A Rocklin, Calif. teenager, 15, and her friend, 16, were arrested Monday and booked into Placer County Juvenile Hall and charged with conspiracy and willfully mingling a pharmaceutical into food after allegedly drugging the girl’s parents so they could use the internet. The girl’s parents have an internet rule in which the girl was not ... read more »

A group of 6 teenagers at a Junior ROTC camp in Davie, Florida, were hospitalized on Friday after a total of 14 of them came down with heat exhaustion. The teens were between the ages of 14 and 17. The children reported feeling sick and dizzy while breaking up camp in preparation for going home. Colonel ... read more »

Also known as Space Monkey, the Fainting Game, and Pass Out, the Choking Game is the latest and greatest fad to hit teenage parties and college dorm rooms. The goal of this dangerous game, according to a TIME report, is to create a few moments of euphoria. How is this feeling of elation accomplished? As the name ... read more »

Don’t worry if your teenage child stays up late on school nights whether its due to texting friends, updating Facebook , or catching up on last-minute homework. It may actually be beneficial to his or her grades. A new study from Brigham Young University found that 16-year-olds who sleep seven hours a night perform better academically compared to those ... read more »

Part of the charm of teenagers is that they’re really dumb. Dumb people, when they’re not frustrating us, make us feel better about ourselves.

According to a study conducted by the Crime Victims Institute at Sam Houston State University, an alarming number of college students are participating in the Fainting Game (also known a space monkey and choking game),  a dangerous practice that refers to deliberate strangulation, with the intention of inducing a temporary euphoria. Dr. Glen Kercher, director ... read more »

Google is now offering a new choice that many seem thrilled about it.  The choices:  Male, Female, or Other. Google may not have started the choice of “Other” as a transgender source, says The New York Times; but it sure has made those who support the “Preferred Gender Pronouns (P.G.P. as they are referred to) ... read more »

A school district in Williamstown, New Jersey, has pulled the book Norwegian Wood from its high school reading list over some of its racy content. The book by Haruki Murakami, which was assigned as part of a summer reading list for students, describes a lesbian sex scene between a 31-year-old woman and a young teenage ... read more »

A teenager in Arlington Heights, Illinois, accused of breaking and entering a house told police that he killed the family’s three goldfish because he “didn’t want to leave any witnesses.” Police say the boy — who is either really dumb or the world’s biggest smartass — poured “hot sauce, mustard, ketchup and spices” into the ... read more »

A unique device designed to prevent teenagers from loitering is causing quite a stir. The “Mosquito” emits a high pitch frequency that only teenagers and young adults can hear. Does it work on younger children, too? Seems like a great way to get our kids out of the house and outside to play… The high-frequency ... read more »

Talk about kicking a man when he’s down. Two teens in Granite City, Illinois, have pleaded guilty to fatally beating a homeless man after he refused to buy them beer. Seventeen-year-old Joseph Lee Raines and 18-year-old Brandon Carol Bouck entered their pleas Thursday in Madison County court. In exchange, prosecutors dropped first-degree murder charges. Assistant ... read more »

A group of teenage boys in Redlands, California, have been arrested on suspicion of raping two girls, ages 14 and 15, who they lured back to a house with a promise of alcohol. Redlands police spokesman Carl Baker said the girls, ages 14 and 15, told investigators they were walking home at about 5 p.m. ... read more »

The inner old man in us at first said, “You get those little skateboarding punks, officer!” But then we read the “deets”, as the cool kids say, and checked out the video of the incident that recently surfaced on YouTube, and it seems he might have stepped a bit over the line: The video shows ... read more »