It is an old cliche now that the teenage years are the most trying ones for both the teenager and the parents. The transition from childhood to adulthood is fraught with physical, emotional, mental and psychological changes. Teenage problems are now compounded by the challenges facing society to...

Can Anyone Else Do? Young teenagers in today's day in age are taking on the great responsibility as parents. As foolish as it may sound, it is very true. Statistics show that there are 47 pregnancies for every 1000 teenagers between the ages of 15-19. Teenagers are not realizing the risk t...

For the Benefit of Everyone As most 16 year olds already know, turning 16 just isn't so sweet anymore. It used to be that upon turning 16, everybody gets to go to the DMV and get a license to drive. Well it's still the same, only with restrictions. Senator Tim Leslie suggested a new ...

Many people believe that alcohol abuse is less common in Western European countries such as Germany. They support this belief by explaining that teenagers are allowed to drink at a younger age, and that alcohol consumption is treated as a normal part of life and not as a big deal, and that this...

The journal review I chose to do was "Early adolescent gender differences in the use of ruminative and distracting coping strategies" by Patricia C. Broderick. Her hypothesis was that "rumination is manifested to a greater extent by girls than by boys prior to the onset of adolescenc...