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.
Teens
‘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.
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