Teen
mum
Lianne fell pregnant just after taking her
GCSEs. To her mum it seemed to signify the end of a glittering
academic career.
Self
harming teen Julie
started to self harm in her late teenage years.
Gay
teen
Coming out to your parents and telling them
you’re gay is probably one of the trickiest conversations
you can have.
Audio
diary of a streetwise teenager: Jordon Jordon is 16 and has just embarked on his
first year of 6th form. He’s charming, creative and wants to
be a music producer. He’s also into his singing… and girls!
In this excerpt from the audio diary he kept over the summer,
hear how he gets on with his mum, what he thinks of his dad
and what his hopes for the future are. Hear
more (Real, 56k)
Harry
Enfield Q & A Harry
Enfield is famous for creating teens Kevin and Perry. Here
he answers our questions about his own teenage years.
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John
Peel
His generation invented the teenager! John felt under pressure
to live up to the rebellious rock ’n’ roll image of his day.
Hear
more (Real, 56k)
Peter
Tatchell Peter
Tatchell grew up in the sporting-n-surfing Australia of
the 60s and was all set for a conventional future. So what
led him to become a vanguard of the gay rights movement
in Britain? Hear
more (Real 56k)
Janet
Ellis
Janet Ellis is probably most famous for being a Blue Peter
presenter and the mother of pop-star Sophie Ellis-Bextor;
she’s also the mum to a 15 and 12 year old. She knows a
fair amount about the teenage species. Hear
more (Real, 56k)
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