Straight Talk for Teens by Teens
Lucy in the Sky with DMT (today’s LSD)
Editor’s Web Note: Just for the record, when the Beatles produced “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” (marking their LSD phase), they were all over age 25. Drugs, sex, and rock ‘n roll really…
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Can you trust calling parents for a ride?
Editor’s Web Note: Many parents insist they can be called. But parents, will your teen actually call you? In a 2007 Center for Disease Control survey, in that past month, three out of ten teenagers rode in a car with a driver who had…
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Caffeine overdose blues
Editor’s Web Note: Lest you wonder why every small town breeds Starbucks like rabbits, consider a Wall Street Journal study that found a cup of joe at Starbucks has 56% more caffeine than coffee sold in gas marts and pastry shops.…
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Fatherlessness a major factor in teen failures
Editor’s Web Note: As of 2003, there were 10 million single-mother families and 2 million single-father families in this country. As educated young women grow more and more dedicated to achievements and careers, many are opting for…
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Stepdad’s smoke permeates small apartment
Editor’s Web Note: To all teens who smoke: Quit now. Not only is it easier when you’re young, but today’s letter could be written about you in a few short years. Do you think “Stepdad” ever saw this…
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Poor health and lots of it
Editor’s Web Note: Who needs global warming or nuclear bombs? We can go extinct with Cheetos and Big Gulps. We’re definitely at a precipice. Some experts predict infertility to double in the next seven years — to one in…
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Hey Sis, put some clothes on
Editor’s Web Note: It’s difficult enough for a boy these days with all these alpha females everywhere, but this commonplace situation for solo boys raised in all-female households puts it over the top in total ridiculousness.…
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Teen blows up at racist grandparent
Editor’s Web Note: My stepfather grew up in the South and was quite racist. My mother, who had raised my siblings and I to be just the opposite, didn’t say a negative word about his tasteless stories and slurs. Her behavior was…
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Boyfriend smokes in girl’s bedroom—yuck!
Editor’s Web Note: This is an easy question compared to situations where it’s a parent or stepparent who insists on smoking indoors. “Smoked-Out” has the authority figure of the house on her side, she just needs to…
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Teach your children well… about sex, porn, love
Editor’s Web Note: The sex industry has, well, industrialized sex. Sexual intimacy is reduced to body parts (most of them surgically enhanced). Porn is the great desensitizer. What used to stimulate no longer does. College-age men,…
