‘It’s embarrassing for a teen boy to live in a Barbie house’: 13-year-old asks his dad to repaint their pink house a ‘normal color’, gets backed up by grandma

When you’re a young teenager, everything is embarrassing. Never have you been so carefully monitored by everyone around you as you are from ages 12 to 14,  or at least that’s what it feels like. Kids are used to parents and teachers being in their business and telling them what to do, but when their …
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Teen refuses to wear a dress or a suit to her sister’s wedding, mom takes her side: ‘She wanted to wear her day to day clothes’

There was never a time in my life when I had to dress up formally more than when I was in high school. Maybe this was more of a Southern thing, but it felt like every weekend of every spring, there was a gala, a banquet, or a dance where I had to wear a …
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16-year-old refuses to wear a dress or a suit to her sister’s wedding, mom takes her side: ‘She wanted to wear her day to day clothes’

There was never a time in my life when I had to dress up formally more than when I was in high school. Maybe this was more of a Southern thing, but it felt like every weekend of every spring, there was a gala, a banquet, or a dance where I had to wear a …
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Teen Gets Kicked Out of Cafe For Reading Without Buying Anything, Sparks Discussion About Diminishing Third Spaces

It’s not easy being a teenager. There are only so many places you can go, and most require buying something. When I was a teen, I spent a lot of time at the bookstore and the movie theater because those were some of the only places in the town square where you could hang out …
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Dorky Guy Yells At Teenagers For Smoking Weed, Gets Roasted By Twitter

There is a certain breed of adult who acts so dramatic when they smell weed on the street. They act as if one unpleasant smell is going to ruin their entire day, which is just ridiculous. If you live in a major city in America, you are probably going to smell weed at some point …
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