You don't have to wait for your birthday. You're just four ingredients from your own party for one

Gloria Steinem unleashes exciting news about young feminism -- not!

Does it inform the public -- or put girls at risk?

Madonna seeks to clean up nuclear waste with "magic Kabbalah fluid." K-Fed "a joke"? Plus: Luke Wilson on butts!

Pick of the week: Gregg Araki's hilarious, delirious "Kaboom" blends queer cinema, "Twin Peaks" and "The O.C."

Opposition to basic contraception leaves families vulnerable to unwanted pregnancies and costs taxpayers millions

Plus: Female chimps sell sex for fruit.

The teen mother has been parading around her infant as a cautionary tale. But is raising a kid as a young parent always an illegitimate choice?

My young queer students are fragile, easily triggered. Is the playfulness and toughness that once defined us gone?

More and more young-adult novels are featuring well-adjusted characters who are "out" -- and aren't tortured about it.

Adolescents are the greatest consumers of calorie-rich “junk” foods

"Many factors influence food preferences, including age, genetics and environment"

The bubbly charmer at 10 turns into a sullen cipher by 14. What's a parent to do? Keep talking, advises Dr. Lynn Ponton. Never stop trying to communicate.

For adolescents, friends and social connection — both rare during the pandemic — are key for healthy development

A researcher says male ejaculate may act as an antidepressant -- but other scientists aren't swallowing his theory.