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Apr
13
2010
Excerpts from NY Times article, Rethinking Sex Offender Laws for Youth Texting, March 20th, 2010.
most states, teenagers who send or receive sexually explicit photographs by cellphone or computer — known as “sexting” — have risked felony child pornography charges and being listed on a sex offender registry for decades to come.But there is growing consensus among lawyers and legislators that the child pornography laws are too blunt an instrument to deal with an adolescent...
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Feb
8
2010
Teen Scene XXIV, Feb 10th, Give us your comments! (Please be mindful not to mention specific children, we have offered all the participants anonymity and want to keep it a “safe environment” for teens to speak out.)
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Jan
29
2010
Test prep in Manhattan appears to be a very profitable business, with some companies charging in excess of $500 per hour – for a tutor. Have these tutors unlocked secrets at the very heart of these tests? Are there secrets to be unlocked, or is test success more a result of a motivated student and lots of practice? There is certainly no scientific study showing evidence one way or the other. But panicked parents are afraid to be left behind. To be sure, there are many NYC students who...
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Jan
29
2010
Looking at my son’s class of 7th graders I can’t help but notice the disparity in development. Some of the girls began to develop in 5th grade, and others haven’t started yet in 7th. Some of the boys began last year, and developed into little (and not so little) men over the summer. It seems almost cruel that their bodies are changing more rapidly than their emotions and maturity can keep pace. My son is a “late bloomer” and has barely begun to enter puberty. He has some...
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