“Teen Pop”

http://yourlife.usatoday.com/fitness-food/diet-nutrition/story/2011/06/CDC-1-in-4-high-schoolers-drink-soda-every-day/48496744/1

A national survey on sweetened beverages found that 1 out of 4 high school students drink at least 1 soda each day.  The rest are drinking beer.

The survey included 11,000 teens nationwide. They would have liked to haves urveyed a much larger group, but the rest of American teens no longer answer any question that doesn’t come as a text message.

Fortunately, not all sodas purchased by teens are being drunk by them.  Sometimes they just dump the soda out of the can or bottle to make a bong out of it.

Not all high school students drink soda for the sugar or the caffeine.  Sometimes they just need something to mix with their Jack Daniels.

Some high school students are trying to cut down on the sugar and caffeine they get from sodas.  And their answer to the problem is a Starbucks triple-shot mocha-caramel frappucino.

“Text Appeal”

http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/sex-relationships/2010-11-10-texting-teens_N.htm

A study presented to the American Public Health Association says that teens who use text messaging excessively are more likely to engage in drinking, drug use, and sex. All while texting.

The term for such teenagers is “popular.”

Texting has become so ingrained in teen social life, and by extension, synonymous with their sexual activity, that the most common phrase among teens fighting is, “Go text yourself.”

Teens’ texting skills are predictably telling about their knowledge about sex. Their texts tend to be clumsy, sloppy, and over too quickly.

“Births of a Nation”

The National Center for Health Statistics reported today that last year’s birth rate was the highest in U.S. history. The biggest concern so far is that these babies will grow up and take jobs from our illegal aliens.

In 2007, there were 4.31 million births in America. The previous record was 4.30 million births in 1957. Thanks for pushing us over the edge, Octomom.

About 23% of the babies were born to teen mothers. This is hardly surprising when you consider that Bristol Palin made it seem so cool.

Statistics suggest that teen pregnancy rates will drop in the near future, due to the economy, birth control education programs, and mainly because teens will be too busy taking care of their babies to have more sex.