Thirty percent of high school students in the US have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test this year alone, according to a
new survey that suggests Americans are apathetic about ethical standards. A Los Angeles-based ethics institute surveyed 29,760 students at 100 randomly selected high schools nationwide, both public and private. Some of the key findings include:
- Thirty-five percent of boys and 26 percent of girls—30 percent overall—acknowledged stealing from a store within the past year.
- One-fifth said they stole something from a friend; 23 percent said they stole something from a parent or other relative.
- Cheating in school is rampant and getting worse.
There are so many confounding studies related to teens and technology, that it's getting more difficult to decipher if tech is a help or hindrance on an adolescent's development and overall well-being. First we heard that teens aren't
sleeping enough because of their gadgets, but then we find out that cell phones and texting are good because it
improves the parent-teen relationship.
And now, a new study that was conducted over the course of three years in the US with 800 teenagers, found that
online time for teens is important for development.
This is definitely one of those studies that doesn't surprise me. An Australian study has shown that over 50 percent of third- and fourth-year high-school students aren't getting enough sleep because they
are too busy playing games, watching TV, listening to their iPod, or chatting on the phone.
It was the males who were found glued to their video games, TVs, or media players, while the females couldn't get enough gab time in on their telephones.
Ever since I read that
happily married parents tend to be stricter parents, I've been polling all my friends about what their high school curfews were. From my very unscientific research, most everyone had a curfew of 11 p.m. or midnight once they got their driver's licenses, though lots of my friends were completely curfew-less by age 18.
Are your parents still living in wedded bliss? If so, then you may have them to blame for your early curfew on prom night. According to a fascinating piece of research recently published in the
Wall Street Journal, parents in loving relationships often
set more rigorous rules for their kids.
Mothers are fiercely protective of their young so it's no surprise that Carol Race, mom to 13-year-old Adam who is severely autistic has not backed down from her stance that their local Catholic church in Minnesota is discriminating against him.
The mother of five has regularly attended Sunday mass at St. Patrick's Church with her husband and children for the past 12 years despite recently being slapped with a restraining order for her son's disruptive behavior.
Use your tween's texting obsession to your advantage. Parents who wish their kids independence, but need to remind them to take their meds can quit the nagging and turn to technology. When children are preoccupied with school, friends, dating and Hannah Montana, they tend to forget to take the pills and injections that regulate their asthma, diabetes and other ailments.
I read a plethora of
new mommy books and took
birthing and baby classes, but I don't think I could have delivered my own child like one California teen did.
To learn about her story, .
Embarrassed and frightened by her expectant status, Xochitl Parra, 17, kept her pregnancy a secret.
While some parents wrestle with the decision of whether or not to give their kids mobile phones, here's one reason to cave. An
Ohio teen used her cell to call for help.
Lauren Durnbaugh was home sick from school when two burglars broke into her home.
It seemed Hannah Montana wasn't
Miley Cyrus's only alter ego when scandalous photos of the teen recently surfaced on the Internet.
The suggestive pictures captured Disney's darling laying on her boyfriend's lap and exposing her bra. They were enough to break any father's achy heart.
