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I started wearing makeup when I was in eighth grade. I think 14 and up makeup should be allowed. One of my reasons behind this is what if the teen has acne? Would the parents rather let them wear concealer or let them be called names like pizza face? I know, I know the whole beauty comes from within thing is important but come on! Or what about if they have a unibrow and the mom says "your eyebrows are beautiful" and doesn't let them wax? Basically, that's setting the kid up for bullying and depression. If I was a mom and saw my kid go through what I went through in school I'd let her wear what makeup I wear. That's the fair thing to do.

What do you think of dating sites? Do you like this format of dating or do you think that this is just a game and such a relationship can only be for one night?

Since this has been trending in other places, I thought we might like to discuss the "Yes All Women" campaign that's started to bring awareness to what it's like to live as a woman in many societies. In danger of mixing my online personae (oh no!), I made a post on my Tumblr account outlining some of the experiences I've had as a woman in the U.S. (I don't think there's anything inappropriate there for younger eyes.) After writing this post, I feel angry that I've gotten so used to this kind of treatment that I've had to edit the post three times to add significant events. I've gotten angry that I've been told "that's no big deal" (in words and actions) for every si…

I seem to spend a lot of time scouring Facebook and addressing concerns and fears over the latest coronavirus vaccines. So I thought I'd open a topic to see if there are any concerns here. Mods - I believe this would be permissible by forum rules, as we don't have the same strict 'no current events' rules that neopets have. If I have misinterpreted this, please feel free to remove. As some background, I have worked in clinical trials for a number of years (eight to my current reckoning, or at least there about) and know a reasonable amount about the background of trials. I do not directly work in coronavirus trials, although my unit has run three trials in the area …

I've always considered that if you take on the responsibility for adopting a child - special needs or no - then they are your child, pure and simple. You don't get to hand them back if life gets difficult. I've been lucky enough to grow up in a loving biological parental home where when things went sour due to addiction issues, my foster parents who took me in as a teenager - and a hellish one at that - have stuck by me through thick and thin. I have just however read about an 'influencer' couple who raised funds from their blogs to adopt a child from abroad and have given up on him and fobbed him off on another family. This makes me both sad and angry. Who brings a …

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My heart really hurts for all those people who are being deported in the US because of their illegal status. I read stories of people who have lived their whole lives in the U.S., (30+ years) have careers, and children but have been sent back to nothing. Some are teens/adults that were born in Mexico and came to America as babies and dont even speak Spanish, but are being sent to live in Mexico. I understand both sides of the story and I am non-partisan, but as a sociology major and someone with a desire to help adolescents live better lives it is painful to see all this happening. Everyone in America got here because their ancestors came as immigrants. How ca…

I've just seen a TV ad for kids painkillers and I cannot believe what I'm seeing. fruit-flavour . . . melt-in-the-mouth . . . 24 in a box . . . Are Calpol actively intending to have little kids OD on these? I just don't understand, painkillers have tasted nasty to stop kids from mistaking them for candy for decades, so who on earth thought this was a good idea?! I can't even . . .

Which side will you opt in joining; the Living Team with Magax or the Dead Team with Hubrid Nox.

I just got a new puppy. This is the second night having him, he is eight weeks old, and he is being trained so we put him in his crate at night after getting him tired yet he still is barking and crying and whining for a while. I even put a piece of my clothing in with him. Problem is being keep making noise or going to his crate. What do I do?

Hey forum friends. As it turns out I'm not really in a rage right now, I just thought of this because my bf scored a 2 for 1 movie pass. I HATE it when you mention that you haven't seen a movie yet, or that you're going to see it, and someone decides they're going to tell you why that would be a complete waste of your time and money. Like what the heck?! For one, your idea of what a good movie is might be different then mine, for another now it will be because you just ruined it for me. Don't get me wrong, if you want to say that you didn't like the movie and then give a reason that wont ruin the movie (lke the entire plot! I hate when that happens) then sure, I w…

Hi TDN community! It's been a while :( BUT! nonetheless, I didn't forget about you! This issue has been bothering me for a while now, and I just want to see what other peoples' opinions are. Let me explain the topic. In modern day society, there are boys and girls. Before the LGBT community attacks me, I understand that there are minorities, but for the purpose of this conversation, I'm referencing only boys and girls. Back to the topic at hand. I feel like in today's society, there has recently been a general interest of the female population in buying/doing things generally considered "masculine." That's fine. I don't have a grudge against girls for taking the lib…

Don't know how many people have actually heard about this... but, the 18 year old was apparently found in a picture to be smoking marijuana. That in and of itself isn't such a huge deal nor would I even care in the first place, except now a new internet trend has sparked because of it. It's called #cut4bieber and has become the top U.S trend on twitter. Apparently young kids (mostly young girls) have started cutting themselves and posting those pictures on the internet in an effort to stop Justin Bieber from smoking pot. All of this apparently started as a joke and then I guess some kids got the bright idea that it would be cool. I really just don't get whats wrong wi…

Debate about jury duty. Ready, go! I was thinking about it today...is it really a good thing? I mean, of course jurors find it a huge hassle. But is it worth the hassle? What are the benefits of jury duty for the defendant? For the court system in general? If you don't agree with it, what would you set up in its place?

This is seriously the most ridiculous thing I've ever read. http://blogs.ajc.com/business-beat/2012/10/09/peta-has-bone-to-pick-with-pokemon/?cxntfid=blogs_business_beat They'd probably attack Neopets if they found out about Battledome.

Admit it, we ll tend to be more attracted to cute girls / guys. However, when choosing your boyfriend / girlfriend, should we choose a physical beauty or an intellectual beauty? Or even, when we pick our friends, do you care much for appearance?

Cake or death? But don't feel too rushed to answer because you're not required to have extreme points of view in the Church of England. ;)

I don't mean by bringing them to a vet. I was absolutely appalled by something I heard last week, and am frustrated with it but realized it's more common than I thought. I just had to put my dog down, but before bringing her to the vet, my cousin told me to just shoot her. At first, I thought he was joking until he told me that his family shot their dogs when they got to a certain age. I'm all for not letting pets suffer, it's why I brought my dog in. But shooting? I then found out, as we were at a party at the time, that many people there have done this as well. Am I the only person that finds this is cruel? What is so hard about bringing a pet into b…

As a gamer who is a girl, I find the gaming community sexist in a way. It has been said that 45% of video game purchasers are woman. I am part of that 45% and find that the 45% can, but not always be stereotyped. I've seen comments on websites stating how there's no such thing as "girl gamers". We've all seen pictures of girls licking controllers and because of that, I feel like we aren't taken seriously. I don't play social media games. Neopets is really the only online games I play. I play games like Call of Duty and other games like that, but I also tend to play fighting, arcade, RPG, strategy and basically every game under the sun, but I don't play online or…