2013 In Review – Being A Teen In 2013

20 THIRTEEN IN REVIEW BEING A TEEN IN 2013 It's not easy being teen especially in a year that brought us twerking teddy bears, sexting and selfies. Teens have a tough road to navigate and here are few things they (and their parents) had to deal with in 2013. TEENS AND TECH Much More Difficult to Monitor and Shield From Dangerous Online Behaviors 97% of teens have a computer or hove access to one at home, O 78% of teens now have a cell phone 97% 78% 37% 95% 37% of all teens who have smartphones, up from just 23% in 2011. 95% of teens use the internet. 23% 23% of teens hove a tablet computer, a level comparable to the general adult population. SEXTING WITH SNAPCHAT, BOOB TWEETS, AND POLAR BARING Snapchat Canadian teens face child pornography charges after allegedly trading explicit photos of young girls that they had surreptitiously saved from sexting-friendly photo-sharing service Snapchat. Boob Tweets 1 in 4 Teens Admit to Sexting Tweeting pictures of your Boobs is now a thing. Dozens of colleges hove boob-accounts such as @kuboobs with more than 30,000 followers sexting 76.2% Polar 'Baring' Teen are stripping down in the snow and posting the pictures on their social channels 76.2 percent of teens who were asked to send o sext, even if they don't agree to do it, admitted to having had sexual intercourse TEENS AND GUNS 12/13/2013 - One student was injured and one killed during a shooting at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo The shooter - a student who apparently was looking for a specific teacher - died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound In the year since Newtown, 24 school shootings have claimed 17 lives AAAAAAAAAA THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK: Molly, Smoking Alcohol, and Drinking Hand Sanitizer nopning Tyga, Kanye, and Miley singing about the drug sure isn't helping MOLLY Molly is being marketed to young first-time drug abusers between the ages of 12 and 17 Impure forms elevate body temperature, causing dehydration and organ failure Teen pump air into a bottle of alcohol and then inhale the fumes Using salt to separate the alcohol from the sanitizer creates a 120-proof shot, sending teens to the hospital in some cases due to alcohol poisening The vapor travels directly to the brain for instant toxification and is VERY dangerous 19dell TEENS AND BULLYING: #SmackCams, Teen Shaming, and the Knockout Game Knockout Game Teen Shaming Teens walk up to complete random strangers and attempt to knock them out with one punch This has led to several deaths already Teens nab photos of others and alter them meme-style in mean insulting ways, then send them out via social netuorks. This is not only hurtful, but can also be illegal 43% experiencing cyberbullying. 43% 77% 1 out of 4 kids are Bullied 77% of students are bullied mentally, verbally, & physically. Cyberbullying statistics are rapidly approaching similar numbers, Vine Smack cam Teens sneek up on an unsuscpecting victim, smack them in the face and record the violent act and reaction and then post it all on Vine using the hashtag #smackcam TEENS AND MUSIC: Twerking was brought to the masses in 2013 as overly provocative music videos and performances were front and center. Rihanna: Pour it Up over 79,803,000 youtube views BES MileyGyrus and Robin Thicke and Twerking Blurred Lines over 310,020,100 youtube views over 234,723,000 youtube views TEENS AND VIDEO GAMES: gRand thert autiM A video game rated M for: Violence Blood and Gore Nudity Drugs and Alcohol sold $800 MILLION IN ONE DAY, OVER $1 BILLJÓN BY DAY 3 FIVE http://nypost.com/2013/11/14/snopchat-sexting-scandal-could-scare-off-investors/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/one-in-four-teens-admit-to-sexting-study-finds/ http://www.ivillage.com/dangerous-teen-fads-you-should-know-about/6-b-141376#516666 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/active-shooter-situation-arapahoe-high-school-denver-police-article-1.1547140 http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/10/08/2-investigators-overdoses-of-drug-molly-skyrocketing/ http://www.ivillage.com/dangerous-teen-fads-you-should-know-about/6-b-141376#539931 http://www.ivillage.com/dangerous-teen-fads-you-should-know-about/6-b-141376#447610 http://www.ivillage.com/dangerous-teen-fads-you-should-know-about/6-b-141376#542867 http://www.ivillage.com/dangerous-teen-fads-you-should-know-about/6-b-141376#553806 http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-10/03/gtav-by-the-numbers HYN HELPYOURTEENNOW How Molly Kills SOURCES Smoking Alcohol Drinking Hand Sanitizer 2013