WANTED: TEENAGERS' OPINIONS

A very interesting news article:

Media execs rocked by 15-year-old's blunt, blistering analysis

Teens don't use Twitter, nor do they read newspapers. They also hate advertisements, and they're really, really into free music.

Nope, those aren't the results of some bone-headed new survey; instead, they come straight from the keyboard of one Matthew Robson, a 15-year-old Morgan Stanley intern whose candid report on his friends' TV, music, and online habits set the media world on fire this week.

According to The Guardian, Robson's bosses at Morgan Stanley's European Media group were so impressed with the teen's report—"one of the clearest and most through-provoking insights we have seen," one Morgan Stanley exec said—that they promptly sent it out to their C-level clients.

The response, apparently, was immediate, with "dozens and dozens" of high-level clients "e-mailing and calling all day," the Guardian reports.

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And so I challenge you, my teen readers (or those of you older than 13, anyway) to do what Robson did: write up a clear, concise, honest report on what you and your friends are watching, listening to, texting, and tweeting (or not, as the case may be). Send it right here (please be sure to include your first name, age, and your home town), and I'll include the best excerpts in a future post. Go ahead and let us have it, straight—the floor is yours.

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News for Kids

I had the idea of collecting some news (current events) resources for kids and put that into Google and one of the first websites listed is Scholastic.com and a good thing it is, too. I am simply amazed by this website. It is not only H-U-G-E, it is well organized by interest level from primary grades through teen years. The base (or "parent") website deals not just with news but with all means of making learning something fun and relevant, meaning it really matters in your life and it's not just dumb stuff you're forced to do because you're in school.

Kids, this is one website you definitely want to bookmark and keep in your "Favorites" list. Parents, that goes for you, too, because this website also has resources for parents and teachers.

Teachers, I just know you already know about this website.

The Statue of Liberty is featured in the graphic I made for this website because it just happens to be their featured news story of the week.

I will definitely be revisiting this website and will highlight other features of it. Now, on to more news resources for kids:

ABC News 4 Kids

New York Times Student Connections

Online News Hour Extra from PBS (Grades 7-12)

Time Magazine for Kids

Weekly Reader (kids through teens)

National Wildlife Federation

Science News for Kids

National Geographic's News Bites

Science News

NASA's Kids Science News Network

Business News for Kids (kids through teens)

News for Teens

Y?Press Youth News Network

L.A. Times Kids' Reading Room

Popcorn News (great site published by 8th-graders)

Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition

CNN Student News

Big News Network

The Current Events