MetaFilter posts tagged with teens

An ingenious device for avoiding thought...

smoke — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:56:20 -0800

The brain's plasticity has some neuroscientists worried about what the internet will do to reading - and to humanity. But teenagers - the very demographic you would expect to suffer most from the google-induced inability to focus and critique - are in fact reading more than ever. Or are they? Young adult fiction might be selling, but who's doing the reading?

The Joy of Sex, Jr.

Antidisestablishmentarianist — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:27:17 -0800

The NHS in the UK has released a pamphlet called Pleasure (pdf) to educate teens on the more enjoyable aspects of carnal relations. Some disagree with this development.

Teen & Transgender: A Comparative Study

empath — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:13:29 -0800

Growing into Womanhood -- In the images in White’s series, both figures are blossoming into womanhood, though each along a different path. [via]

Teens in ABC Documentary: Oral Sex Is the New Goodnight Kiss

eiro0701 — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:41:06 -0800

ABC News After four years researching for the documentary, Azam told "Good Morning America" that oral sex is as common as kissing for teens and that casual prostitution -- being paid at parties to strip, give sexual favors or have sex -- is far more commonplace than once believed.

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.

Prescription for Disaster

jacobw — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:14:15 -0800

Prescription for Disaster: The dangers of teens using prescription pain killers and other doctor-prescribed drugs.

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]

That's so... the children's insult of choice!

Ambrosia Voyeur — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:16:32 -0800

AS OF 10/08/2008, THERE WERE OVER 80,100 PAGES ONLINE WITH THE PHRASE "That's so gay."

Hillary Duff is here to elevate teen discourse! And here's a handy printout.
How 'gay' became children's insult of choice.

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.

A Shot of Bleach Ought to Dew It!

ericb — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:34:39 -0800

"Some Florida teens believe drinking Mountain Dew or smoking marijuana will prevent pregnancy and that swallowing a capful of bleach will prevent HIV/AIDS."^* As a result, lawmakers are pushing "for an overhaul of sex education in the state. State lawmakers said the myths are spreading because of Florida's abstinence-only sex education"^* "On Tuesday, a bill that would 'require a more comprehensive approach' to sex education narrowly won approval from a state Senate committee."^*

We're friends now!

miss lynnster — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:15:42 -0800

PBS Frontline explores Growing Up Online. Here's what they learned.

Somebody get me a 15-year old to explain these.

Free word order! — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:39:50 -0800

PISA results are in. Finland and Canada high five and make awkward polite bows and gestures towards The Far East. For education policy Programme for International Student Assessment is the research about how 15-year old students are being educated. Briefings for UK and US. Results escape easy answers, but you might test your theory against interactive data tool. (Site might be slow today and I'm having difficulties reading the full pdf:s with Apple Preview. Has some strange disclaimers covering that won't react to clicks. Probably needs Adobe stuff. Data tool is (smug) fun.)

Kids + Money + Los Angeles = ?

revmitcz — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:17:42 -0800

"I just like to have the hottest of the hottest. Whatever's hot at the time" In the spring of 2007, Lauren Greenfield conducted interviews with Los Angeles teenagers on the subject of money and how it affects their lives. The link is a 15-minute selection of those interviews.

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

"All families in OECD countries today are aware that childhood is being reshaped by forces whose mainspring is not necessarily the best interests of the child."

amberglow — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:48:43 -0800

How does your country measure up as a place to raise kids? It turns out that growing up in the UK is a bleaker experience than in any other wealthy country. UNICEF studied all the wealthiest nations (full report PDF here), and the US and UK came in at the bottom on almost all indicators (material wellbeing, health and safety, education, family and peer relationships, behaviours and risks, and the subjective feelings of kids and teens themselves ). Doing best for kids were the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. It turns out that GDP and material wealth alone does not ensure healthier or happier or more well-educated kids--the Czech Republic scored very well despite being one of the poorest nations surveyed.

global romantic blogger pain

jessamyn — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:41:07 -0800

The Dumpster is "an interactive online visualization that attempts to depict a slice through the romantic lives of American teenagers. Using real postings extracted from millions of online blogs, visitors to the project can surf through tens of thousands of specific romantic relationships in which one person has "dumped" another." Launched yesterday at the Whitney. Frenetic social data browser with voyeuristic blog-sniffer available here

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.

Jackinworld

ColdChef — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 15:02:55 -0800

Chances are, of all the things you've heard about masturbation, most of them were absolutely false. For some reason, misinformation surrounds masturbation like virtually no other topic. Since JackinWorld's goal is to debunk misinformation, here are some of the myths commonly believed about masturbation — and the truth about each. All you ever really wanted to know about something we all already know plenty about. NSFW.

Behavior modification schools under intense scrutiny.

bkdelong — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 05:33:03 -0800

WWASP stung by alleged victims, goverment and watchdog organizations. The WorldWide Association of Specialty Schools, a program that manages a series of domestic and overseas behavior modification schools for "troubled teens" is under intense scrutiny right now by a lawmaker in Calfornia who just filed legislation requesting more oversight, officials in New York investigating various claims against their Ivy Ridge Academy (PDF) & Utah looking into Majestic Ranch, recently having an offer turned down to purchase property for a school in Boonville, Missouri, and having to file a lawsuit against the International Survivors Action Committee, a watchdog organization closely monitoring WWASP and its large network of educational consultants, recruiting companies, transport services, real estate ventures, and lots of Limited Liability shell companies.

Preach it, mister mathers

konolia — Sat, 11 Dec 2004 06:16:45 -0800

Eminem is Right If yesterday’s rock was the music of abandon, today’s is that of abandonment

Homosexuals take note

mr_crash_davis — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 08:19:03 -0800

Are you a gay teen in Utah? Do you want to attend a high school dance with a same-sex date? Better bring a note from your parents!

Folk the System!

fungible — Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:38:36 -0800

Prussian Blue is a "white-power" band named after the color of the residue Zyklon-B leaves in a gas chamber. They do some originals, but mostly folk covers of neo-Nazi bands like Skrewdriver and RaHoWa. Oh, and they're twelve-year-old twin girls. (via Vice.)

Duff Calling

adrober — Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:01:48 -0800

Sure it looks just like just another promotional site for a movie, but then you realize that you can send phone messages from Hillary Duff. And sure, that seems lame at first but these are personalized messages that involve names and characteristics like "braces" or "big head." It really CAN be very amusing.

juiced up moo

bluno — Thu, 06 Nov 2003 15:12:35 -0800

How do you get teens to crave milk? Load it with caffeine. "We're giving teens the caffeine they want but also vitamins, calcium and protein" ...and also a lot more calories.

One more step towards Total Information Awareness

Irontom — Wed, 29 Oct 2003 07:28:28 -0800

New software packages help parents keep tabs on teens.