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Teen-oriented Internet Web Sites By John R. Harrington, EFL Fellow, US Embassy in Moscow
TEEN HEALTH CENTRE www.teenhealthcentre.com/teens/index.htm This Canadian site includes excellent advice to help teenagers stay healthy inside and out. It features topics related to health, self-esteem, emotional problems, teenage relationships, and much more. DR. DREW www.drdrew.com This web site offers advice to young people from 14-24 about health-related topics, relationships, drug and alcohol abuse, violence and many other subjects. The Frequently Answered Questions section of this site is particularly interesting, though many of the questions and answers it contains are too provocative to be discussed in the secondary school classrooms of most countries (e.g., "Do condoms work underwater?", "Do women always bleed the first time?", "Can banana peels make you high?"). GIRL SITE NETWORK www.girlsite.org Begun in 1997, this site has thousands of members who participate in chats, web journalism, pen pal programs, community betterment through volunteerism, and other activities. Information is available about beauty tips, fashion, celebrities, and numerous other topics of interest to teenage girls.
TEEN INK teenink.com This is the web site for Teen Ink, a monthly print magazine which has been published since 1989 to provide teenagers a forum for their literary efforts. Everything in the magazine is written by teenagers. CYBER ISLE www.cyberisle.org This interactive web site is intended to look and feel like a teens-only island with places and locations where youth might "hang out," such as beaches, a dance club, etc. On the island, teens can find health information, interactive lifestyle assessment programs, simulations, links, games, and participate in online discussion clubs. ROMANCE 101 www.rom101.com/ How do you know if you're really in love? Read the stories and advice from teenagers who have been in love. In addition to quizzes and games, this site has candid, heartfelt and caring information about romance and falling in love. SECRET ADMIRER www.SecretAdmirer.com/ This is an interesting web site for teenagers who have access to the Internet. At this site, teenagers can send an anonymous e-mail message to someone they like, telling them about their feelings. The person will get the message, but the only way s/he can learn the identity of his or her secret admirer is to go to the Secret Admirer site and send a message to that person. DATING PATTERNS ANALYZER www.jimidog.com/dpa/dpaform.html The Dating Patterns Analyzer allows teenagers to rate how important each physical or personality quality is in each of the people they've dated so they can spot the trends in the teens they're attracted to. CYBERTEENS cyberteens.com/ This attractive and well organized site has won several awards. It offers discussion groups on such themes as "Getting to Know You," "In Style," "Animals and Pets," "The Arts," "Sports," and "Technology." Games are also available, as well as homework help and information about college choices and careers.
BOLT www.bolt.com/ Bolt is one of the Internet's most popular "hang outs" for American secondary school and university students. This web site allows teenagers to express their views about whatever subject they wish, from kissing to current events, from classroom exams to the latest CDs. MIDLINK MAGAZINE www.ncsu.edu/midlink/ This digital magazine is sponsored by North Carolina State University and the University of Central Florida and is written by students for students from 8 to 18. TEEN MAGAZINE www.teenmag.com Based on the popular American print magazine Teen, this site contains a variety of articles of interest to teens and is updated frequently. Recent articles included "My Curly Hair Has No Shine-What Can I Do?" "Signs That He Likes You," and "Ten All New Poems." COOL TESTS www.cooltests.com This site offers personality tests and other tests. It is similar, in some respects, to eCRUSH. TEEN DATING VIOLENCE www.wcstx.com/teendatv.htm What is dating violence? How widespread is the problem? Is jealousy a sign of love? What are some of the warning signs of dating violence. This web site provides some answers. TEENWIRE www.teenwire.com/index.asp Operated by Planned Parenthood Federation of America, this award winning site provides information about all aspects of teenage sexual health. Current articles include "Health Homework," "A Summer to Remember," and "How to Put on a Condom." TEEN ZONE www.theteenzone.com This is yet another web site that offers information about teen fashion, lifestyle, teen horoscopes, colleges, money, a discussion board, and opportunities to post one's poetry or stories. SEX, ETC. www.sexetc.org/ This web site provides useful, non-technical information about teenage health concerns, relationships, love, sex, birth control, sexually transmitted diseases, emotional health, body image, and other topics. It is written by and for teenagers. CHANNEL ONE www.channelone.com This American site offers news of interest to teens, discussions, forums, poetry and stories, games, sports, and music. Recent articles included "What Guys Really Think," "5 Biggest Mistakes Underclassmen Make About College," and "Essential Rock Albums." TEEN FX www.teenfx.com Created by a precocious American coed, this site offers polls, message boards, contests, games, topics such as school, fashion, love, sex and others, and teen-written articles and surveys ranging from light-hearted topics to serious discussions of sex, alcohol, and drugs. FOR TEENAGERS: Marriage is Forever www.bygpub.com/books/tg2rw/chap10excerpt.htm This is a chapter from the book The Teenagers Guide to the Real World. It doesn't tell teens what to do, but gives them information so they can make their own decisions. It includes a chart on the advantages and disadvantages of marriage. Here are a few other sites you might wish to examine:
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