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Also Try Child Heroes Current Events for Kids and Teens Games Discussions Teen - Channel One Chat Rooms (iChat) Teen Advice Worldwide (Fenner and Armagost) Provides suggestions on problems of teens online and around the world. Managed by teens with support from counselors. Teen Chat - (iSafe Teenz) Games Dumptown Game (Environmental Protection Administration) Provides a game that teaches the cost and benefits of some of different types of recycling programs. Requires the free Shockwave plug-in. 12-01 Games from Atari (Games.com) Provides over a dozen games. 7-04 Games from PBS for Teens (PBSKids.com) Provides over a dozen games. 7-04 Lesson Plans Driving Safety for Teens (School Discovery) Provides lessons to help teens (and others) become safer drivers. 1-02 Lists Bullying (Awesome Library) Provides suggestions on combating bullying. 1-02 Colleges and Universities (Awesome Library) Provides sources of information for selecting, funding, and preparing for college. 6-01 Depression in Children and Adolescents (Ivan) 8-01 Directory of Sites for Teens (TENET) Provides a careful selection of sites for kids and teens. Driver's Education Sources (Google Directory) Provides sources of driver's education by state. 1-02 Fighting Fat (Awesome Library) Provides articles and research on prevention and treatment of obesity. 8-01 Obesity (Awesome Library) Provides sources of information to combat obesity. 2-02 Service Opportunities for Teens (Google Directory) Provides a list of service organizations that want the assistance of teens. 1-02 Street Cents Teen Directories (Google Directory) Provides directories that focus on teen issues and articles. 3-01 Teen Girls - Empowerment (New Moon Publishing) Provides links to help empower girls and teens to pursue their ideals. 7-00 Teen Health (Great American Products) Provides suggestions on acne, overweight, asthma, bedwetting, bullies, hyperactivity, and more. 3-01 Teen Lounge (Boston Public Library) Teens Web Sites (Teacher Talk Forum) Provides a couple of dozen sites, most of which were designed for teens. 11-01 Young Adult Resources (Allen County Public Library) Provides research resources for young adults. 5-05 Materials Selective Service Registration Online (U.S. Selective Service System) Provides an opportunity for students who have just turned 18 to comply with the law and register for Selective Service within 30 days of their birthday. Registration is required for federal student aid loans and other assistance. 8-00 Teens Only! (Teacher Talk) News -02-18-08 Choking Game Kills 82 Kids (Time.com) "At least 82 youths have died from the so-called "choking game," according to the first government count of fatalities from the tragic fad." 02-08 -03-22-05 Why Teens Act as they Do (ABC News) "In the last year, I visited 30 high schools in 20 cities all over the country and probably talked to nearly 5,000 teenagers. ABC News gave me this fabulous opportunity to try to make a difference in your generation, because studies were showing that you don't care about current events. My challenge has been to persuade you of the necessity of reading, watching and/or listening to the news." "Your brains may be big, but scientists now say they are not fully developed. Guess what? They won't be 'grown up' brains until you're close to 25 years old!" 03-05 -11-29-06 Study: This Is Your Brain on Violent Videogames (MSNBC News) "The important thing is that parents should be aware that there are at least short-term effects on brain functioning that we show. The fact that we’re showing this in experimental fashion should raise concern that exposure to this could result in some longer-term changes." 11-06 First Time Voter (PBS) Describes the experience of voting for the first time. Mirza, Sania - India's New Female Power (WorldPress.org) "Tennis player Sania Mirza is just 18-years old and set to overtake the top celebrity brand endorsers in the country." 11-05 News for Students (McNeil-Lehrer Productions - PBS NewsHour) Provides news designed for teens regarding politics. 11-00 Papers AIDS Hits Teens Hardest (McNeil-Lehrer Productions - Kovac) Provides statistics on AIDS worldwide and discusses why AIDS has become such a large problem with teens in the USA. 12-00 Alcohol and Other Drugs (NFIA) Provides information for parents and teens. Book Reviews (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh) Provides book reviews for teens. 10-04 Consumer Education for Teens (Washington Attorney General's Office) Provides teens with information about issues that are important, such as credit cards, telemarketers, tatooing, scholarship scams, modeling agencies, health clubs, return policies, apartment renting, email scams, car repairing, and more. 1-00 Eating Disorders (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) Provides basic suggestions. First Job, First Steps (Life's Playbook) Provides 10 steps to getting the first job, plus links to following through. Getting Trashed - Some Facts for Teens Greenberg, Jay - Child Music Prodigy (FromtheTop.org) "11-year-old Jay Greenberg, who goes by the name BlueJay, is an exceptionally gifted composer who is simultaneously studying at both the Pre-College and College Division of the Juilliard School. He came up with his fitting nom-de-plume back in the third grade after completing a school project on birds. 'I learned that a blue jay is a rather small bird which makes a lot of noise,' he explains. 'I felt that that characterized me quite well!' " "BlueJay started composing orchestral music when he was ten, and in the short span of the last year and a half, he has already composed nine pieces for orchestra, including four complete symphonies! BlueJay says he learned about orchestration mostly from reading books about it. 'I wanted to learn about the ranges of the different instruments before actually writing orchestral pieces,' he says." "When BlueJay sets out to compose, he says that the bulk of the work is done in his head before he ever even writes anything down. 'I'll think of a tune at the end of a piece, and then I'll think of everything before it,' he explains. When BlueJay is ready to write out the piece, he uses a composition computer program." 11-04 Health Suggestions for Teens (KidsHealth.org) Discusses hygiene, sleep, acne, alcohol, and other health issues of importance to teens. 3-01 Homework Help for Teens (IPL) 12-04 Improving Communication Between Parents and Teens (SAMHSA) Provides articles to help parents improve their methods of communication with their children, especially their teens. 9-03 Jobs, Careers, and College - Just for Teens (Hansen) Provides assistance with job hunting, cover letters, job related resources, local area resources, and more. Laws Affecting Students (Massachusetts Bar Association) Provides descriptions and discussions of laws that affect students. 10-01 Leaders (Tam Communications - GreatKids) Provides stories of youth who have already done exceptional things with their lives or for others. Manic-Depressive Illness in Teens Marijuana - En Espanol - Just for Teens (NIDA) Provides facts about the effects of marijuana. Marijuana - Fact Sheet (NIDA) Provides information on the biological effects of marijuana, as well as information on use by teens. Marijuana - Just for Teens (NIDA) Provides facts about the effects of marijuana. Marijuana Facts for Teens (National Institute on Drug Abuse) Provides facts related to the use of marijuana. Visitors sometimes misspell as meriwana, merijuana, or mariwana. 3-01 Organizations Looking for Youth (WePrevent) Provides an annotated list of eight organizations that want young volunteers. Outstanding Latino Teens (Latino.com) Teen Tuesday provides profiles of teens who have done something outstanding and become role models for other teens. 1-01 Parents - How Strict Are They (React) Provides an online test on how strict your parents are. 2-00 Parents - How to Deal With Them (React) Provides suggestions on how to deal with your parents when you disagree or if they disapprove of what you or your friends do. 2-00 Register to Vote - Voting Deadlines (Politics1.com) Provides dates related to elections within each state, including dates for voting in primaries. Qualifications to vote include: You must be 18 years old or older by the day of the election, you must be registered to vote, and you must be a U.S. citizen. In many states, you must register with a political party to vote in that party's primary election. To vote in a primary election, your registration must be recognized well before the primary election in that state. 12-03 Report: Young Adults Lax on Cholesterol Control (MSN Health) "Younger adults don't seem to be getting the message about the importance of low blood cholesterol, according to the latest report from a decades-long study." 12-05 Research - Steps for Writing a Term Paper (Gale.com) Provides a step by step approach for developing a research paper. 12-04 Safety Suggestions for Teens (KidsHealth.org) Discusses safety related to tanning, dates, drugs, abuse, bicycles, tobacco, and more. 3-01 Safety Tips for Children and Parents (Child Quest International) Provides tips for children and parents. 1-04 Selective Service Registration Online (Selective Service) Allows registration for the Selective Service online. 10-01 Self-Help for Teens (Free Spirit Publishing) Provides suggestions on situations that teens encounter. Skin, Hair, and Health (PreTeenPlanet.com) Provides suggestions. 02-06 Smelly Friend, Classmate, or Co-Worker (MSNBC) "People typically feel uncertain about bringing up issues on this topic for two obvious reasons: One, it's not as if hygiene is insurmountable -- it’s more of a convenience issue. Two, the other person just might be hurt, humiliated or offended." "We often look at the balance between cost and benefit and choose to continue to suffer. In fact, the fear of humiliating the other person can be so great that some people absolutely refuse to ever attempt to bring up the problem."10-05 Stepanek, Mattie - Poems and Thoughts (CNN) "Mattie Stepanek, the child poet whose inspirational verse made him a best-selling writer and a prominent voice for muscular dystrophy sufferers, died Tuesday of a rare form of the disease. He was 13." 6-04 Stepanek, Mattie - Poems and Thoughts (MyHero.com) "Young Poet and Peacemaker Hero Mattie Stepanek passed away on the morning of June 22, 2004 [at the age of 13 years old]. Mattie’s poems of peace and hope have touched millions of lives, his heartsongs will continue to reach people of all ages around the world for decades to come." A sample of Mattie's work is "Facing the Future": Every journey begins With but a small step. And every day is a chance For a new, small step In the right direction. Just follow your Heartsong. 6-04 Steps to Action (WePrevent) Provides five steps for taking action in your community. Story About a Boy in Trouble (State Kid - Pollock) Provides a novel, in weekly installments, about a boy who overcomes many hardships, including juvenile prison. "It is hoped, also, that the story will provide some illumination on the foster experience for our children -- the children of five brothers and sisters whose entire childhoods were spent in foster care." "This story and all the characters in it are fictional, but the underlying emotions and circumstances have been -- and are -- all too real for many thousands of foster children." 3-02 Suicide Prevention (CDC) Suggests ways to help prevent suicide. Suicide Prevention (FamilyEducation Network) Provides suggestions to help prevent a suicide. 6-00 Suicide Prevention Quiz (FamilyEducation Network) Provides a quiz to help you identify if suicide is a likely problem and helps dispell some myths about suicide. 6-00 Teen - Getting a Job (Family Education Network) Provides steps to getting a job. 5-00 Teen Choking Game Has Fatal Consequences (ABC News) "In the choking game, also known as the flatliner or the pass-out game, adolescents attempt to experience a quick high — a high that lasts only a second — by strangling themselves. Kids commonly use belts, ropes, towels or their own hands to cut off oxygen. If the kids hold on for too long their organs begin to shut down or they are strangled to death. Some kids have reported experiencing seizures when they play.'' 06-06 Teen Girls - Internships (Teenvoices) Provides internship and volunteering opportunities to improve your portfolio. "Women of color strongly encouraged to apply." 7-00 Teen Girls - Internships (Teenvoices) Provides internship and volunteering opportunities to improve your portfolio. "Women of color strongly encouraged to apply." 7-00 Teen Issues (Whole Family Center) Deals with more serious issues, such as battles between parents and teens. Teen Resume Sample (Family Education Network) Provides a sample resume for a teen looking for a job. 5-00 Teen Suicide Prevention - Crisis Centers by State (About.com - Schimelpfening) Provides a listing of crisis centers by state. 8-01 Teenagers with Eating Disorders (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) Provides basic suggestions. 2-02 Teens (Geoparent.com) Provides suggestions for parents who have teens. Also provides good suggestions for teens. 7-02 Teens - Alcohol and Other Drugs Teens - Coping With Traumatic Events (Alberta Mental Health Board - Perry) Provides suggestions for helping teens handle traumatic events, particularly the September 11th attack against the United States. Tells them what might occur for them and how to deal with each type of reaction. Also called 911, 9-11, or 9/11. 9-01 Teens Behave Nicely (applesforhealth) Researchers say teenagers are not as violent as they used to be, but experts aren't sure why. The new study of data from four annual Youth Risk Behavior Surveys concludes that despite high-profile incidents such as the murders in Littleton, Colorado's Columbine High School, teens are less violent in schools than they were in 1991. 08-20-99. Teens React to the Tragedy of September 11th (CNN - FYI Student Bureau) Provides reactions of shock and sorrow of teens as they try to deal with the attack on the USA. Also called 911, 9-11, or 9/11. 9-01 Teens and Learning Disabilities (Teens vs Dyslexia) Vegetarians - Becoming a Teen Vegetarian (Geoparent.com - Shaw) Provides guidelines for teens becoming vegetarians. 7-02 Weight Discrimination - A Teen's Story (Radiance Online) Provides an incident of someone who, as a teen, went to a doctor for a medical condition and was, instead, encouraged to go on a diet. (See bottom of page for the story.) Also encourages activism to stop weight discrimination. 7-00 Worker Rights - For Teens (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) Provides examples of dangerous situations for teens. Also summarizes laws that protect the rights of teens who work. 7-01 Periodicals Comics - Dilbert Comics - Dilbert Cartoons (Last Two Weeks) Comics - Garfield Comics - Marmaduke Comics - Peanuts Comics - The Comic Strip Grip Vision (GRIP) Provides a magazine by and for teens, a teen forum on current events, and scholarship information. 2-00 Just for Teens - Teen Trek (Weekly Reader) Teen Magazine (React) Provides a magazine written for teens. 2-00 TeenInk - By and For Teens (21st Century) Provides articles and reviews of interest to teens. 3-01 Women's Wire Provides articles related to women and work. Projects Articles by High School Students (High School Columnists Network - Gagliardi) Provides short articles by high school students. 3-02 Christian - For Kids and Teens (Christian Links for Kids and Teens - Belleville) Provides devotional activities, services, games, and other resources to help kids and teens practice their Christian faith. 7-00 Christian - For Teens and Their Parents (About.com - Hill) Provides activities, services, and other resources to help teens and their parents practice their Christian faith. 7-00 Designated Driver Service (Freedom4You.com) Matches persons who should not be driving with designated drivers nationally. 12-00 Essay Contest on Tolerance (YouthNoise.com) "Compose an original essay, poem, play or short story (500-750 words) answering the following: 'How has Danny's story, or some experience of your own with intolerance or cultural hatred, affected you? What do you think should be done to promote respect and acceptance?' " . It is due before February 7, 2003. 12-02 Fight Hate and Promote Tolerance (Southern Poverty Law Center - Tolerance.org) Provides activities for countering hate groups and for promoting tolerance. 4-01 HTML for Kids (Lissa - 12 Years Old in 1998) Provides detailed instructions to help you make Web pages. Very clear and well written and equally valuable for adults. Homeless Teens (StandUp for Kids) Provides opportunities for volunteering to help homeless teens. Listings are by state. 10-99 How Teens Can Help With the September 11th Disaster (LibertyUnites.org) Provides examples of projects for teens to contribute to the healing from the disaster. Also called 911, 9-11, or 9/11. 9-01 How Teens Can Help With the September 11th Disaster (Youth Service America) Provides 25 ways teens can help in times of disaster, including the September 11th disaster. Also called 911, 9-11, or 9/11. 9-01 Media Campaign for Recycling (Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance) Provides free media that you can use to conduct a public awareness campaign in your own community to increase recycling and reduce waste. 1-02 Media Messages for Youth (Straight Scoop News Bureau) Provides opportunities for young journalists to write news stories that have a drug abuse prevention message. New Voters Project (NewVotersProject.org) Provides activities to help "reengage young people in the political process. Over 28 million eligible voters between the ages of 18 and 24 years old could be a powerful voting bloc in the upcoming elections." 04-08 Teens - Organizations for Peace (Idealist) Action Without Borders includes volunteer opportunities for teens from among 14,000 organizations devoted to world peace. Teens Helping in Crises (Awesome LIbrary) Provides projects for teens to contribute during crises, such as the September 11th disaster. Also called 911, 9-11, or 9/11. 11-01 Purchase Resources Books Written for Teens (Amazon.com) Provides bestsellers, award winners, and classics written for teens. 1-02

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