Latest Adolescence Stories
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online According to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics, 30 percent of teenage girls have met someone offline who they first met online. The teenage girls reported that they had offline meetings with people they met on the Internet, and whose identity had not been fully confirmed before meeting. "These meetings may have been benign, but for an adolescent girl to do it is dangerous," Jennie Noll, PhD, a psychologist at...
PITTSBURGH and NEW YORK, Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Users of Facebook and other social networks should beware of allowing their self-esteem--boosted by "likes" or positive comments from close friends--to influence their behavior: It could reduce their self-control both on and offline, according to an academic paper by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Columbia Business School that has recently been published online in the Journal of Consumer Research. (Logo:...
CHICAGO, Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Adolescents and young adults who overeat or binge eat are more likely to use illicit drugs. A recent study in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine reports both binge eating and overeating predicted the onset of marijuana use and overeating predicted the onset of both marijuana and other drug use. Binge eating on the other hand, indicated the onset of obesity/overweight and depression symptoms. (Logo:...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Apparently, some teenagers REALLY love using the Internet. A 16-year-old California girl is being investigated by local police after she and a 15-year-old friend reportedly drugged her parents in order to get around a curfew preventing the two teenagers from going online after hours. The unnamed Rocklin native and her alleged accomplice were attempting to get around the household's 10pm ban on Web surfing by spiking her parent's...
CharityKick, one of the newest website geared towards raising funds for a good cause, has joined with Wahooly to create a new way for users to talk about this venture. Wahooly allows social media fans and users to earn points by talking about and sharing info on their favorite start-ups, who in return offer rewards and the opportunity to be an integral part of the new business idea. London, UK (PRWEB) January 05, 2013 Currently, CharityKick has two active campaigns on Wahooly, four...
Parent Action for Healthy Kids is excited to announce the first ever sex education conference designed just for parents. The Talk Early & Talk Often Parent Connection Conference will highlight how to navigate through sexting and social media, facts about sexually transmitted diseases, how parents can work together to support effective sex education and much more. Farmington Hills, Michigan (PRWEB) January 03, 2013 Parent Action for Healthy Kids, with support from the Michigan...
MALVERN, Pa., Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A new survey released by Allstate Insurance finds that many driving-age teenagers and parents of driving-age teens in Pennsylvania need a much stronger understanding of the state's teen driving safety laws. The findings also indicate that parents play the biggest role in education and enforcement, but need to vastly improve in both efforts. The survey, which was conducted by TRU, a leading youth research and insights firm, was launched to...
With recent studies revealing the coming shortages of career professionals, parents are scrambling to put their children on an educational path that leads to what the future workforce will need. My American High School helps families afford the tuition of private college preparatory schools. Hollywood, FL (PRWEB) January 02, 2013 What is a parent to do? The nation is on the precipice of a fiscal cliff. Projections show the looming threat of future shortages of doctors, pilots, and...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online US teenagers born during the early 1980s were found to have been slightly more prone to drinking, smoking, theft and arrests due to macroeconomic conditions during the first year of their life, according to new research from the State University of New York Upstate Medical University (SUNY). The current economic crisis has received much attention from policy makers, although the focus has been more on short-term effects. Long-term...
Michael Frangedis has joined the WannaFollow.Me management team bringing over 29 years of business development experience. Tampa, Florida (PRWEB) December 31, 2012 WannaFollow.Me is proud to announce and welcome Michael Frangedis as the Company’s Vice President of Business Development. Michael will be responsible for sales team leadership, driving revenue, contribute in product and vendor selection, as well as general management responsibilities. Michael has been a business entrepreneur...
