Coming out as gay in middle school – New York Times magazine has a lengthy profile of middle school students who have and have not come out to their families and friends. Their experiences range from acceptance and happiness to bullying and suicide. (NY Times)
School bans hooded sweatshirts – Students in Kansas were hiding cell phones in kangaroo front pocket and texting without looking as they have the keyboard memorized. “We had them in our pockets and they’d vibrated. So then we’d take it out and bring it to the side and type, and we could memorize our keyboards, because most of us have full keyboards.” (KWCH)
(∆) Teens’ donks grab attention – In addition to the rims and the custom interiors, decked-out cars are now featuring paint jobs with unpaid advertising for candy products. “Sugar Daddies. Mr. Goodbar. Nerds. It’s wanting to be different, standing out,” said Hopkins, 21, a student at St. Augustine’s College. “People have always been hooking up cars, buying hot paint jobs. This is taking it to the next level. It’s all about the attention you want.” (N&O) photo by Travis Long
Study promotes importance of family dinners - A new report by Columbia University concludes that teens who do not eat with their families three times a week are twice as likely to use tobacco or marijuana, one and a half times more likely to use alcohol, and twice as likely to try drugs as compared to children who eat with their families five times a week. “Having dinner as a family is one of the easiest ways to create routine opportunities for parental engagement and communication, two keys to raising drug-free children.” (Join Together)
Interview with teens from 16&Pregnant - People Magazine interviews young couple who gave up their baby for adoption, against their parents’ wishes, on the MTV reality show.’We were in Ohio a couple days ago and a girl came up to me and she was shaking. She came up to me and she just started crying and she’s like, “You’re a role model to me.” We get that a lot.’ (People)
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