On Youth and Teens Today with Vanessa Van Petten

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Why are we so dumb, yo?
A video by three teens in Florida on why American teens are ‘dumbing down.’ They have interviews where kids don’t recognize photos of Ghandi, and think Gerald Ford invented the car.
Wall Street Journal Article on Privacy Online
Gen On-Demand: How to Connect When Everything Moves at the Speed of [...]

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There is often nothing to do on the weekends as a teenager, I think parents should try to think of and encourage other activities for teens.

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So I stumbled across this website called the Mid West Teen Sex show where a group of people make funny and informative videos for teenagers about safe sex, condoms and dating. It is quite a good idea because they are funny and short so they catch teens attention without turning them off.
Some are a [...]

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I have gotten a lot of questions about my “Warning Signs your Teen is Doing Pot” post. I will be posting a series of articles on this topic because I know it is a hotly contested and important issue.
In this video, I just want to emphasize the idea of experimentation. Teens do pot [...]

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