Under the Rainbow Health and wellness notes on the spectrum of life.
Adolescent girls live in a complex world.
You have every reason to be. Recent studies found that girls as young as 13 struggle with complex situations involving peer pressure, drinking, drugs, sex, sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancy. More than half of all forcible rapes involve victims younger than 17. One in five eighth-grade girls smoke. Girls ages 12 to 18 are just as likely as boys to drink alcohol and use illegal drugs.