November – December 2009 Issue

Gabe, 17, talked to experts about swine flu and how to avoid getting sick.

These are letters we received about stories that appeared in the October 2009 issue of L.A. Youth.

We asked our teen staff if they agreed with laws that require teens to be off the streets by a certain time.

Our essay contest winners wrote about not spending more time with a sister, a dad in prison and an online relationship.

Hannah, 16, has realized that cussing makes her look bad, so she’s trying to stop. WITH interviews with teens asking what they think about cussing.

What do you think of cussing? “I don’t mind cussing. It doesn’t make me think any less of anybody.” Jordan

As an undocumented immigrant, I thought college was out of reach—but I found a way.

I thought that it would be awesome to make my parents proud and have them be able to tell their friends that their daughter is attending UCLA (the only school they’d heard of). But I tried not to get too attached, because it was hard to get in and I didn’t know how I would pay for it.

Serli, 16, worries because her family doesn’t have health insurance.