Younger teens really do care what others think about them

October 7th, 2009 Gov't: Over 60 percent of kids exposed to violenceWASHINGTON — Justice Department officials said Wednesday that most children in the United States are exposed to violence in their daily lives — but a leading criminologist warned the government-sponsored survey may be lumping serious and minor incidents together. More than 60 percent of children surveyed were exposed to violence within the past year, either directly or indirectly, according to data compiled by the department.

September 30th, 2009 Campaign targets military teens' alcohol, drug useWASHINGTON — Concerned about drug and alcohol use among teens in military families, three organizations are undertaking an online educational campaign on Wednesday to encourage parents and children to talk about substance abuse. The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, along with the National Military Family Association and the National Association of School Nurses, are providing guidance and scripts online to the parents of military kids about good ways to bring up what the teens are going through.

September 15th, 2009 LONDON - Teenage girls find men with deeper voices more attractive, while younger girls find them intimidating and prefer those with low-pitched voices, according to new research from St Andrews University. While younger girls felt lower-pitched voices reminded them of scary characters like Darth Vader, older girls preferred deep voices like that of American singer Barry White.

July 6th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Men who have sex daily, especially with younger women, are more likely to live longer, according to a new study. The study, conducted by researchers at Germany's Max Plank Institute, found that a man's chances of dying early are cut by 20 per cent if their bride is between 15 and 17 years their junior, reports the Daily Telegraph.

June 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - An Internet survey has shown that teens may be a bit more safety conscious than previously thought. The survey, released by Cox Communications, and carried out by Harris Interactive, asked 655 13- to 18-year-olds about their online and cell phone behaviour, specifically addressing issues of cyberbullying and sexting.

June 15th, 2009 Several teens reported hurt in Cascades bus crashBLEWETT PASS, Wash. — The Washington State Patrol says a bus carrying 12 teenage passengers and a driver has crashed in the Cascade Range, injuring several people.

June 10th, 2009 Teens in Holocaust museum heard shots, evacuatedWASHINGTON — The mother of a Massachusetts teenager says students on a school trip to the U.S. Holocaust Museum heard several gunshots before they were evacuated from the building.

June 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Men live longer if they marry a younger woman, according to population statistics. What's more, men who tie the knot with older women are more likely to die early, the study at Germany's Max Planck Institute found.

May 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Fathers tend to tighten clamps on adolescents when they engage in risky sexual behaviour, according to a new study. Researchers at Boston College, Universities of Pittsburgh and Harvard who conducted the study, followed more than 3,200 teenagers aged 13 to 18 over a period of four years.

May 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol, an 18-year-old unwed mother, says that abstinence is a 'realistic' option for teenagers. Bristol, who is a Teen Ambassador to The Candie's Foundation, did a turnabout on May 6 with her views on teen sex, and told ABC's "Good Morning America" that she wished she had waited to have sex.

May 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Sending text messages while driving can be dangerous, a perception that has now been borne out by the latest study. Twenty-one teens using a driving simulator while sending text messages or searching their MP3s slowed down, wove in and out of their lanes, and, in some cases, ran over pedestrians.

April 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A third of teens who smoke cannabis regularly use it as medication, rather than as a means of getting high, claims a new study. Joan Bottorff worked with researchers from the University of British Columbia, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, to conduct in-depth interviews with 63 cannabis-using adolescents.

April 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Vivica A. Fox has never hidden her liking for young men, but the actress has set an age limit for her potential suitors, because she does not want to become a "sugarmama".

April 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A newspaper study has revealed that teenagers think that news is a free commodity and they love aggregation sites. The findings may acts as a bad news for online newspapers as two of the big industry ideas right now are-charge for content, and put the aggregators out of business.

February 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US teenagers are perceived as selfish, amoral and in denial mode, compared to their peers from other cultures, but a new study suggests otherwise. The study by the universities of Rochester, Missouri-Columbia and Illinois-Chicago examined how teens and their parents feel about young people's obligations to help each other when requests for help clash with personal desires.