kids-these-days

New AIDS Pill Is Like, 'Goodbye, AIDS'

Hamilton Nolan · 11/23/10 03:11PM

Baby radiation! Benadryl doom! AIDS pill! Boomer sex! Large 'n lovely! Birth defects! Attitude gratitude! Youth strength! Salt intake! It's your Tuesday Health Watch, where we watch your health—with unrestrained glee, and that's not a teevee show!

'Hyper-Texting' Teens Like Sex, Drugs and Brawling

Jeff Neumann · 11/09/10 07:15AM

Scientific research has proved that "hyper-texting" teens—those who send 120 or more texts per day—are derelict, horny druggies. Well, at least compared to teens who text less, they are. Hyper-texters also like to fight and binge drink.

Feckless Teens Demand Never-Ending Parade of Paid Assistants

Hamilton Nolan · 11/08/10 01:31PM

Is your mollycoddled teenager playing you for a fool? It seems likely. They can't do their homework without a pricey assistant at their side; but they can make more money than you promoting tween parties. Parents, wake up!

College Kids Go Demonstrate at Anti-Gay Preacher's Church

Hamilton Nolan · 11/01/10 02:01PM

Let us now give praise to some college kids who did something clever and upstanding. Their school was plagued by a shouting, anti-gay preacher. The school couldn't legally kick him out. Solution? Students took their own message to his church.

Mixture of Caffeine and Alcohol: The Cause of Everything Bad

Hamilton Nolan · 10/27/10 09:11AM

In America, we trust our kids to responsibly consume rum and coke, or vodka and Red Bull, or six crushed-up Vivarins dissolved in a Solo cup full of Everclear. But caffeine and alcohol in the same can? Absolutely not.

Chinese Boy Survives Fall from 20-Story Window

Jeff Neumann · 10/26/10 06:51AM

A 10-year-old Chinese boy on Monday fell from the window of his family's 20th floor apartment and miraculously survived by crashing through the rear windshield of a car. China's Xinhua News reports a pillow in the backseat cushioned his head.

Study: Teens Lie About Using Drugs

Jeff Neumann · 10/25/10 04:12AM

This is just unbelievable: A new study in the medical journal Pediatrics found that 52 percent of teens were more likely to test positive for cocaine than they were to admit they use it. Kids lie about using drugs?! [CNN]