Tag: teens

As a teen, Laura Bond went all out to meet Depeche Mode — and to hang onto her best friend.

When her 13-year-old daughter finds love a stone’s throw away, Lisa A. Phillips confronts the inevitability of first heartbreak.

“Staying quiet seemed a reasonable choice.”

Three stories on youth activism in conservative towns shed an interesting light on the national gun debate.

For teens recovering from the Parkland shooting, performing in a production of “Spring Awakening” provides a measure of healing.

In the aftermath of the school shooting, teens from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have organized and demanded change from lawmakers. They’ve also been deeply traumatized.

Nobody in their families can understand them, OK?

Alex Mar on how and why teen-girl duos become murderous.

Homeless trans teens: America’s most vulnerable population.

For three years, Casey Parks chronicled the life of Jay, a transgender teenager in Washington State. This is the first installment in a three-part series for the Oregonian.

What is it like to be 14 years old and living in three of Cincinnati’s roughest neighborhoods? Cincinnati Enquirer reporter Krista Ramsey and photographer Cara Owsley talked to 14 teens to get their perspectives. Here is Jalen Owensby, who has routinely experienced violence in her family: “My uncle came and picked up my cousin and […]

I’m navigating a transitional space; my role models are teenage girls.