The House of Representatives Wednesday passed a new farm bill, which includes cuts the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), often referred...
Following her teen son’s suicide, Tina Long leads a charge to change how schools respond to bullying incidents. Photo courtesy Tina...
By the time Cheryl Sharp was 18 years old, she had attempted to end her own life on three separate occasions. Her...
Dr. Matthew Wintersteen, director of research at the Thomas Jefferson University Medical College’s Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, spent five years...
Most all youth-serving organizations rely upon criminal background checks (CBC) to filter out applicants with sex offenses. According to Michael Johnson, youth...
Nearly a year after the mass shooting that resulted in the deaths of 20 children, officials in Connecticut have released a summary...
Fewer Kentucky children died as a result of abuse and neglect in a 2012-2013 evaluation period than in the 2011-2012 period, despite...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), adolescent use of electronic cigarettes doubled from 2011 to 2012, with an...
Governments should promote the “human right to housing,” according to a resolution passed by the American Bar Association (ABA). “The American Bar...
The Ebinport youth football team runs onto the field at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., prior to the preseason game...
Dr. Steve Rowson, of Virginia Tech’s Center for Injury Biomechanics, recently released a report evaluating injuries in youth football. “There are more...
A report recently published by Pew Internet & American Life Project finds that seven out of 10 kids in the United States...
A recent report published in the Nature journal Neuropsychopharmacology says that routine adolescent marijuana use may result in permanent brain dysfunction. Researchers...
Spencer Helgren, 16, (pictured above and below) a high school football player from Westwood High School in the Upper Peninsula, Mich., suffered...
According to researchers at Duke University, children who grew up in poverty are more likely to become cigarette smokers as adults —...
The International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children and the National Association of Attorney Generals urged Congress in July to make changes...
The returning students at Clarksville High School will be met by more than 20 armed personnel when classes resume in August, as...
Adolescents who receive serious injuries from fights may experience something even worse than the sting of defeat: a significant drop in their...
Mississippi State University received a $2 million grant last week to research substance abuse prevention and treatment options for the state’s juvenile...
Australian researchers have published findings that dispute previous studies linking early puberty with greater likelihoods of young people developing mental health issues....