to hug to fit in.” And in some schools hugging has banned. “Touching and physical contact is very dangerous territory,” said Noreen Hajinlian, the principal at a junior high school in Hillsdale, N.J., where hugging has been banned for two years.

Kids Today!

amyms — Sun, 24 May 2009 01:29:21 -0800

The Problem With Young People Today Is... Self-described "crabby old fart" Donald Mills has some colorful opinions about "God damned teenagers." Via.

Up, Up, and Away

digaman — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:46:12 -0800

The 56-Euros-and-a-balloon teenage Catalonian space program.

Twilight

kliuless — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:46:01 -0800

What Girls Want - A series of vampire novels illuminates the complexities of female adolescent desire. (via) [prvsly]

Red Sex Blue Sex

Who_Am_I — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:03:39 -0800

Evangelicals are very good at articulating their sexual ideals, but they have little practical advice for their young followers. Social liberals, meanwhile, are not very good at articulating values on marriage and teen sexuality—indeed, they may feel that it’s unseemly or judgmental to do so. But in fact the new middle-class morality is squarely pro-family.

The New Yorker discusses the red-state/blue-state divide in attitudes about premarital sex, sex education, and teen pregnancy: Red Sex, Blue Sex.

A quarter century in black and white.

dobbs — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:43:24 -0800

Joseph Szabo has been photographing his teenage students for the past twenty-five years, and has perfectly captured the ambivalence of that time of life. Samples from his books: Almost Grown, Jones Beach, Teenage, and Rolling Stones Fans.

H.P. Papercraft

Del Far — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:02:23 -0800

H.P. Papercraft (SLYT) "I knew putting internet in the basement was a bad idea!" From the same guys who brought you IM IN UR MANGER KILLING YOUR SAVIOR (and already previously posted) Who knew there could be so many hilarious lines in the span of 2 minutes? "What's with all these zippers? No person should have this many zippers, I don't care what fantasy it is..."

Be part of the "counter-culture"

mrgrimm — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:31:40 -0800

The Day of Purity is a day when youth can make a public demonstration of their commitment to remain secularly pure, in mind and actions. ... When you stand up for sexual pruity you send a message to parents, churches, communities, legislators, and the media that you want a better world. Be politically incorrect! Sponsored by Liberty Counsel. (via)

I don't know how to be a wife, I'm only 16!

miss lynnster — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:49:52 -0800

The British documentary Brit ain's Youn gest Brides follows five teen girls on their paths to the altar. My personal favorite is Catrina and her 308 pound wedding dress.

Spare the rod and how to love a child to death

FunkyHelix — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 14:10:37 -0800

A 15 year-old girl was dragged behind a van as punishment. Her crime was being unable to keep up on a forced run at an at-risk youths boot camp, Love Demonstrated Ministries. It's not the first time something like this has happened. These boot camps and reform schools are still in operation, so it will continue to happen.

Whoa.

FunkyHelix — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:04:59 -0800

Joey Lawrence. No, not that one.

Skateboarding IS a crime?

blaneyphoto — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:53:31 -0800

Go skateboarding Day didn't end well for a bunch of teenagers in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Youtube Video. Unreasonable/Excessive force by the police? You decide.

Genarlow Wilson's Sentence Thrown Out

macrowave — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:52:26 -0800

Genarlow Wilson, now 19, had his sentence reversed today and is expected to leave prison shortly. He served two years of his ten-year-sentence for engaging in consensual sex acts with a fellow teenager. Previously discussed here.

Duck & Cover Film Festival! Wheeeeeee!

miss lynnster — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:06:41 -0800

"For the quarter-century following World War II, a special kind of classroom film received wide circulation. These "mental hygiene" films thrived in a confused and nervous America. The rebellious behavior of young people challenging the social norms struck fear into the hearts of parents and educators, who saw dark futures for the teens who broke the rules and refused to fit in with society. These concerned adults embraced the metal hygiene film as a new means of delivering social guidance." Program One: Mann ers, Menstr uation and The American Way; Program Two: Dating, Deli que ncy and Diver sity; Program Three: Conf orm ity, Safety and The Bomb

Special Bonus: Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, Mitch Rouse & Steven Colbert re-enact How To Be Popular (from Program Two).

Are You There God? It's Me, Monica

your mildly obsessive average geek — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:11:09 -0800

Are You There God? It's Me, Monica In equal parts a book review, investigative journalism and an autobiographical account; the author of this article takes on the topic of teenage oral-sex in the US today. There are no easy answers for the reader at the end, but it makes for fairly compelling reading. (Apart from some sexual terminology, the article is SFW) [via]

Subscriptions for Disaster

maryh — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:23:56 -0800

“We’re selling magazines to earn points in a contest to win a trip abroad,” begins the standard spiel. At any given moment there are roughly 2,500 of these fresh-faced teens travelling across the USA hawking subscriptions for periodicals door to door. Welcome to the violent exploitative world of the Magazine Crews. via

A Teenage Guide to Self-Control

punkfloyd — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:28:37 -0800

At a certain age, young people get seemingly uncontrollable urges. But, in accordance with God's plan, these urges must be controlled.

Teen thugs taken apart by would-be victim

tadellin — Wed, 31 May 2006 08:43:11 -0800

Former Marine disarms 5 attackers They were teenagers, but still, 5 on 1, and two of them were armed? That's one well-trained Marine...

Signs of the Times??

tranceformer — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 15:20:40 -0800

73% of American Teens Experimenting with the Occult Fundamentalist religious research group the Barna Group has published the results of a study with 4000 teens that shows that a third of American teenagers have used a Ouija board, 1 in 10 have been in a real seance and 1 in 12 have cast spells or made potions. Also here, here. I for one blame this guy and this girl.

Teenage Cuddle Puddle

PeterMcDermott — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 06:59:20 -0800

Rainbow parties were the big parent panic of 2005. Commentators have questioned the reality behind these representations, but a recent article in New York magazine describes the sex lives of a group of teenagers that seems consistent with the moral panic.
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Teenager Repellant

fet — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 08:00:29 -0800

Teenager Repellant. Teenager Repellant. Kids loitering outside of your store? A Welsh inventor has created a device that emits a noise particularly irritating to those under 20 years of age (and no, it's not classical music.)

Chavs v Goths

lerrup — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 23:24:07 -0800

Teenage tribes and Council sponsored "mayhem".

Did we jump to conclusions?

dirtynumbangelboy — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 00:23:52 -0800

It turns out that those boys who were hanged in Iran may not have been quite so innocent after all. [original post]

Gay Teens Executed in Iran

digaman — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:34:51 -0800

Iran executes two teenagers. Their crime? Making love. Homosexuality is a crime under Sharia law. Meanwhile, newly "liberated" Iraq moves closer to embedding traditional Islamic laws in its new constitution, reducing rights for women. Will Iraqi gays be the next to suffer the wrath of "Allah's law" after years of secular oppression under Saddam Hussein?