Teens Take Care of Each Other During Cancer Treatments

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Two teenagers make very adult decisions to take care of not only each other but each other’s families as well.

Understanding Marijuana

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Dr. John Douillard examines the cultural and psychological effects of long term marijuana use.

Free Guns for Everyone: Printable Plastic Firearms

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Less than a week remains before Cody Wilson releases the files that will allow people to literally print their own guns at home.

Big Man on Campus

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A fragile boy with learning disabilities transitions from home school to college.

“Ah memories, your story brought back memories to my first ‘encounter’ with the opposite sex.”

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This comment was by Bobbt on the post “Hair Down There”.

“They Want”: A 17 Year Old Boy on His Future

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This Venice High School senior provokes with his response to the question, what do you want from your life?

What Has Been Found Guilty in Steubenville?

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An entire set of unspoken assumptions has been dragged out into the light.

Three Parables from FUN CAMP

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“Why did the chicken cross the road? Where do bats get their energy? Knock, knock, who’s there, the interrupting cow. How do you know when a blonde has been making chocolate chip cookies?” By Gabe Durham

Sleepovers: 3/30

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Slumber party! A call for submissions.

The Smell of Middle School

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Zach Stafford’s story of the day a passing scent instantly evoked puberty and all its crippling awkwardness.

New Rites of Passage for Young Men

Mentors consult

How to create meaningful rites that young men want to experience.

Troubled Kids and Guns

UnhappyKid

Dan Kimber has seen pain and anger in too many kids during his career in education.

Humiliation at the Hands of an Icebreaker

Never Have I Ever, a drinking game

An insecure young man takes a drinking game as a challenge in personal development.

Puberty: 3/16

teenage boys

Like puberty isn’t bad enough, but some people have to go and write about it.

Five Important Things Women Don’t Know About Men

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It’s true, men are complicated and confusing. Noah Brand clears up five common misconceptions.

Dear John: Dad Wants to GPS-Stalk His Teen Daughter

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Stalker dad, a troubled marriage considers swinging, and an old friend of a spouse reappears, to the letter writer’s dismay.