Writing with a panel of 30 teenagers, Lauren Forcella, a mother of four and founder of Teens-Matter, brings you directly into the world of teens. Her column appears every Sunday in Lifestyles.
Writing with a panel of 30 teenagers, Lauren Forcella, a mother of four and founder of Teens-Matter, brings you directly into the world of teens. Her column appears every Sunday in Lifestyles.
Editor's note: Emo stands for "emotional." Formerly a genre of music, emo is now a social movement of mostly white, affluent, suburban teens who champion melancholy, depression, cutting and suicidal thoughts. Their fashion is skinny black pants and black...
Dear Straight Talk: I'm in eighth grade, and I cannot go to school and face my friends. The other night, I was supposed to be at my dad's, but I got dropped off at my mother's unexpectedly, and now I know that my mom and her best friend are lesbians....
Dear Straight Talk: I'm 16, and I have a question. How do you ask a potential partner how many partners she's had and whether she has a sexually transmitted disease? I am going out with this girl, and I can't figure out how, or when, to ask the question....
Dear Straight Talk: My mom and dad got in a fight a few days ago, and my mom ended it with, "Just run upstairs and smoke your pot." Now I realize I can hear my dad smoking it in the bathroom. He does it all the time. It is really bothering me, and I don't...
Dear Straight Talk: I'm 17 and it's embarrassing, but I've never had a boyfriend, kissed a guy or been on a date. I'm just not a flirty girl; I can't stand girls who act all giddy around guys. I know I'm not ugly, but I have no self-confidence and no...