Police say prime accused arrested in alleged rape of teenage girl as violent protests rock Bengal’s Kaliaganj

Police say prime accused arrested in alleged rape of teenage girl as violent protests rock Bengal’s Kaliaganj

Security personnel try to control the situation after violent protests by locals over the death of a minor girl, in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal. | Photo Credit: PTI A 20-year-old man was arrested on April 22 in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a teenage girl in West Bengal’s North Dinajpur … Read more

Teenage girl dead, two trapped as three-storied building collapses at Maharanipeta in Visakhapatnam

Teenage girl dead, two trapped as three-storied building collapses at Maharanipeta in Visakhapatnam

Three-storey building collapses in Visakhapatnam. Photo: Twitter/@ANI A teenage girl died, while two others including an Intermediate student were trapped under a debris of a three-storied building (G+2), which had collapsed at Ramajogipeta area near Maharanipeta in Visakhapatnam, during the wee hours of Thursday, March 23. Five persons who were stuck in the building were … Read more

5 Mistakes Parents Make With Teens and Tweens

5 Mistakes Parents Make With Teens and Tweens

SOURCES: Richard M. Lerner, PhD, director of the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development, Tufts University, Medford, Mass. Robert Evans, EdD, executive director, The Human Relations Service, Wellesley, Mass. Amelia M. Arria, PhD, director, Center on Young Adult Health and Development, University of Maryland School of Public Health. News release, “Teens behaving badly? Negative … Read more

‘Bigorexia’: Why Teenage Boys are Obsessed with Bulking Up

‘Bigorexia’: Why Teenage Boys are Obsessed with Bulking Up

March 10, 2022 — Why are teenage boys obsessed with bulking up? While the effects of Instagram on girls’ body image has long been documented — an article in The Wall Street Journal that was published this fall reported that Facebook knew Instagram was toxic for teen girls — teenage boys are under just as … Read more