Teens

NH Teen Institute Prepares Teens for Adulthood

Deborah Schachter — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 05:00:00 +0000

The New Hampshire Teen Institute is a non-profit organization that offers leadership and risk prevention training to teens, helping them understand and grow into their own strengths and potential. Susanna Keilig participated and volunteered in the Teen Institute’s “Leaders in Prevention” program and in the week-long summer program.

Why Dystopian Reads May Be Good For Teens

Virginia Prescott — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:45:34 +0000

Most of us read 1984 and Lord of the Flies in high school, but the new dystopian novel has grown in popularity beyond the required reading list to include a new generation of young fans. David Sobel looks at the legion of apocryphal novels set in worlds devastated by wars and environmental collapse now aimed at teens as emblematic of a rising tide of hopelessness. He is a member of the senior faculty at Antioch New England, and his article “Feed the Hunger” was published in the November-December issue of Orion magazine.

NH Teen Institute

Deborah Schachter — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 04:00:00 +0000

New Hampshire Teen Mobilizing Peers for Global Good

Brady Carlson — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:54:45 +0000

A few weeks back the Huffington Post and the nonprofit group Youth Service America issued a list of the 25 most powerful and influential young people in the world.

And one of them is from Derry, New Hampshire. Dylan Mahalingam founded the volunteer organization Lil’ MDG’s in 2004, at age nine. Since then he’s worked to encourage millions of youths to find ways to improve conditions for young people. He joins All Things Considered host Brady Carlson with more about what he does.

This 14-Year-Old Girl Just Bought A House In Florida

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:11:00 +0000

Meet Willow Tufano, age 14: Lady Gaga fan, animal lover, landlord.

In 2005, when Willow was 7, the housing market was booming. Home prices in some Florida neighborhoods nearly doubled from one month to the next. Her family moved into a big house; her mom became a real estate agent.

But as Willow moved from childhood to adolescence, the market turned, and the neighborhood emptied out. "Everyone is getting foreclosed on here," she says.

After the collapse, Willow's mom started working with investors who wanted to bid on cheap, foreclosed homes.

Health Centers At Schools Get A Funding Boost

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:27:00 +0000

Under the federal health care law, money is going out around the country to help school campuses boost health services for their students.

At Abraham Lincoln High School in Los Angeles students often visit a modest trailer at the back of the sprawling campus. It's in a neighborhood near downtown L.A. where houses are missing windows and have peeling paint.

The small building houses a full-fledged community health clinic with doctors and nurses called St.

Bullied: Teen Stories from Generation PRX

NHPR Staff — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:35:36 +0000

To Get Kids To Class, L.A. Softens Its Hard Line

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:01:00 +0000

Los Angeles is easing its stance on truancy. For the past decade, a tough city ordinance slapped huge fines on students for even one instance of skipping school or being late, but the Los Angeles City Council is changing that law to focus on helping students get to class because it turns out those harsh fines were backfiring.

Two years ago, Nabil Romero, a young Angeleno with a thin black mustache, was running late to his first period at a public high school on LA's Westside.

"I live two bus rides away from my school," he says.

“If you tell me yours, I’ll tell you mine.”

Virginia Prescott — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:09:24 +0000

The new token of love among teenagers is the sharing of online passwords. An expert warns about the risks associated with this latest token of adolescent affection.

Teen "Sexting" Not an Epidemic, UNH Research Finds

Brady Carlson — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:16:12 +0000

Here’s a story worth sharing on your smartphone: new research says there is NOT an epidemic of teen sexting.