Straight Talk: Underage booze parties can land parents in trouble
By LAUREN FORCELLA DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I recently met the parent of one of my son’s friends. I was floored when she told me she allows kids to drink at her house as long as they stay the night. She...
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Teen Face: Windsor teen planning prom for those unable to attend
By CLARK MASON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Victoria Cahill enjoyed her high school prom so much, she decided to organize one for students who don’t ordinarily get to go. She’s putting on a prom for special...
View ArticleStraight Talk: Beating the post-holiday gift-giving blues
By LAUREN FORCELLA DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: It’s the day after Christmas and I’m so depressed. We do this whole thing at my grandparents where my relatives buy all this stuff and we spend the day pretending...
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Teen Essay: Getting, then sharing the message on sex
By VIKKY FLORES SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE, 18 Sex can be an uncomfortable topic for many teenagers. Though many teens won’t admit it, I think that we wish could have more honest conversations with our...
View ArticleStraight Talk: Teen seeks healthy weight-loss strategies
By LAUREN FORCELLA DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: This year, I want to lose weight. My weight affects my energy, my lack of a boyfriend, and how I feel about myself. I think my mom is scared I’ll become anorexic...
View ArticleTeen Face: In pursuit of a wider universe
By JEREMY HAY THE PRESS DEMOCRAT The cool thing about life, says Cristal Chavez, is that “there’s so much out there that I don’t know.” She is in her living room, a short walk from Elsie Allen High...
View ArticleStraight Talk: Teens vent about the ills of their generation
By LAUREN FORCELLA DEAR READERS: What bugs you about your generation? I asked the panel this simple question and their responses are, I hope, unsettling. As the first children to come of age in the...
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Teen Face: Exuding confidence,whether writing or riding
By DEREK MOORE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT As Healdsburg’s first official youth laureate, Michela Pearson has the challenging assignment of getting more of her peers interested in the written word. The...
View ArticleStraight Talk: What stresses, distracts teens
By LAUREN FORCELLA DEAR READERS: If there’s one word to define this generation, it’s “distracted.” Smartphones, video games, online porn, surround-media blasting messages mostly making bad stuff look...
View ArticleTeen Face: Diabetes ‘an inconvenience’ to a busy teen life
By GUY KOVNER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Rachael Anderson played a vampire in Montgomery High School’s production of “Dracula” last fall, with fangs in her mouth and fake red bloodstains on a tattered white...
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