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Meeting calcium needs in the teen years helps prevent bone-density loss and osteoporosis in later life. A teen girl needs 1, milligrams of calcium per day for healthy bones, according to the Office of Dietary Supplements. But a teenage girl doesn't need to drink milk at all; other foods can supply calcium. Humans are the only mammals who drink milk after infancy. Many Americans have lactose intolerance and can't drink milk without experiencing side effects.

Brittany Natale, the curator of the Teen Dream art show, found all of these girls through Instagram, hashtags, and online zines. Yeah, seriously, she was like two? I remember being a freshman in high school and being really quiet about a lot of things and self-conscious about a lot of things. Because of that, I have a lot of anxiety. I was going to be outspoken. I started honing in on that female strength and standing up for myself.

Whether it is an infant who is drinking breast milk or an iron-fortified baby formula that is based on cow's milk or soy milk, a preschooler drinking chocolate milk, or a teenager drinking low-fat milk, milk is an important part of child nutrition. After all, milk has even had its own food group. In addition to providing children with a variety of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients to keep kids healthy, milk is especially important to help build and maintain strong bones. Although most parents think of cow's milk when they think of milk, there are actually a wide variety of milk and other non-dairy milk drinks that can usually substitute for milk. Many kids don't drink enough milk, which is unfortunate because fortified milk is a good source of many important vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients.

Newser — When Alaska teen Kaleena Pysher learned she was pregnant at 18, she knew firsthand what it would take to have a baby so young—her sister had a child at 14—and decided adoption was best. The nowyear-old wanted to give her child good parents and a good education, something she felt she couldn't do, and when she learned a former babysitter was looking to adopt, she knew she had found the right fit. She spent her pregnancy sending the adoptive parents updates. But there was something else the teen wanted to give: breast milk. After learning from a home health nurse that "when a baby is fed breast milk, they are just way ahead of the game" she realized she wanted to pump and mail the milk to the baby girl.