Teenagers news articles 
Kidspoints helps parents incentivise and provide positive reinforcement for their kids
Kidspoints is a reward system for kids and parents available online and via the mobile phone. A new fun and free ‘positive parenting’ tool, Kidspoints recreates the popular concept of reward wall charts online that offer a helping hand to parents and fit in with today’s busy family lifestyle. Kidspoints offers parents a personalized environment to incentivise and provide positive reinforcement for their kids on tasks and general behaviour, as... [more]
Preorder your Wii Fit for Christmas
Stock of the popular Wii Fit has been in short supply since its launch in April 2008, resulting in hordes of disgruntled shoppers trying to track down this elusive 'must have' game for their kids. Now, they can do so easily online and cut out much of the legwork. Thanks to the Wiipreorder site, it's possible to avoid those unwanted tears and tantrums when - thwarted by perennial annual stock shortages and consumers battling over the last few ... [more]
Mi-Vox audio player help children enjoy the latest books wherever they go
While a standard MP3 player is good for music, the Mi-Vox is better for audio books. Downloading an audio book to an MP3 takes time – maybe several hours – and uses up space. With a Mi-Vox you can save time and keep your MP3 Player free for your music collection and should you loose it or should it get damaged, you will have only lost one book not a whole collection. The Mi-Vox is perfect for children as it can both entertain and educate. Pare... [more]
50% of children who wear glasses are being bullied at school
Despite role models like Johnny Depp and David Tennant making wearing glasses more fashionable, a quarter of children were sad when they were told that they had to wear specs. Children who wear glasses are being bullied at school, to the extent that some play truant to avoid playgound taunts. Gok Wan, presenter of C4’s How to Look Good Naked, has joined forces with Specsavers and anti-bullying charity Kidscape to encourage all specs wearers to... [more]
Personalised school bags from Devon Bear Designs
Devon Bear Designs offers personalised school bags for which will have your little darling setting the trend in the playground. Dainty Tote Bag Even the hardest-to-please child or teenager is sure to love the Dainty Tote Bag. It’s cute and funky too with its ice cream colours and cool recycled vintage linen. There's a choice of two colourways, each with its own seaside-inspired image. Measuring 11” high and 10” wide, it’s nice and neat, ... [more]
Other Teenagers news and reviews
Teenagers in Foster Care Get a Lesson in Finance (Washington Post)A dozen teenagers gathered their swivel chairs around a conference table on a recent afternoon and talked about the credit crisis, or more specifically, how to avoid one of their own. |
Study Finds Teenagers? Internet Socializing Isn?t Such a Bad Thing (New York Times)Good news for worried parents: All those hours their teenagers spend socializing on the Internet are not a bad thing, according to the MacArthur Foundation. |
For teenagers, always online isn't always bad (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)Good news for worried parents: All those hours their teenagers spend socializing on the Internet are not a bad thing, according to a new study by the MacArthur Foundation. |
211 service available for teenagers in crisis (Stuart News)There are several services of 211 Palm Beach/Treasure Coast that can help teenagers. |
3 teenagers hurt in one-car crash near Pine Bush (Middletown Times Herald-Record)THOMPSON RIDGE -- Three teenagers, two males from Bloomingburg and one female from Pine Bush, were seriously hurt in a one-car crash on Gillespie Street at 3:55 p.m. Wednesday. |
Harrow teenagers work to tackle youth crime (Harrow Times)AS streets across the capital have seen youth violence rise, teenagers in Harrow have been working to give their communities something else to focus on. |
Teenagers rescued from Caboolture River (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)Three teenagers have been rescued after being swept off a weir north of Brisbane. |
Teenagers jailed for laying concete slab on rail tracks... and taking pictures of train colliding with it (Daily Mail)Two teenagers who laid a 60kg concrete slab in the path of a packed commuter train and filmed the impact on their mobile phones have been jailed for 12 months. |
Teenagers in murder plot - police (Perth Now)THREE teenagers conspired to murder a boy by choking him and then hitting him with a baseball bat, police have told a court. |
Teenagers 'optimistic about jobs' (BBC News)Most young people are confident of finding a job despite the economic downturn, a survey finds. |
