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Naturists Blame Prudery for Number of Teen Pregnancy Cases

The soaring rates of teen pregnancies are not the direct consequence of a too liberal environment, but exactly the opposite of that, a document filed by the British Naturism Organization with the Scottish government says. Moreover, prudery and a censorious attitude towards the human body can be closely connected to t...

19 March 2009
16:41 GMT

Teenage Cannabis Use Has Reached Critical Quotas

In 2003, the UK relaxed the law on cannabis, so as to downgrade it from a Class B to a Class C drug. The result of this initiative is seen just now, as more than half of the children under 16 have tried the drug, a new UN report indicates, thus pointing to Britain as the country with the highest level of teenage cann...

19 February 2009
13:31 GMT

Cyberspace and Television Responsible for a Generation of Amoral Teens

That today’s youth is not what it used to be, say, twenty or so years ago, is no longer something to wonder about. However, while it’s an entirely natural thing for generations to develop independently and somehow against the previous ones, it’s often said that it’s the faceless and depersonal...

28 January 2009
16:01 GMT

Teenage Lead Characters Work Well in RPGs, Says Square Enix

While a lot of games seem very distinct, with different stories or gameplay mechanics, you can almost always see a kind of recipe in some genres, like shooters or Role Playing Games. Due to their popularity, RPGs, especially Japanese-developed ones, have begun to be criticized by analysts for using the same stereotyp...

26 January 2009
02:23 GMT

Underage Hacker Pleads Guilty to Multiple Offenses

A 17-year-old hacker known online as “Dshocker” has pleaded guilty to one count of computer fraud, one count of interstate threats, and no less than four counts of wire fraud. He has agreed to a sentence of 11 months of incarceration in a juvenile detention center. Because the law protects the identity of...

20 November 2008
06:44 GMT

iPhone Popularity Grows Among Teens, Says Analyst

Research firm Piper Jaffray maintains its buy status on Apple despite the company being battered in the stock market recently. The analyst firm foresees strong iPhone sales having completed a national teen survey of buying habits and preferences which revealed the iPhone was a common choice.22 percent of the teens su...

8 October 2008
05:29 GMT

Cannabis Exposes Teens to Mental Illness

Cannabis has been around for millennia - indeed, as archaeologists have proved, the miracle of cannabis smoke has been puzzling our ancestors ever since the Neolithic age, which means that yes, once humans have found something they really enjoy, it's unlikely they're going to give it up without a fight. Tod...

2 June 2008
05:26 GMT

Punched in the Face because of a YouTube Video

The story so far: someone published a video on YouTube in order to invite some local viewers to a party. Although the number was not supposed to exceed 40 invited members, no less than 100 teenagers came to the party and tried to get inside the house. Because the boy who was in charge of the house didn't manage ...

12 October 2007
15:06 GMT

British Teenager Shot in his Own Home for an Xbox 360

I can't believe what I have just stumbled on. Hear this: A British teenager was shot in his house three times by robbers bursting in going for his gaming console, an Xbox 360. Britain? If the title said "American teenager shot in his home...," everyone would go: "not again...!" but Britain? Every news site is s...

9 May 2007
11:42 GMT

Early Puberty Makes Girls Prone to Sex and Drugs

A precocious girl may make her parents happy, but later, the issue can turn nasty. A team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill points out that teenaged girls who mature physically earlier than their counterparts do and who, also maintain a romantic relationship with a two years older partner are more e...

23 March 2007
09:36 GMT


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