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Featured Articles

  1. Am I in a Healthy Relationship?
  2. Friendship
  3. Stuck in the Middle with You newmoon icon.
  4. Talking to your Parents or Other Adults
  5. When Friends Fight
  6. Sexual Attraction and Orientation
  7. Dealing With Divorce
  8. Shyness
  9. 5 Ways to Shake Shyness
  10. When Parents Fight
  11. Getting Along With Your Teachers
  12. Coping With Cliques
  13. National Association of Social Workers: One Teen at a Time Campaign

Publications & Web sites

  1. flag Grind Your Mind – This site gives you the straight story on everything from peer pressure to rumors. It can help you deal with relationships and learn how to make smart choices in a really fun way!
  2. pdf icon Connecting with Your Community (Copyright © AAP) (PDF – 220KB) – Connecting with your community is a way to make new friends, help others, and find people to help you when you are in need or feel lonely. This brochure explains why connecting with your community is important.
  3. Get the Facts... Healthy or Unhealthy? – Dating can be exciting, but it can also cause problems. Find out if your relationship is healthy by reading this Web site.
  4. Girls Allowed – This Web site follows the life of Anni as she and her friends learn to deal with friendships, boyfriends, and unhealthy relationships. The site also includes fun activities to help you through your own relationships.
  5. Girls Only – Want to know what type of friend you are or read advice about boys?  This web site is full of information about relationships, with your parents, siblings, friends and more!
  6. Peer Pressure – Have you ever experienced peer pressure?  This site explains what it is and how it can sometimes be positive.  
  7. See It And Stop It! – There is a difference between a good relationship and a bad one.  Make sure you know how to recognize and escape from a bad relationship.
  8. pdf icon Staying Cool When Things Heat Up (Copyright © AAP) (PDF - 403KB) – In today's world, schools are places of learning but are also targets of violence. Learning how to avoid conflict may help you avoid violence and keep the peace at your school.
  9. Tolerance.org for Teens – Do you always sit at the same table at lunch?  This Web site will tell you how to organize a Mix it Up day at your school, where everyone sits somewhere different at lunch and meets new friends!
  10. National Runaway Safeline – Sometimes you may feel like no one really understands you, but running away from home may not be the best answer.  This Web site has bulletin boards and other resources that can help you.
  11. Teen Talk - Planned Parenthood – Confused about relationships? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Learn more about dating, breaking up, keeping things cool at home, handling peer pressure, and everything in between at this Web site.

Organizations

  1. Celebrate Girls
  2. Center for Young Women’s Health
  3. Choose Respect
  4. Boys Town National Hotline
  5. KidsHealth
  6. National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
  7. National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
  8. Safe Horizon
  9. Advocates for Youth
  10. GLBT National Help Cente

 

newmoon icon. = This article is from New Moon, a magazine written for girls by girls. Check out the complete list of the New Moon articles on GirlsHealth.gov.

 

Content last updated September 22, 2009

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health.

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