Where we’re going wrong with our boys
THEY’RE the frontline in domestic violence prevention, but parents are making major mistakes when teaching their kids about healthy relationships.
Teens
Dolls actually increase teen pregnancies
AN education program where high school girls cared for robot babies in a bid to reduce teenage pregnancies has failed miserably, according to new research.
Oh baby! Teens love the simulator
FEEDING, burping, changing and comforting a screaming robot baby should deter teen girls from getting pregnant — no, just the opposite.
What to do if you’re a porn site victim
A TEAM of former police detectives has advice for any Australians caught up in the online pornography ring. Here’s what you should do.
The awkward conversation we need to have
OUR girls are being hunted. Thousands of explicit photos have been posted online. And your first reaction to that news is wrong.
Liz Hurley’s terrible Photoshop attempt
LET’S just say this photographer’s Photoshop skills are not up to scratch.
Teenager tells mum: ‘I’m ready to die’
AFTER more than a decade of living with unbearable pain, 14 year-old Jerika Bolen has told her mum the news she didn’t want to hear.
Rio’s secret shame ahead of Olympics
AS ELITE athletes gather in Rio for the Olympics, child prostitutes as young as nine are working in poverty and violence on Brazil’s highways.
‘How I raised my kidnappers’ girls’
IT’S been seven years since Jaycee Dugard was held captive for 18 years. Now, the 36-year-old talks about being a single mum to her kidnappers’ kids.
How Facebook is like a drug addiction
RESEARCHERS have drawn parallels between social media obsession and drug addiction. And it’s having a particularly big impact on teenagers.
Teen’s scary relationship contract
THIS terrifying relationship contract sheds plenty of light on the clingy, possessive world of children’s relationships.
Mum schools mean girls with perfect note
MICHELLE ICARD is getting kudos for her reaction to a convo she overheard between “three very pretty, very boisterous, horribly behaved teenage girls“.
Video of father’s epic rant goes viral
A FATHER was left baffled on a recent drive when his fellow motorists started beeping their horns at him. And it was all thanks to a prank set up by his son.
The town still resisting desegregation
MORE than 60 years after a landmark ruling that ordered integration, black and white students in this town are divided.
Mum’s surprise visit goes horribly wrong
A MOTHER tried to surprise her daughter at university by sneaking into her room, but things didn’t quite work out the way she’d planned.
Tornado photobombs teen’s formal pic
A RAGING tornado tearing down powerlines gave a teenage couple from Colorado a formal night photo to remember.
Why 16 year olds are so terrifying
OPINION: As Lianna Perdis, 16, launches her own make-up range, Vanessa Brown asks where the awkward teenage years of spots and braces have gone.
The sugar hit fueling our obesity crisis
IT’S official, we’re addicted to sugar. Teenage boys are consuming 38 teaspoons a day and for some the sweet stuff makes up a quarter of their energy intake.
Teen cyberbullying scourge revealed
DOCTORING images to humiliate classmates — some aged just 12 — is the latest vile trend of cyber bullies. These are some of the ways you can put a stop to it.
Who are the most costly kids?
TEENS might munch through a lot of food and newborns suck up money for prams and nappies. But the most expensive age might just surprise you.
How a mum met her teenage son
YOLANDA Bogert made the news worldwide when she placed a birth notice to mark her teenage son Kai’s coming out as transgender. They are now sharing their story.
In cyberspace, parents might hear you cry
A QUARTER of parents are monitoring their children on social media, according to a survey which also reveals whether they should be worried.
Porn turning boys into ‘sexist pigs’
TEENAGE girls say online porn is warping their boyfriends’ ideas about what is normal. They’re being sent explicit material and told to send naked pics.
Secret lives of teens on social media
SLUT pages. Sink shots. Yik Yak. Finstas. If that reads like a different language, chances are you’re not a teenager on social media.
‘Jesus, what happened to your face?’
AFTER editing a selfie on her iPhone, a woman decided to send a message to her mother claiming that she’d had a horrific allergic reaction to nuts.
‘Parachute kids’ wind up in jail
THEY come from well-off families and are flown into a new country to study. But for some it’s a recipe for disaster and trouble.
Our kids are being driven wild by porn
TEENAGERS and pre-teens are now the perpetrators of a quarter of all sex attacks. Experts warn easy access to online porn is fuelling a generation of sexually aggressive kids.
Idiotic trend sweeping internet
A TEENAGER is lucky to be alive after attempting the ‘duct tape challenge’, a dangerous craze doing the rounds online.
School scraps uniform for transgender students
A TOP independent school has become the first to scrap its uniform policy to accommodate transgender students, breaking with hundreds of years of tradition.
Kids fall victim to cyberbullies
CHILDREN as young as 10 are being subjected to vicious online attacks by young cyberbullies who are creating fake social media accounts to taunt others.
Mum’s bizarre tribute to teenage son
IT’S said the hardest part of parenting is letting go. So this mum came up with a rather unusual plan to keep the cuddles coming.
Really? You call this a bad mother?
IT DOESN’T get much worse in terms of insults. It would cut any parent to the bone. Em Rusciano has some choice words for Madonna’s critics.
Why Madonna’s son won’t leave UK
MADONNA is at war with ex Guy Ritchie over custody of their son Rocco. But at the heart of the bitter wrangle could be a teenage crush.
Millennials changing the way we speak
MILLENNIALS are said to be destroying the English language with words such as On Fleek, YOLO, Bae and Swag. Turns out it’s quite the opposite.
Fitness is ‘escalating beyond control’
EXERCISE is becoming a life-threatening habit among Aussie youth obsessively hitting the gym in the quest for a perfect ‘fitspo’ figure, experts warn.
‘Kidnapped and sold to pimps for $500’
THIS YouTuber has told a harrowing story of how she was kidnapped at age 12. But she’s one of thousands sharing such experiences, so who is telling the truth?
Dads read their daughters’ text messages
WELL, this was never going to end well. A group of dads agreed to read their teenager daughter’s text messages to their boyfriends.
Teens doubt job prospects
A NEW study shows the depths of despair among Aussie youth about their futures. This is how tough it is for our kids.
Why thongs are bad for you
IT’S fun to hang loose in summer — but safety experts are alarmed by research showing many youngsters wear flip-flops when they shouldn’t.
Girl, 12, charged with attempted murder
A TEACHER has saved a student from a knife attack by a 12-year-old girl at a school north of Brisbane.
We really need to talk about porn
IT’S tough to imagine a more awkward conversation, but it has to happen, because the sexually explicit stuff on the internet keeps changing.
‘Haven’t seen this at Schoolies before’
A SCHOOLIE who was hospitalised suffering burns to his buttocks after he was thought to have lit a fart on fire has come forward to admit what actually happened.
Mum follows daughter to Schoolies
JUST when Danni Conley thought she escaped the clutches of school and her parents, her mum decided to tag along to Schoolies.
Sydney tween making $3000 a day
AT just 12 years old, Clementine Mobbs has started up three businesses with her latest venture bringing in about $3000 a day.
Wild brawl mars first day at Schoolies
VIOLENCE and drugs have already cast a shadow over Schoolies, with an ugly fist-fight breaking out in the centre of celebrations at South Australia’s Victor Harbor.
‘Crystal’s in town’: Schoolies’ scary smorgasbord
DANGEROUS drugs including ice and horse tranquillisers will be just a click away for tech-savvy schoolies arriving on the Gold Coast this week.
The new craze that could kill schoolies
AUTHORITIES fear this stomach-turning new trend will be responsible for more schoolies deaths this year. A crackdown is looming.
Question hundreds of students stuffed up
THEIR final results aren’t yet in, but we already know that hundreds of students managed to butcher this question.
The unspoken reality behind closed doors
YOU don’t know what goes on in other people’s homes. So it’s easy to judge when you see a mother chain up her son. But as this mum says “you have no idea”.
School under guard after massive brawl
UPDATE: Charges have been laid after a shocking melee in a high school car park put staff and students on high alert.
High school student’s wild cheating scheme
AS HIGH school capers go, this one’s a doozy. Police say Daniel Soares, 17, was so worried about being busted that he ran away from home.
Amanda Keller’s embarrassing teen diaries
SHE’S a brave lady! Amanda Keller has opened up her hilarious teenage diary for the world to see, and as she says, “it makes for bottom clenching reading”.
A letter to my teenage daughter
EM RUSCIANO’S daughter is about to turn 14, and things have changed. To avoid a blow-up this is the letter she gave her.
Does Barbie really need to have a period?
BARBIE has long been available with accessories including handbags, heels and sunnies but now she comes with her period as well.
What social media is doing to our kids
IN AN age where every move our children make is ‘liked’ and shared online, are we raising a generation of people riddled with self-doubt?
The haircut too offensive for school
A TEENAGE girl has been sent home from school for having a leopard-print hairstyle, and her mother claims it’s a breach of her human rights.
Vic premier slams Gayby Baby ‘rubbish’
THE Victorian premier has delivered an extraordinary cross-border spray, after the NSW government limited screenings of a film at schools.
The brainwashed youth of North Korea
AS tensions rise between North and South Korea yet again, a million Gen Yers have just done something you would never have expected.
World’s first network of teen tech geniuses
MARC Wong built an app to fight obesity at the age of 12. Now 17, he works with neuroscientists and top tech firms, and runs a global network of whiz-kids.
Schools ‘promoting radical sexual experimentation’
CHRISTIANS are up in arms about a classroom program that is corrupting young minds. Organisers say it encourages understanding, but is it appropriate for kids?
What happened to ‘Baby Sophie’?
REMEMBER ‘Baby Sophie’, the newborn abandoned in a public toilet block? Now she’s 17, and has made an extraordinary appeal.
How to raise your teenage girl
RAISING a teenage girl is only second in difficulty to actually being a teenage girl. How do parents help their girls and keep the family sane?
It’s time to stop hating the selfie
THE selfie gets a pretty bad wrap, but it turns out it’s not all about duck-faces and self-absorbed teens.
Neighbours bashed at wild party
‘WANNABE teen gangsters’ terrorised a neighbourhood during a three-day house party. This was the extraordinary reaction of the mother who lived there.
Mum’s extreme contract to see movie
NOT content with being “blind consumers,” this mum decided that if her son wanted to see this blockbuster, he had to meet a few conditions.
‘No compromises, no complaints’
ONE mum has come up with a novel way of limiting her kids’ screen time: by giving them unlimited access. There’s just one caveat.
The one thing we’d all rather forget
GET ready to cringe. Em Rusciano spills on the teenage dating disasters she’d rather forget and drops the F-bomb (the other F-bomb).
Six ways to raise a healthy, happy girl
HOW do you protect your daughter from the pressure of scoring top grades and looking like a model? A few simple rules can help to raise healthy girls.
Sophie Delezio: ‘The bullies won’t win’
SOPHIE Delezio just celebrated her 14th birthday and has told New Idea magazine of her love of life and resilience in the face of bullies.
Parents spy on kids’ smartphones
A NEW app which allows parents to act as “ASIO” and spy on their children’s phones and tablets without their knowledge is not a good idea, experts say.
Navigating the perils of teens on social media
Do you say yes to Facebook but no to Twitter? And what if your teen wants to open a Tinder account? JOHANNA LEGGATT talks social media parenting.
Why Michelle Obama is a total boss
MICHELLE Obama isn’t about to let her kids get special treatment just because they live in the White House.
You need to talk to your kids about porn
SORRY. The condom on the banana doesn’t cut it anymore. We need to talk about porn. Here’s how all the awkwardness went down at Em Rusciano’s house.
Girl in ‘100-year-old body’ dies
HAYLEY Okines died from a rare condition that caused her body to age eight times faster than normal. Now her friend will complete her bucket list which has an Aussie request.
It’s time girls had better role models
FINALLY girls have heroes they can be proud of. But don’t cheer yet. We need more, much more.
Don’t let teen parties become a nightmare
PARENTS using amateur waivers or consent forms when hosting school formal after-parties are being lulled into a false sense of security, lawyers warn.
‘Why I’m not surprised teenage girls join IS’
‘IT MAKES some sense that educated, privileged, teenage girls from loving families are travelling to Syria to join IS.’
RIP OP: Grading system to get the chop
THE education minister has defended plans to dump the controversial OP scoring system, saying it is no longer relevant.
Let kids wear whatevs they want!
SASHA and Malia Obama were bagged for their fashion sense by political opponent Elizabeth Lauten but having a go at teen fashion is just low, writes Melissa Hoyer.
Schoolies 2014 party around Australia
PARTY season has officially hit as school leavers let loose following their end-of-year exams.
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