If you're the parent of a teen-aged boy in Florida, you probably muttered "not again" while reading your morning newspaper this week. There on the front page was yet another case of an adult female teacher being arrested for admitting to having had sex with an underage male student. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

The best thing about the 90s was that it had cartoons for everyone. Boys had a great selection of action-packed shows, and girls had some entertaining fare as well. With that said, I’d like to take a gander at the best 90s cartoons for girls and boys. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

What will life be like when people stop reading? Reading for pleasure seems to be a fast downslide, not just in America but world-wide. It is even more alarming that it appears that it isn't just a loss of will to read, but a loss of reading ability. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Break dancing, the athletic high-energy street dance, is a uniquely U.S. phenomenon and the best break dancers or B-boys and B-girls are American, right? Wrong. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

They claim that their God has told them that a woman, could not be put in a position of authority over boys. <groan> another Islamic bashing post you ask? No, this was in Kansas and a self-described "catholic" school. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Two boys have been arrested after an attack near Doncaster left two other boys, aged nine and 11, in hospital, one with life-threatening injuries. picked by loonytoon 8 months ago

U.S. women expect there will be a female president before a member of a racial minority reaches the Oval Office, a new online poll shows. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Two Rhode Island high school boys did the right thing by trying to get to school on time. It was the way they got there that police had a problem with. Police say the boys ages 15 and 16 stole a car Tuesday morning in order to make it to school on time. picked by suebe 11 months ago

Kenyan secondary school sends 20 boys home because they were not circumcised, saying it feared they would be bullied by other students. picked by Browntrout 3 years ago

The victims of human sacrifice by Mexico's ancient Mayans, who threw children into water-filled caverns, were likely boys and young men not virgin girls as previously believed. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Boys like blue, girls like pink and there isn’t much anybody can do about it, researchers said on Monday in one of the first studies to show scientifically that there are gender-based color preferences. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Just because they named their new CD "Yes," does not mean that British electro-pop duo, the Pet Shop Boys, will agree to just about anything.


PETA has asked the Pet Shop Boys to change the band's name to Rescue Shelter Boys. picked by arae66 7 months ago

Dyslexia marked by poor reading fluency — slow and choppy reading — may be caused by disorganized, meandering tracts of nerve fibers in the brain, according to researchers. Their study, using the latest imaging methods, gives researchers a glimpse of what may go wrong in the structure of some dyslexic readers’ brains that makes it difficult to integrate the information needed for... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Girls have a finer sense of taste than boys - but boys have a sweeter tooth, a new food study has found. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Researchers found that nutrient deprivation of neurons produced sex-dependent effects. Male neurons more readily withered up and died, while female neurons did their best to conserve energy and stay alive.

That's right, nature has declared female brains should survive with a lot less than males. Take that, glass ceiling! picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Boys who don't play videogames at all are at greater risk of getting into trouble than those who play violent games occasionally, according to two Harvard psychologists. The pair also said there was also no evidence to suggest violent games turn young people into criminals or violent people, despite some media reports. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A young moose in western Newfoundland had to be shot by wildlife officers on Monday after being chased to the point of exhaustion and beaten with sticks by three boys on bicycles.

**UPDATE in comments picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

She was driving a van of Norris High School cheerleaders to a football game when a group of boys pulled up next to them. One of the girls apparently signaled to the boys and asked for a beer, and the mom inched the van closer to the SUV, letting her daughter lean out to grab the can. picked by proverb 2 years ago

According to a new study on female alcohol use and blood pressure, young women who consume two or three alcoholic drinks a week are much more fun to do research on than women who do not consume alcohol. picked by buddha 2 years ago

Just because you don’t enjoy reading a good book, doesn’t mean there aren’t many other uses for all of those books piled up in the attic. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago