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1st Person Plural: Street Harassment
1st Person Plural: Street Harassment
Teenage girls ask: why can't men resist chatting up strangers?
 
A different sort of Father at Christmas
A different sort of Father at Christmas
The chaplain at Sheffield's Children's Hospital speaks about his work.
 
A young persons guide to sex and snogging
A young persons guide to sex and snogging
Young people review a controversial award-winning book.
 
Abuse - survivors say break the last taboo
Abuse - survivors say break the last taboo
Girls who have been sexually abused tell of their experiences, and how they think abuse can be stopped in the future.
 
Bianca, my mum and me
Bianca, my mum and me
Who make the best role models - celebrities or parents?
 
Bus to swim scheme suggested
Bus to swim scheme suggested
In a bid to get kids into swimming, leisure centres in Newcastle offer to pay their bus fares.
 
Can wheelchair-users paint Islington red?
Can wheelchair-users paint Islington red?
Lucy Mason, a wheelchair-user, looks at how accessible Islington's facilities are for disabled teenagers.
 
Can wheelchair-users paint Islington red? The venues reply
Can wheelchair-users paint Islington red? The venues reply
Lucy Mason, a wheelchair-user, looks at how accessible Islington's facilities are for disabled teenagers.
 
Class wars
Class wars
The findings of an investigation in Tanzania into Third World Debt and its effect on children.
 
Curfews and Children
Curfews and Children
Are tough new rules the best way to keep children out of trouble?
 
Death in debt's shadow
Death in debt's shadow
Children's Express goes toTanzania and investigate HIV/Aids
 
Debate: Body piercing
Debate: Body piercing
Two girls argue about the merits of decorative piercing.
 
Debate: short skirts in school
Debate: short skirts in school
Two teenage girls clash over how they should dress for school.
 
Down but not out
Down but not out
Teenagers attending pupil referral units explain the positive effect it has had on them.
 
Drug plunged all of us into nightmare
Drug plunged all of us into nightmare
A mother tells the story of her sons' addiction to herion and how she tried to help them.
 
Easy Targets
Easy Targets
Young people say they feel targeted by shopkeepers while it is adult gangs who are mainly responsible for shoplifting.
 
Free Play For Young People
Free Play For Young People
Children on Newcastle's Cowgate estate are getting free access to a local sports centre.
 
From Hackney to St Ives - the good, the bad and the so-so
From Hackney to St Ives - the good, the bad and the so-so
Two teenage brothers discuss the upheaval of moving their lives from the city to the countryside.
 
Giving the children of Tanzania a voice, and a future
Giving the children of Tanzania a voice, and a future
Rich countries know the value of education. So why do they degrade developing countries' attempts to realise their ambition of education for all?
 
Healthy eating at the Kids Caf
Healthy eating at the Kids Caf
Fun and games promote healthy eating in a special project for children in Newcastle.
 
Helping cheer the children
Helping cheer the children
How nurses are giving young people in hospital a special time at Christmas.
 
Hush little baby
Hush little baby
Teenage victims of sexual abuse talk about their experiences.
 
Inside: Outside
Inside: Outside
Young Kosovan refugees describe their feelings about leaving their home and coming to Britain.
 
It's a boy thing
It's a boy thing
Two young offenders give a revealing insight into a life of juvenile crime.
 
Keep special education special
Keep special education special
An 8-year-old boy with disabilities explains why he want to stay at his special school..
 
Kenyan Kids Get Snappy in the Slum
Kenyan Kids Get Snappy in the Slum
The African 'Shootback' project helps children in poverty realise their potential.
 
Learning to love the net
Learning to love the net
Pupils and teachers give their verdict on the various 'Net nannies' on the market.
 
Living with Stepfamilies
Living with Stepfamilies
Children explain the ups and downs of being raised by parents who live in different places.
 
Love, sex and a mother aged 15
Love, sex and a mother aged 15
How a 15-year-old girl, and the world around her, coped with an unexpected pregnancy.
 
Night fever
Night fever
A new craze is sweeping Sheffield: nightclubbing exclusively for under-18s.
 
Part of the solution
Part of the solution
Britain's first city youth council puts Birmingham's young people at the heart of local government.
 
Peter has more to worry about than his appearance
Peter has more to worry about than his appearance
Peter has more to worry about than his appearance or his smell like where hes going to spend the night or get the cash for a meal.
 
Playing it Safe
Playing it Safe
Teenagers discuss the issues around contraception its availability, how it is covered in the classroom and measures that could improve the situation.
 
Positive approach to tackling crime
Positive approach to tackling crime
Providing kids with things to do will keep them off the streets, say young people.
 
Racism UK
Racism UK
Three generations of black women describe their encounters with racism.
 
Reporting on the moral maze
Reporting on the moral maze
Children's Express members tell teachers how being young journalists is changing their lives.
 
Roll call
Roll call
Children explain why they truant - and how they could be encouraged not to.
 
School dinners? - it's usually junk
School dinners? - it's usually junk
Why schoolkids go for the unhealthy option at lunch time.
 
Schools Out
Schools Out
But what are teenagers supposed to do during the long summer holidays?
 
Startling results for attitudes to police survey
Startling results for attitudes to police survey
Pupils at neighbouring schools in Newcastle reveal surprisingly different views on local law enforcement
 
Surf the Net 'til midnight
Surf the Net 'til midnight
 
Talking about health: what the children say
Talking about health: what the children say
Chocolate, jellies, and sweets are always more popular than fruit and vegetables. Young people discuss living healthy lives in a sugar-infested world.
 
Teenage Clampdown
Teenage Clampdown
What children think of parents' increasing reluctance to let them out on their own.
 
The black experience
The black experience
Young people talk about their encounters with racism on the streets of London
 
The Hancock Museum
The Hancock Museum
Young people review the exhibits.
 
The horror and the happiness
The horror and the happiness
A young Kosovan refugee describes her mixed feelings on living in Britain.
 
The lonely life of a teenager with Aids
The lonely life of a teenager with Aids
Kids with HIV in their family speak out about how it affects them.
 
The long, long holiday
The long, long holiday
Sheffield teenagers discuss whether it's time to change the traditional pattern of school vacations.
 
The lottery of care
The lottery of care
Children looked after by foster parents give their verdict on their carers.
 
The National Railway Museum
The National Railway Museum
Young people review the exhibits.
 
The new internationalism
The new internationalism
Just how British do young people in Britain feel today?
 
The Press Gang
The Press Gang
A description of the activities of Children's Express.
 
The trials and tribulations of being a teenage parent
The trials and tribulations of being a teenage parent
Young parents talk about bringing up babies in a hostile world
 
Up, up and away
Up, up and away
For some young people, illegal drugs have become part of their day-to-day routine
 
Voices from the Edge
Voices from the Edge
In a special investigation, Children's Express reporters uncover the sometimes brutal truth of being a child on some of Britain's worst council estates.
 
Watch out! A joyrider's about
Watch out! A joyrider's about
A reformed car thief considers the secret thrill of taking without consent.
 
We are family
We are family
Children from stepfamilies talk about having two sets of parents.
 
When a disabled teenager wants a big night out
When a disabled teenager wants a big night out
Wheelchair user Lucy Mason visits Sadler's Wells theatre, to see if she can have as good a time as an able-bodied person.
 
When Dad's behind bars
When Dad's behind bars
Losing a parent to the prison system can be a hard change to swallow for their children.
 
Who cares?
Who cares?
Is the UK's care and foster system letting down a generation of young people? One survivor tells his story.
 
Young girls go for it
Young girls go for it
How being female affects the lives and prospects of teenage girls in the 1990s.
 
Young people speak out
Young people speak out
'Peter', a homeless teenager, describes how he feels living rough on the streets.
 
Youth crime can be cut, says minister
Youth crime can be cut, says minister
A government minister unveils a new scheme offering young people creative alternatives to juvenile crime.