Posted in Agism, Media, tagged abuse of power, Parenting on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“‘Communication is a two-way street’: Author bridges gap between teens and parents” from The Lake County News-Sun, written by Frank Abderholden.
[T]he two were having a heart-to-heart talk when he said, “There is something I’ve wanted to know since I was 12 or 13 years old. You’ve done everything for me, solved everything for me, but [...]
Posted in Media, Studies, Surveys, tagged "violent media", bad science, rap, rock 'n' roll, teenagers, video games, youth culture on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“More evidence ties media violence to teen violence” from Reuters.
“The Skeptic’s Guide to Violent Video Game Studies” from Blogcritics, via Reuters.
Once again the news tries to claim victory over “violent media” by claiming some recent study proves children and teenagers blah blah blah blah blah I think you get the idea.
Posted in Funny, tagged children, holidays, ironic, Thanksgiving on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Claremont parents clash over kindergarten Thanksgiving costumes” from The Los Angeles Times, written by Seema Mehta.
Via “The War on Thanksgiving!” from Gawker, blogged by Pareene.
The most important thing typed was on Gawker, however:
Now some parents say they’ll send their kids to school in costume anyway, in order to take a stand against this grandstanding woman [...]
Posted in Media, Reviews, tagged books, economics, Matt Mason, odd, piracy, punk rock, Richard Hell, Richard Hell and The Voidoids, Richard Meyers, The Pirate's Dilemma, youth culture on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I asked my parents to buy me this book for my last birthday, and they did. I originally found out about it reading through TorrentFreak, but I don’t know what I really expected of this book–besides an interesting premise–although I’ve been very pleased with what I’ve gotten. On every page there was a lot to [...]
Posted in Drinking Age, Drugs, Statistics, tagged alcohol, Driving, ecstasy, Legislation, stupidity, teenagers, weird on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Teenagers to be banned from drinking before driving, advisors propose” from The Telegraph, written by Tom Whitehead.
I’m starting to get the feeling of monotony after covering the topic of the drinking age only two days ago, but I guess I can do it again. Some gems from the above article:
The Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged announcement on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am going to make my own theme for this blog, so please be patient. Sandbox isn’t the best theme to look at, but I promise this page will look good when I’m done with it!
I put this blog on Technorati. If anyone has a suggestion for an icon to put on there, I’ll be [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Funny, Iceland, lighthearted, youth on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Icelandic teen dupes White House” from BBC News.
Here’s something from a while back that I just remembered for one reason or another. I hope it puts a smile on your face:
An Icelandic teenager tricked the White House into thinking he was Iceland’s President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson.
Vifill Atlason, 16, called the general switchboard number claiming [...]
Posted in Agism, Drinking Age, Drugs, tagged deaths, discrimination, drugs, grief, heroin, racism, sad, trends on November 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“Fairfax Heroin Ring Was Not Deterred By a Friend’s Death” from The Washington Post, written by Josh White and Tom Jackman.
Via: “Are Kids Really Replicating Anti-Drug Commercials In Virginia?” from Gawker, blogged by Alex Carnevale.
The fourth time 19-year-old Alicia Lannes overdosed on heroin, she was text messaging her boyfriend from inside her family’s Centreville home. [...]
Posted in How NOT To Raise Children, tagged abuse, control, home life, quote, society, youth on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The main psychological mechanism that operates in all child abuse involves using children as what I have termed poison containers–receptacles into which adults project disowned parts of their psyches, so they can control these feelings in another body without danger to themselves. In good parenting, the child uses the caretaker as a poison container, much [...]
Posted in Statistics, Surveys, tagged bias, children, hate, hypocracy, intolerance, society, stigmas, youth on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Most adults think children ‘are feral and a danger to society’” from The Times, written by Martin Narey.
It’s not surprising that the public still harbors a bias against children, despite the fact that the public — by its own principles — should be otherwise!
Posted in Drinking Age, People of Youth Rights, tagged Alex Koroknay-Palicz, Amethyst Initiative, debate, historical, John McCardell, National Youth Rights Association, NYRA on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Seven panelists on both sides of the issue will gather at Manhattanville College to debate the drinking age on November 13th, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
More information here.
Posted in People of Youth Rights, Surveys, tagged age, behavior, Dr. Robert Epstein, EDTA, Epstein-Dumas Test of Adultness, survey on November 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My age: 17. If you’re interested in taking it, this is where you go.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged inspirational on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The 4th of November, 8:56 P.M.: At the moment news is blaring upstairs about who will be the next president. I’ve no idea who’s in the lead (as I have yet to go upstairs), but I think Barack Obama should win. But why am I blathering on about the presidential election when my blog is about entirely different issues? Why would I choose this strange observation–of all things–to start out something potentially great?
