Episodes in this Series
- 101. Fat Chance: Teen Obesity
- The emotional pain of obesity can often outweigh the physical risks. 18 minutes.
- 102. Self-Hurting Teens
- An increasing number of teens who gain pleasure from self-injury, a dangerous practice. 18 minutes.
- 103. Body Image Obsession
- Several teens reflect on the emotional and even physical pain that body obsession brings. 18 minutes.
- 104. Drinking and Driving Kills
- Teen drinking is a sobering story, but never more so than in this program. A young girl gets drunk, crashes her car, and goes to jail for killing the other driver. 18 minutes.
- 105. OTC and Inhalants
- For teens looking to get high, the easiest drugs to get are right in the medicine cabinet: cold medicine, cough syrup, and other over-the-counter and prescription drugs. OTC drugs and inhalants can cause brain damage, depression, addiction, heart problems, and other health risks. 16 minutes.
- 106. Gateway to Addiction
- Andrew was the all-American boy, until he started using nicotine and other "gateway" drugs. Today, like others who started small, he`s fighting drug addiction. 17 minutes.
- 107. Bullycide and Verbal Abuse
- Experts say that verbal abuse is becoming more common and much more malicious. 18 minutes.
- 108. Cyber-Stalking and Bullying
- Cyber-predators can be dangerous to young Net users - a fact that 13-year old Kylie found out almost too late when her chatroom "friend" ended up being a 47-year-old sex offender. 17 minutes.
- 109. Stopping Verbal Bullying
- Wounding deeper than punches and kicks, taunts and insults can leave kids feeling worthless. This Emmy Award-winning program explores the best ways to defend against these "weapons." 19 minutes.
- 110. Too Far, Too Fast
- Accidental injury is the number one killer of kids, but behind that often lays a darker, sadder cause: risky behavior. How can we get students to avoid taking unnecessary risks? 18 minutes.
- 111. STDs: Lifetime Consequences
- Teen sex isn't kid stuff. One out of every four sexually active teens contracts a sexually-transmitted disease. Real kids reveal how "fooling around" ultimately hurts them. 18 minutes.
- 112. Angry and Violent Teens
- Life has become increasingly violent, and it hasn`t stopped at the school door. Students confess to the violent anger and fear they experience in their own lives. 19 minutes.
- 113. Teens Beating the Odds
- Why do some kids succeed while other fail, even when they come from the same background? Students talk about determination and resiliency, and the lack of these characteristics. 20 minutes.
- 114. From Rude to Respectful
- Is this the most uncivil generation in history? Kids discuss their own bad behavior and how they hope to overcome it. 20 minutes.
- 115. The Buy-Me Generation
- It's a disease of the young, and its symptoms include an obsession with material things and little interest in anything else. What can schools and parents do about this spreading affluenza? 17 minutes.
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