Q:
According to Teen magazine, over one million North American teenage girls will
become pregnant this year (2,740 a day). How does the suicide rate for teenage moms
compare with the rate for average adolescents? Is it: (a) 10% greater; (b) 40% greater; or
(c) 70% greater?
A: 70% greater. Also, pregnancy is the #1 cause of dropping
out of high school among teenage girls.
Okay, how many of you are parents of a teenager who’s having a mid-puberty crisis?
I’m not sure if
my son hit puberty or puberty hit him.
As baggy as
teenagers’ clothes are these days, it’s no wonder they spend so much time just
hanging out.
Q:
According to current trends, how many gallons of soft drinks will the average American
teenager consume this year: (a) 45 gallons; (b) 55 gallons; or (c) 65 gallons?
A: 65 gallons, three times
more than teenagers drank 20 years ago (Nutrician Information Center of New York).
Wouldn’t it
wonderful if kids slept as much when there were babies as they do when they’re
teenagers?
Why is it that a teenager will shower until all the hot water is
gone, then put on the same clothes he’s been wearing for three days?
My son has come up with a great
way to save his money. He uses mine.
This kid never spends his own money. It's like he was born a
Republican.
Q: According
to researchers at Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas, a plug of chewing tobacco
contains 2-million to 15-million particles of minute: (a) insect parts; (b) sand; or (c)
peat moss?
A: Silica or sand. It eventually
"sandpapers" the tobacco chewer's teeth down to the gums.
