Tween on Shine

Sugar & Spice: Age-Appropriate Costumes for Your Tween

nospam@example.com ()

When children are age 10 and under, Halloween is always a fun holiday. The very young children may dress up as a cuddly animal or a ball player and they are content to walk around their neighborhood with their parents to ensure safety. However, during the pre-teen years, children want…

Lice as Communication—Yes, You Read That Right.

nospam@example.com ()

And so the war continues. If you’ve been reading MG for a while, you’ll remember that last year, right around this time, my daughter came home from school with a lice…

Are Kids Becoming Immune to Celebrity Escapades? Are Parents?

nospam@example.com ()

Miley Cyrus did a pole dance during her performance at the 2009 Teen Choice Aw ards. And Vanessa Hudgens is now a two-time nude photos offender --…

Should schools be permitted to strip search students?

nospam@example.com ()

Remember what it was like to be 13? Awkward. Gawky. Embarrassed by your changing body. Worried about social pressure, fitting in, and being bullied by "mean girls."

Now imagine being strip searched in front of adults who are practically strangers. At school.

The US Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a public school in Arizona violated the privacy rights of one of its students in 2003, when officials forced her to undergo a strip search after accusing her of bringing over-the-counter medication to school.

Savana Redding was 13 at the time, an honors student who had never been in trouble. According to Reuters, the assistant principal ordered a school nurse to search her after another student said Redding had provided her with over-the-counter ibuprofen pills.