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Try and imagine a future where the morality and social awareness the world’s inhabitants is shaped entirely by tabloid current affairs programs, viral YouTube videos, and MTV. Hopefully it won’t [...]

Pop culture; it goes in one massive circle right? If a teenager had worn a pair of tight-fitted jeans two years ago they would have been condemned on the spot – but now it's cool. Just like [...]

Jennifer Wagner has been working with the Internet and Millennials for years, including running computer schools for kids. Along with publishing her own successful blog Jennifer also writes for [...]

Are today’s teenagers so immersed in a culture where porn defines the contours of mainstream pop culture, that they are not even aware why adults would be concerned? Teenagers have always been, [...]

When you think of the current generation of teenagers, what do you imagine they value? For some time we have known that Gen Y were more conservative than Xers and definitely more conservative [...]

This is the second part of two-part post on conversations parents absolutely must have with their teenagers, preferably before the teen years. I want to acknowledge before continuing that talking [...]

I am sure many of us have been there before.  You are running out of time, you have long since passed the point of being tired, and you still have a lot more to do! Whether it was for study, [...]

What do today’s teenagers think about the big questions of life? In a consumer society like ours, is there a danger teens consider life to be about the acquisition of stuff?  Are they too busy [...]

  Teenage girls can be prone to bouts of obsession over their own appearance. Obvious statement done for the day! Over the weekend a couple of pieces of research came across my screen that [...]

What are your thoughts on the new video “Love the Way You Lie” from Eminem and Rihanna? (Warning: it contains explicit language) On first viewing it seems to present a strong message [...]