Kids Today
There Used to Be This Book Full of Word Definitions Called a Dictionary
Earlier this week, the AP Stylebook—the Baedeker of arcane rules for the journalism industry—announced that it was caving to popular opinion and would no longer […]
Lunchroom Stink Bomb in Olney Sends Students to Hospital
Nine students were sent to the hospital to be treated for nausea—some kids were throwing up—after someone set off a stink bomb in the cafeteria […]
American Teens Have Lost Ability to Shock Anyone
Shock me. Go ahead and try. I almost feel bad for young adults now: All your tattoos, piercings, and spiked and colored hair really only […]
American Idol Is the Most Important Show on TV
Tonight, the seven remaining contestants on American Idol will each belt out two tunes in their continuing quest for singing stardom, and tomorrow night one […]
Bully Bravely Reminds You That Bullying Really Sucks
Last week the highly publicized documentary Bully, opening in Philadelphia this Friday, had its rating slashed from R to PG-13. The Weinstein Company, the film’s […]
Your Teenager Is Probably a Foul-Mouthed Tramp
Since I’d want to know, pronto, if my son’s reply to being asked for his homework was, “Suck my dick,” my policy as a teacher […]
Generation Jobless, or Generation Doesn’t Really Want to Work?
I went to a going-away party over the weekend for a young man and his girlfriend. They’ve been living in Brooklyn, working at Starbucks and […]
There’s a Difference Between Overprotective Parents and Greedy Monsters
The scariest thing about the Easter Egg hunt that was cancelled due to parents’ overly aggressive “help” is that I’m not surprised. I have been […]
No Hugging at This Jersey Middle School
No touching! A Jersey middle school has banned hugging. The school’s principal informed his 900 students that hugging is simply forbidden after numerous “incidents of […]
If Only All Women Could Be Half the Mother Julia Roberts Is
Oh, Julia Roberts, please shut up. No one is browsing People.com for parenting advice from you. I log on to rest my brain, and vote […]
College Students Finally Start to Worry About Facebook Profiles
Every once in a while, you read something that gives you hope for America’s future. That’s what this story from the New York Times recently […]
Why Are Young People So Angry?
I started out drafting a funny little sarcastic blog for today, but I can’t put my mind back to it; last Monday’s school shooting in […]
Please Put Me in a Room for 15 Minutes With Main Line Teens
Late last month, it was all over the news that YouTube was showing videos of students getting “shmacked.” Apparently, getting shmacked means drinking and doing […]
Student Suspended for Bringing Pellet Gun to a Philly Elementary School
A John Whittier School fifth-grader has been suspended for bringing a pellet gun to school and shooting another student in the leg. Authorities originally reported […]
One Dead, Four Wounded in Ohio School Shooting
A shooting at a high school outside of Cleveland has left one student dead and four others wounded. A juvenile student at Chardon High School […]