You can walk and talk, and maybe you can pat your head while rubbing your stomach, but can you walk down the street while texting? A lot of people can't ... Read More

Summer is a great time to dig into a few good books, and there's no better place to do that than your local library. It's a cool place to hang ... Read More

Smoking a cigarette here and there isn't going to do you any harm, right? Well, a new study from the University of Montreal found that teens get addicted to nicotine ... Read More

One of the major things you need to work out as a teen is your sexuality. For most people, this means coming to terms with your sexual orientation -- you ... Read More

Ah, the family road trip. For many parents, it's a summer ritual to cram the kids into the car and head for a national park, a faraway beach, a memorable ... Read More

Zits, pimples, acne... Whatever you call 'em, they're a real drag and something you'd probably like to get rid of. So, what's the root of the problem? There are a ... Read More

You got to sleep in an extra hour when you return to school in the fall? Really. That's what a new study from an Israeli university is recommending, according to R ... Read More

For most sexually active teens, The Pill -- an oral medication that contains pregnancy-preventing levels of hormones -- is a great, safe option for contraception. However, for some, the side ... Read More

It's summertime -- that season where people tend to show a lot of skin. If you're like a lot of teens, you may be thinking about adding a tattoo to ... Read More

About.com's Teen Advice site needs a few good volunteers to help make the site all it can be. Volunteers help the Community Forum run smoothly, contribute articles, test-drive quizzes and ... Read More

If you're one of the 8 million teens who blog, here's the event for you: Day of Blogs (formerly known as Blogathon) is Saturday, July 28. During this event, bloggers of ... Read More

It's shocking: Statistics repeatedly show that violence -- physical, verbal, emotional and psychological -- is extremely common in teen relationships. Now researchers are hearing a similar story from preteens, too. ... Read More

Anorexia is one of those conditions that affects teenagers more than people from other age groups. Chances are, you know someone who suffers from it -- or you will at ... Read More

If you're like a lot of teenagers, your cell phone is one of the top 10 things you'd take with you to a desert island. However, there is that old ... Read More

Hey everybody! I'm starting a project called New Slang for About.com's Teen Advice community, and I need your help. New Slang is a dictionary of the the "unofficial" words teenagers are ... Read More