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.
Teens
‘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.
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