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With field hockey season just six weeks away, 13-year-old Hannah Bernhard wanted to gel into shape. So the Connecticut teen made a vow to exercise more and eat less. But [...]

The news hit her like a punch in the stomach: Esi (pronounced AY-see) Abercrombie's parents were getting a divorce. Esi was 10 years old and had had no clue that [...]

Sara Martin is only a high school freshman, but she's already at odds with her parents about where she, will, attend college. 'I want to be a singer,' says the [...]

It began as a simple diet. Holly Hurt wanted to lose a few pounds. Four months later, the once energetic teenager weighed just 85 pounds. 'I looked like a skeleton,' [...]

In the United States today, more than 2,000 inmates are serving life without chance of parole for crimes that they committed before age 18. The U.S. is the only country [...]

When she was a teenager, Helen* had an alcohol problem so serious that she went into a substance-abuse rehabilitation facility when she was 17. Problem solved, right? Unfortunately, after five [...]

It began a gear ago, Anna* recalls. After months of being treated badly by Miranda, Anna ended their friendship. Furious, Miranda launched an online campaign to ruin Anna's reputation. At [...]

As we prepare to celebrate Earth Day, newspaper headlines tell the story of an ailing planet. 'We all rely on nature for survival--from oceans that give us fish to eat, [...]

Michael Wilson * was 12 years old the first time he smoked a marijuana joint. 'All of my friends were smoking,' Michael, now 18, tells Choices. 'The way people were [...]

Did you know that alcohol is the most widely used substance by teenagers in the United States today? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, young people between [...]

Kenneth Admire doesn't remember much about the first time he met his stepfather. But he does remember this: He was scared. 'I didn't know him,' says the 11-year-old, who lives [...]

SUMMARY: THIS ARTICLE PROFILES THREE TEENS WHO ARE AMPUTEES. ALL THREE ARE HAPPY AND ACTIVE DESPITE HAVING LOST LIMBS. THEY DISCUSS THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE. AN EXERCISE ASKS STUDENTS TO [...]

Last November, Parshva Bavisbi stopped at a Taco Bell in Edison, New Jersey, for dinner. He picked up either a chalupa of a bean burrito--he doesn't remember which. The next [...]

SUMMARY: GAMBLING IS A GROWING PROBLEM AMONG TEENS. THIS ARTICLE, BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH TEENS AND EXPERTS, EXPLORES THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM AND EXPLAINS HOW GAMBLING CAN QUICKLY BECOME [...]

OBJECTIVE Students should understand * where the 2006 Winter Olympics will be held, what some of the events will be, and the names and interests of five members of the [...]

* OBJECTIVE Students should understand * The country has been engaged in a debate. about how the U.S. should treat prisoners ill the war on terror. * BACKGROUND The USA [...]

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and [...]

As Jake Wood stared down at his spelling assignment, one question glared back at him. He racked his brain for the correct answer, but drew a blank. Moments later, he [...]

Four years ago, Andres Arias (ahn-DRAYS ah-REE-ahs), now 14, boarded a plane bound for the United States. During the eight-hour flight, he couldn't sleep. He could think only of the [...]

When Charis Roberts awoke on April 2, 2002, blue skies and sunshine greeted the Texas teen. But before the day's end, Charis would encounter the darkest moment of her life. [...]

The day after President George W. Bush scored a decisive re-election victory, he held a rare press conference. 'I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend [...]

Last summer, Katie Brule's friend called her and asked her to go tO a party. Katie, 16, declined, but her friend wouldn't take no for an answer and Katie caved [...]

After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Morgan Miller noticed that Arab-Americans faced increasing hostility and discrimination. She couldn't understand why some Americans would blame innocent people for horrible acts [...]

A year ago, Rebecca*, 15, started dieting. First, she cut down on sweets. School lunches were the next to go. Then, she began rushing off to school without eating breakfast. [...]

Last December, 18-year-old Mandy Charboneau stepped onto a mat and faced a huge challenge. Across from her stood the captain of her schools archrival wrestling team. Mandy was his opponent. [...]

When Martha Wamboi's father died four years ago, her mother was left to care for six children alone. Martha was soon forced to drop out of school to help support [...]

Last summer, Kim Lerner saw one of her favorite bands, Matchbox Twenty, perform live. Sitting with her at the show at the Meadows Music Theater in Hartford, Connecticut, were her [...]

Jason Alpert has asthma. At times when he exercises, he struggles to breathe, gasping for air as his throat closes. Still, that hasn't stopped the high school junior from smoking [...]

Two years ago, when Barack Obama stood on the steps of the Capitol and was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, the words hope and change--the [...]

Shaun White. Lindsey Vonn. Julie Chu. These top U.S. athletes will go for gold at the XXI Winter Olympic Games. The 16-day competition, which opens February 12, will be held [...]

It's a big night. You're one of about 17,000 people packed into your city's new arena for a concert by your favorite rock band. The crowd roars as the drummer, [...]

Last summer, Jamie Lynn Spears, star of the Nickelodeon program Zoey 101 and sister of pop singer Britney Spears, gave birth to a girl. She was just 17 years old [...]

Seventeen-year-old Iesha Martinez lives in a rented apartment in Roxbury, Massachusetts, with her mother, four siblings, and 15-month-old son, Xavian. Iesha's day begins at 6 a.m., when Xavian wakes up [...]

Morgan Simone knows a lot about bullying--more than she'd like to. Her troubles began in first grade, but got a lot worse in middle school. 'They teased me because I [...]

NATALIE * CONSUMED HER FIRST ALCOHOLIC DRINK WHEN SHE WAS 14. She was hanging around her house after a family get-together when she noticed some leftover beer. 'I said to [...]

Last spring, Cagney Cooper was walking out of gym class when a boy she barely knew approached her. He had a question. 'He asked me if I was pregnant,' says [...]

As Hurricane Katrina bore down on the U.S. Gulf Coast last August, Matt Slaig and his family fled from their home in Metairie, Louisiana. They drove away from the furious [...]

With less than one month to go until Election Day, November 2, it looks as if the country may be in for another political showdown. As in the presidential election [...]

Last October, Chelsea Picard came down with a throat. It was so sore and swollen she could hardly swallow. But when the sixth-grader asked to go to the doctor, her [...]

In November 1860, cannons exploded, and gunfire rang through the streets of Washington, D.C. The occasion was not war--not yet--but a boisterous celebration of Abraham Lincoln's election as the first [...]

Two years ago, Brittany Jones's parents got divorced. Their separation didn't surprise her. But two months after the split, Brittany's father delivered some shocking news: He had gotten remarried. 'I [...]

Sharp tools, scorching heat, poisonous pesticides-teen migrant workers face any dangers With two buckets, each bearing 25 pounds of cucumbers, strapped to his waist, young James Flores staggers along a [...]

In many countries, children work long hours at backbreaking labor for pennies a day. At the Bekasi Landfill outside Jakarta, Indonesia, 11-year-old Tariah rummages through heaping piles of trash, hunting [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When it comes to teens and texting, many people are asking, 'How much is too much?' A recent study by the Nielsen Company found that U.S. kids ages [...]

Sujatha Jahagirdar knew it would happen. The Los Angeles resident was in Des Moines, Iowa, on January 3 for the first presidential caucuses. Waking at 5 a.m., the youth-vote organizer [...]

Carly Hussey has an Apple iPod nano and a closet full of Abercrombie clothes. But she doesn't have the one thing she really wants--a cell phone. No amount of begging [...]

Jokes, rumors, insults--Shellby Derocher has heard them all. 'I'm not ugly or fat,' says the 14-year-old from Bark River, Michigan. 'But people just find ways to put me down.' Recently, [...]

It may be true that the President of the United States is the most powerful person in the world. But a President has much more influence at home if he [...]

Last September, like millions of kids in the United States, Mario Fernandez began another school year. For the sixth-grader, however, his first day was no ordinary event--he was the new [...]

Celebrity tirades. Political rants. Public outrage. These days, everywhere you look, people are angry. 'Anger often gets a bad rap,' says Christopher Brown, a clinical social worker in Houston, Texas. [...]