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    Not age appropriate for kids under 15, age appropriate for kids over 16; suggested age 15.
  • Is it any good?

    3.0
  • Common Sense says

    Girl talk and sex talk with some practical advice.

On this site kids can:   enter contests, post comments, read stories, watch videos
updated 09.10.09

Why We Rated This iffy for Ages 15–16

The good stuff

  • Educational value:

    College and career advice is available.
  • User-created content:

    Not an issue.
  • Messages:

    The site offers dating tips, beauty and fashion tips, etiquette, and friendship advice. It also promotes a campaign called the Body Peace Treaty that asks girls to commit to a set of pledges about accepting your body. At the same time, of course, the site uses very slim models and has links to a BMI (Body Mass Index) calculator and weight loss help (both of which are advertising).
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence:

    Not an issue.
  • Sex:

    A lot of the material is inappropriate for teens younger than 15 or even 16. The site gives frank and honest advice about hooking up and sex, along with first-person accounts of dating stories. There's also a Datin" section that talks about cheating boyfriends and scaring boys off.
  • Language:

    Not an issue.
  • Consumerism:

    The site is saturated with advertising and buying advice.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Not an issue.
 

How safe is it?

  • Personal privacy:

    Not an issue.
  • Online interaction:

    Registered users can submit comments.
  • Parental controls:

    Not an issue.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Seventeen

Parents need to know that this site is the online companion to the popular Seventeen magazine and is rife with gossip, beauty tips, and buying advice. The sex talk does get intimate, and a lot of the material is inappropriate for teens younger than 15 or even 16 -- even though girls start reading the magazine, and therefore coming to the site, earlier than that. The site gives frank and honest advice about sexual activity from hooking up to having sex, along with first-person accounts of dating stories. Tweens and teens will be bombarded with ads and shopping information.

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Most Recent Reviews

  1. Teen Reviewer Age 17
    Lives in Georgia
    I rate this title iffy for age 17 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate language

    • My highlights are:
    • User content is age appropriate

    what i wont

    i love it when i get what i wont and hate it when you dont get it

  2. I rate this title on for age 10 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Negative message

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational

    oK

    I love it it gives mre great advice even though I dont use the sex and dating advice ever

  3. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in Texas
    I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give it 3.0

    Well... talk to your parents first.

    Well Seventeen magazine and website is probably for 14 and up or if you have had the talk. I made the mistake of subscribing and have learned some things I really was intended on learning. The fashion section is cool but watchout when you come to the health-sex-fitness section. As a catholic, we do not believe in any sexual things before marriage. In Seventeen, they talk about sex before marriage possibly at age 17 and up. In one issue they said you don't need your parents permission to start the pill, whereas the pill is reffering to birth control. So if you wanna go to seventeen website or read seventeen, skip the sex section or talk to your parents first before reading it. But the fashion tips and makeup is cool!!

  4. Teen Reviewer Age 17
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title on for age 12 and give it 5.0

    wow

    i have been going on seventeen since i was 12. i dont think it has to do with your age but how mature you are to read the topics they put on the site

  5. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in California
    I rate this title on for age 11 and give it 5.0

    CRAZY

    u guys r crazy im 13 and i come on this website every day.

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