you're watching "teen kids news." here are this week's stories. >> we talk to some teen moms and teen health experts about teen pregnancy. >> why fashion trends may start with you. i'll continue our special report. >> in "make the grade," i'll give you some ideas for something every teen should be doing. >> meet a 12-year-old who

started a million-dollar company. >> doctor heimlich himself shows us the correct way to save ourselves from choking. >> that and more starting now, on "teen kids news." >> i'm mwanzaa. >> and i'm jessica. the number of teen pregnancies in the united states is up. for the first time in 15 years, more girls are getting pregnant and having to make some tough choices. felipe has more on this story. >> we talked to some teen moms and teen health experts. they agree more needs to be done by teens and adults to stop this growing problem. dayleen is all smiles when she looks at her 8-month-old daughter, jada. but when she looks back on sophomore year in high school, the year she got pregnant, she

remembers this was not in her plans. >> i should have been more careful. i was planning to have a baby when i was older, like finish school, go to college, settle down and have a baby. >> how many pounds did she weigh? >> crystal is 18 and pregnant for the second time. she was 15 when her first pregnancy ended in month 7. she lost her baby. >> i wasn't taking care of myself at all. i would not go to the doctor. i wouldn't -- not even, like, go to the gyn. like, i wouldn't do none of that type of stuff and i would just do my life, just live. >> pregnant teens are less likely than adults to get crucial medical care during pregnancy. and they're more likely to smoke, which is dangerous to the child. that's why both of these women get support from sistas on the rise. there are over 20,000 young moms citywide right now who are like of school-level age. >> the organization helps members get access to education, work and the services they need to be healthy individuals and good parents.

>> we bring young women of color who are pregnant or parenting together so they can understand the reality of it. >> young women of color aren't the only group experiencing a rise in teen pregnancy. from teen stars to the daughters of political candidates, girls from all backgrounds are joining the club. angela diaz is the director of mt. sinai's adolescent health center in new york city. she's disappointed by this new trend. >> as it is, the u.s. has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates of any industrialized country. as a nation we actually are not in alignment with the reality of our young people. >> dr. diaz says adults are failing teens and that they need to do a better job of talking to kids about the consequences of sex. >> we do not give them the tools and the information they need to make sensible decisions, and what i mean by that is giving them comprehensive sexuality

education that goes from abstinence to family planning to option counseling. >> precious says she didn't have that information in school or at home. now at age 19, she's the parent of a 2-year-old. >> maybe safe sex should be taught in the schools more. 'cause i didn't really have sex ed. i had health, but it really didn't teach about safe sex. and it's like, sometimes it's awkward to talk to your parents about that, so it's like sometimes you don't know where to turn. >> even though they're working hard to be good parents, these girls all agree the best thing they could have done was wait. whether it's abstaining from sex or using birth control, they want to help other teens make the best decisions for themselves. >> i want them to know what i'm going through, and it's hard to take care of a child. >> it's tough. it's really hard. >> nothing is about me anymore. it's going to be about my child.

>> all health experts agree the best way to prevent teen pregnancy is for teens and parents to talk about the issue. it's not easy, but it could save girls and boys from having to make some difficult decisions. ever wonder what it's like to be miley cyrus? companies that give you a taste of star status are popping up around the country. for instance, celeb 4 a day's "megastar package" includes six photographers stalking you, a personal publicist to field their nosy questions, and a bodyguard to keep the pretend paparazzi at bay. you even get a fake magazine cover with your picture on it. coming up -- how to create your own style. >> and maybe make it a fashion trend. "teen kids news" will be back in a minute. assistance getting around their hom. there is a medicare benefit that may qualify you for a new power chair or scooter at little or no cost to you. imagine...

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how they were shaped and how they can help us create our own style. >> for the seventh season in a row, surveys show abercrombie and fitch is the most popular place for teens to shop. while experts say it's okay to want to fit in, they stress now's the time to find your own style. >> clothes are a great way to express your own style and personality. for teens, you're kind of figuring out who you are on the inside, and you can express that by what you look like on the outside. and that can change from day to day. >> many trends come from young people who experiment. you may wonder why this male mannequin is wearing a dress. that's because this is a "baby doll" dress -- just for guys. it was created by fashion designer anna sui. but the trend didn't start with the designer. it began when grunge rocker kurt cobain wore his girlfriend courtney love's "old" or "vintage" dress over long underwear. he was encouraging guys to express their "feminine side."

he also started another fashion trend. >> what grunge did for us in the late 20th century is really incorporate the use of vintage fashion into everyday dress and encourage people to self-style. >> youthful celebs have started trends through history. president john kennedy was this country's youngest president. he was president in the 1960s. he didn't wear hats, so they went out of style. in our lifetime, britney spears encouraged us to bare our bellies with super-low-rise pants. trends also often reflect the social climate. camouflage patterns were originally created to protect soldiers in war. but they became fashionable through '80s hip-hop. that's when experts say camouflage was worn as a statement about the wars being fought on america's streets. designer christian dior brought it to high fashion with this silk dress. and in the '90s, adidas recognized the need for people

to be stylish and wear clothes that were easy to move around in. this fashionable but sporty outfit was the result. >> it's kind of an inevitable trend with our active and busy schedules these days. >> fashion trends also repeat themselves over and over again. micro miniskirts may be in now, but they first grew popular as part of the women's liberation movement in the '60s. by showing more leg, women expressed their independence. and this platform shoe isn't new. your parents may think it first became popular in the '70s. but you can tell them this. >> it's from 1938. so it just is a little example of how far back in the 20th century certain things go that one may think is just a few years old. >> fashion is often an expression for the people who wear it. and most of the popular fashion designers take guidance from trends of the past. this is jenna for "teen kids news." now for some advice on how to help you "make the grade," here's natalie.

>> community service. some high schools require it for graduation. and most colleges look for it on your application. but let's remember the reason service is valued in our society. it's good for others. and it's good for you. and don't tell me you can't think of anything to do! from packaging supplies for a homeless shelter -- to regularly visiting an elderly neighbor who lives alone -- if you look around your community, you can find hundreds of ways to be of service. if you need suggestions, ask at school, or your place of worship, or even at city hall. and if you're a faithful viewer of "teen kids news," you'll know that we're always doing stories about teens who've come up with clever things to do community service. that's another way to get lots of ideas. you see, watching tv can be good for you. i'm natalie, and that's this week's advice on how to "make the grade." sports is up next. >> so stay tuned.

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in germany, a boy and a girl wanted to get married, but their parents wouldn't allow it. so they packed a bag and caught a train to the airport. their plan was to fly to africa for a warm weather wedding. but police stopped them on the way. the reason? the sweethearts were only 5 and 6 years old. >> good in the air. he's got it! oh, yes! >> this is my signature trick. it's called the hurricane. it's three flips and five twists. i'm going 55 feet up into the air, takes about 3.2 seconds. as you can see, i had a little bit too much air on that one, but i'll break it down for you so that you can see exactly what's going on. i come off the jump with my arms up.

there's the first flip, going into the second flip, and then finally the third. the spins happen really fast. there's one, two, three, four, and finally, the fifth twist. i'll do one flip with one twist, and on the second flip, i do three complete spins. and then the very final flip i will do one more. i can't see the entire time that i'm doing that trick. i'll come off the jump, and i have a feeling in my feet that i know what it's supposed to feel like. but there's so many variables that go into it. with the wind, with the snow conditions, maybe i didn't start as high as i needed to. and this entire time, my coach is yelling at me, telling me what i need to do with my body so that i'm able to try and bring it down. and you can see that i just barely missed my landing. and that was the difference between winning a gold medal and landing in seventh. there's no trick that anybody has done that's higher than this one. three flips and five twists.

i give my hat out to anybody who is able to come out and attempt it. it's something that i haven't landed every time. i've hurt myself, landed up in the hospital because of it. it's where our sport's going. i want people to be able to push it as hard as they can because i'm going to give it everything that i have in going for the gold medal. it's time to play "word!" pick out what's true from among the false definitions. start with this word -- morose. does it mean -- the rubble left behind when a glacier melts? gloomy? or ignorant? morose means gloomy. "don't be morose. maybe you'll get the next one right!" how about this adjective -- irrelevant. it means either -- not to the point.

not living. or not respectful. irrelevant means not to the point. "she lost the debate because of her irrelevant comments about her opponent's outfit." here's a verb -- emanate. does it mean -- a material used to make counter tops? to resemble? or to spring out from? emanate means to spring out from, as in, "the sun emanates warmth." or, "people who watch 'teen kids news' emanate intelligence!" let's review. morose -- gloomy. irrelevant -- not to the point. emanate -- to spring out from. and that's "word" for this week on "teen kids news"!

the only business most kids have ever run is a lemonade stand. maddie bradshaw is the president of m3 girl designs. the company makes fashion accessories from something most people throw away. >> i have a history paper due. i have science homework. >> in most ways, maddie's like any other 12-year-old. she goes to school, hangs out with her friends and plays with her little sister, margot. >> we have the new peace sign. >> but of course, most kids don't have employees. >> when i was going into middle school, i wanted magnets for my locker. so i took some bottlecaps from my uncle's coke machine, and i turned them into magnets. >> i gave some of them to my friends and i put some on my locker. >> well, i could put this one in my locker. but this one i can wear as a necklace. >> this one's so cool! i love this one! >> all of my bottlecaps were really popular with all of my friends.

and since second grade, i've always wanted to start a business. so i decided to fulfill my dream. >> when maddie first came to me and decided she wanted to take these to our local toy store, i was a little skeptical and concerned at first. and i guess i was worried about maybe failure and how she would feel. >> mrs. bradshaw didn't have to worry for long. maddie's first group of bottlecaps sold out in only two hours! >> we were a little scared, thinking, "uh-oh, what have we gotten ourselves into?" >> maddie quickly realized she was going to need help to keep up with the demand. so she turned to her mom and her sister. >> well, i have always done arts and crafts with my family, ever since i was really little. and when my business started to grow, i decided that it was only natural to have my family help me. >> and so m3 girl designs was born. >> i came up with the name, and m3 girl designs stands for maddie, margot, and mom. >> these are our magnetic bottlecap necklaces, and you can

switch with your friends. >> we started out at our kitchen counter, and we have three different bar stools that we would all sit at. and we would each design and come up with ideas, and create all together. >> today, the business has expanded from the kitchen to its own factory. >> hi, my name is maddie bradshaw. i am the owner of m3 girl designs, and this is our office. we havnow 17 employees who all make bottlecaps all day long. we don't even call them employees. we call them part of our family. >> i usually go on the weekends to the office, because i have lots of homework during the week. >> although she has employees to make the bottlecaps, all the designs still come from maddie. >> i get ideas based on what i like. for example, i like the jonas brothers. >> what the -- that was mine! >> i love kevin! >> she loves all of our

employees, and she goes from lap to lap while they're making bottlecaps. >> maddie has become a fashion celebrity. she signs autographs, speaks to aspiring young entrepreneurs, and meets enthusiastic fans. >> i think it's kind of strange to see different people wearing my bottlecaps i've never met before. and whenever i see them, i'm like, "oh, look, i made that!" we are in 700 stores across the country, and we sell 50,000 bottlecaps a month. we don't get the bottlecaps from my uncle's coke machine anymore. >> it's changed all our lives. but i can't think of a better job to have than one with your kids. and i'm just so proud of them. >> i'm really surprised that it's gotten this large. because we when we started off, it was just a craft. and now it's this huge empire. >> but even though she's the president of a successful company, maddie doesn't plan on designing bottlecaps forever. >> i want to be a patent

attorney or an immigration lawyer when i grow up. i don't want to do anything that has to do with designing or artwork. i'd rather just do that as a hobby. >> not a bad hobby considering it created a million-dollar business! for "teen kids news," i'm cheryl.

hey, mark. hey, mark. hey. where've you been? i lost my cat. aw. that's not right. yeah. so i made this cat magnet to try and get him back.

cool. does it work? kinda. [meow] nice. yeah. but that's not my cat. i gotta keep working on it. see ya. see ya. see ya. announcer: anything's possible, keep thinking. get started on your own inventions or just play some games at... with the economy struggling, a lot of people are trying to spend less on everything. and college tuition is no exception. according to the website meritaid.com, more than half of high school students are considering attending less prestigious colleges, in order to save money. hey, no matter what school you go to, you'll still be successful. if you like to look around yard sales, take a look at this -- they call it the world's largest yard sale. and no one is disputing the claim. 650 miles of stuff stretching from ohio to alabama. the route runs through five states and a national park. and with all that room, it's

still hard for sellers to find a spot to set out their wares. it's been going on every august for 22 years, and it gets bigger every year. dr. henry heimlich has saved thousands of lives by inventing the heimlich maneuver. courtney was lucky enough to learn from the doctor how to handle different scenarios in which people are in danger. she has this report. >> last week, dr. heimlich showed us one way to save a choking victim. we used my friend alex to demonstrate. but there are two other ways to save someone. dr. heimlich, you've already shown us how to save someone who's conscious. what do we do if that person is unconscious? >> well, let's make alex here unconscious. lie down, alex. now, also what's important about this is that if you're a child and you can't reach around your mother who is choking -- maybe she's kind of big, you know -- you use this position. and i'm going to show you why.

and it's also used to save someone who is drowning and is unconscious like that. you feel for the bottom of the rib cage. go ahead. okay. put your spot at where you want to do the maneuver with your other hand. put one hand on top of the other. okay. now, the reason why this is good for, if you're small and you're doing it on someone big is that you don't have to reach around. you use the weight of your body to push down. okay, do that. all right, you see? now, think of how important this is. we have had children 7 and 8 years old save their mother of father this way. >> once someone stops breathing you only have three minutes to save them. >> so what if we're home alone, dr. heimlich? what do we do then? >> well, you can save your own life. so you do it as, first of all, as you would do it to somebody else.

take your fist, below, just below the bottom of the ribcage. and press it in. exactly. now, there's another way you can do it. we have a chair here. you're going to lean the chair against the very same spot. and you're going to press. you've got it. you can save your own life. >> dr. heimlich says it's good to practice the maneuver but only with the help of a trained professional. >> so enjoy yourself when you're learning it and enjoy yourself at any time, but take it very seriously. don't play and make a game of it. okay? >> okay, thank you. thank you, dr. heimlich, for taking the time to show us how to do this correctly. hopefully we'll never have to use it. i'm courtney for "teen kids news." that wraps up our show. >> be sure to check out "teen kids news" again next week. >> see you then!

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