‘The smell sinks into your skin.’ Petting Zoo Employee Teaches Teens A Hilarious Lesson About Messing With The Animals

People who grew up on farms or otherwise being told to respect animals know there’s usually a very good reason for doing so – other than the simple not being a jerk, I mean. OP works at a petting zoo and noticed a teenage couple antagonizing one of his llamas. He warned them that they …

Teens continue on with sweet breakfast tradition for a grandmother who lost her grandson

One day, a teen boy named Sam Crowe told his grandma Peggy Winckowski that he had been bragging about her cooking to his friends, saying “my grandma makes the best breakfast.” “Grandma Peggy,” as she’s universally known, invited the group over to try one of her legendary breakfasts, and the following week she was greeted …

Women Who “Dated” Older Men As Teens Share Their Stories

33. “When I was 17, I met a man who was 30. He quickly gained my trust and pushed himself into my life as the one I should turn to for everything and the only one who understood me. While we were ‘friends,’ he would list why others my age were too immature for me …

Unearthed BBC interview features two Victorian-era women discussing being teens in the 1800s

There remains some mystery around what life was like in the 1800s, especially for teens. Most people alive today were not around in the Victorian era when the technologies now deemed old-fashioned were a novelty. In this rediscovered 1970s clip from the BBC, two elderly women reminisce about what it was like being teenagers during …

What parents can do to prepare for if their teens express suicidal thoughts

Editor’s Note: This story discusses suicide. If you are having thoughts about taking your own life, or know of anyone who is in need of help, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a United States-based suicide prevention network of over 200+ crisis centers that provides 24/7 service via a toll-free hotline with the number …

Alexa Nikolas Alleges Joe Jonas Asked For Nudes When They Were Teens

Nick Jonas, in a Reddit Ask Me Anything forum, shed more light on how the brothers ended up with purity rings. He wrote, “There was a person in the church who at one point demanded that all the kids in the youth group put these purity rings on and make this commitment, so without a full …

‘THEY DID YOU DIRTYYY’: Black teen’s driver’s license photo comes out completely dark

A Black teen recently showed her new driver’s license photo in a viral video. In the image, she’s unrecognizable. In a TikTok posted on Friday, Farihat (@farihatt) says that she did her makeup “real cute” for her driver’s license photo, but it came out completely dark—and many of her facial features aren’t visible. “I’m so …

Unearthed BBC interview features two Victorian-era women discussing being teens in the 1800s

There remains some mystery around what life was like in the 1800s, especially for teens. Most people alive today were not around in the Victorian era when the technologies now deemed old-fashioned were a novelty. In this rediscovered 1970s clip from the BBC, two elderly women reminisce about what it was like being teenagers during …

'Sextortion' is a disturbing trend taking the lives of teens, and parents are speaking out

Editor’s Note: This story discusses suicide. If you are having thoughts about taking your own life or know of anyone who is in need of help, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a United States-based suicide prevention network of over 200+ crisis centers that provides 24/7 service via a toll-free hotline with the number …

Server Confronts Teens Who Wrote “Black” on Gratuity Line

A server confronts teens who wrote “black” on the gratuity line in lieu of a tip. What was their response? Hint: It was tepid at best. Article continues below advertisement Instead, as Amira shared, the teens wrote the word “black” on the gratuity line. While you may have guessed what this means, Amira followed them …

‘What does this mean?’: Server confronts teens who didn’t tip and wrote ‘Black’ on the gratuity line

In a viral TikTok, a Black server confronted what appeared to be a group of primarily white teenagers who left a racist “joke” instead of a tip on their check. At the beginning of the video, Amira (@being.amira) is sitting in her car after getting off her shift as a server. She shared that the …