Abstinence pledges do way more harm than good. They instill a sense of shame in individuals if they failed to live up to certain expectation. If a kid is going to abstain from sex of their own free will, they don’t need a ring to prove it. Nor do they need to make a vow to their parents.
"Make good choices!" parents often call out to their children as they sprint out the door to eagerly awaiting friends. Throughout childhood, parents lecture, I mean talk, to ...
I remember my youthful, carefree days of adolescent summers about 4 (gulp) decades ago. Babysitting, hanging out at the local pool, walking around the neighborhood with my best friend belting ...
Andrew Lohse is the author of Confessions of an Ivy League Frat Boy: A Memoir. Sadly, campus hazing has once again claimed a life and forever changed countless others. A ...
May: Pregnancy Prevention and Mother's Day. Spring is finally adding brilliant color and bursts of sunshine to the previously gray and dreary days of winter. The days are growing ...
TeenWorldConfidential is privileged to have Stefanie Frank as a guest writer for our readers. Stefanie Frank’s graduate degree from New York University and her research and counseling work in countries all ...
A person never knows whom may cross their daily path. In life, randomness and chance often bring interesting encounters. Such a moment occurred last night, as I was hurtling ...
Saturday morning workday nourishment. I wish. It is early Saturday morning. I usually head out for a long run. Today, however, an injury is keeping me from hitting the ...
“The perfect beer for removing ‘no’ from your vocabulary for the night.” The marketing experts behind a prominent beer maker made the mistake of creating this ignorant advice and printing it ...
"Sometimes on the way to a dream you get lost and find another one." .......Author unknown. As many of you know, working out and running with friends or ...