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Flood-Damaged Cars, And Teenage Voters: The Good, Bad, & Ugly Of The Week’s News
Posted on · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts breaks down stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
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For Girls In The Texas Foster Care System, Teen Pregnancy Is 5 Times More Likely
Posted on · A new report says current and former Texas foster youth face greater pregnancy risks and calls on the state to provide health care and education to at-risk teens.
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Funerals: Grieving Teens, Raw Emotions After School Shooting
Posted on · The funerals have taken place in churches and synagogues, funeral homes and conference centers, all packed, sometimes with crowds topping 2,000
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Planet Daughter — Helping Dads and Teenage Daughters Connect Via Tech
Posted on · Houstonian Kimberly Wolf knows dads of teenage daughters have their work cut out for them. That's why she started Girlmentum Media. Between dating, curfews and clothing, any number of things can spark conflict, and Wolf found desperate dads were asking for advice. So she used her background in health and technology to create her own […]
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When Dietary Supplements and ‘Bulking Up’ Go Too Far
Posted on · For years now, concerns have been raised about young athletes using steroids. Its a major focus of the Taylor Hooton Foundation out of Frisco, Texas (north of Dallas). The foundation is named for a teenager who took his own life in 2003 after using anabolic steroids. These days, the foundation is just as concerned about […]
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Is There A Long-Term Impact Of Intensive Teen Programs In Art Museums?
Posted on · Adolescence is often the time when our self-expression and identity begin to take shape. There are some people who want to know what effect art plays in that development. News 88.7 arts and culture reporter Amy Bishop has more on a study that looks into that.
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My Advice to My Teenage Self: Newsweek Revisits Houston Teen Profiled in 1966
Posted on · Few of us would want to answer for something we said as a teenager – whether that was in the recent past or decades ago. But that's exactly what happened to Laura Degan. Back in 1966, Newsweek profiled teenagers from around the country for a cover story examining the lives of American youth. Degan was […]
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Navigating Adolescence: New UH Clinic Aims to Help Families
Posted on · Adolescence can be a challenge both for the kid going through it — and for that adolescent’s family and friends. Now, a new clinic recently opened at the University of Houston to help kids and parents to navigate. It’s called the Adolescent Diagnosis, Assessment, Prevention and Treatment Center — or ADAPT. We talk with the […]
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Spotting the Warning Signs for Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Among Teens
Posted on · A community conversation about mental illness and substance abuse among teens will be held Thursday, Jan. 22, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Clear Springs High School in League City. We preview the event, called âSpeak Your Mind” by speaking with social worker Melissa Tucker and teenager Matt Ferree, who works with the Gulf Coast […]
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How to Insulate Your Teenager From Modern Stressors
Posted on · Our summer reading series continues with Judith Widener Muir, author of Live Wires: Neuro-Parenting to Ignite Your Teen’s Brain. Her book explains what makes the teenage brain unique and versatile and how to insulate today’s teens from the stresses of “college frenzy, achievement mania and media explosion.” She also explains how versatile and adaptive the […]
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Is Houston Really Affordable? Houston Matters for Tues., Aug. 12, 2014
Posted on · We often hear about the low cost of living in Texas and Houston. But is it really true? The answer, not surprising, is: it depends. Where in Greater Houston you live factors in tremendously. Some areas are seeing unprecedented demand for places to live – and that drives up prices in those areas, not just […]
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How a Local English Teacher Channels Her Inner Teenager in Order to Write Young-Adult Fiction
Posted on · As our summer reading series continues, we talk with Jennifer Mathieu, a local high school English teacher, and the author of a new young adult novel entitled The Truth About Alice. We discuss the impact her day job has on her ability to write for and about teenagers and how she channels her inner teenager […]
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Why Do Fewer Teens Have Summer Jobs?
Posted on · It’s the time of year many area teens start looking for summer jobs. Some, of course, work year-round. Others go to school in the summer months. But many seek out jobs either for disposable income, or to save for college, or for a car, or to provide support for their family. And yet, a recent […]
Good, Bad and Ugly
Dan Patrick Backs Out of Debate & UH On Most Beautiful Campuses List: The Good The Bad & The Ugly of Houston News
Posted on · From State Senator Dan Patrick backing out of a closed-door debate in River Oaks, because the press wasn’t invited, to a high-speed street race by Woodlands teenagers apparently emulating a new movie, to the University of Houston as one of the “most beautiful” campuses anywhere, we explore The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in […]