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Public Kid vs. Private Kid Divide in One New York Community Turns Dangerous

SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. — On the evening of April 23, the members of the the East Ramapo Central School District’s board passed,...

Smokers of Fake Pot Risk Turning into Zombies, Says New Ad Campaign

Health officials from the District of Columbia have a stern warning for youths living in the nation’s capital: using synthetic marijuana may...

Even in Digital Age, Libraries Still Considered Crucial to Youth Development by Most U.S. Parents

According to a new Pew Internet & American Life Project poll, 94 percent of parents with children under the age of 18...

Bill Could Impact Marijuana-Using Parents in Colorado

Last week, advocates in Denver convened at the state Capitol to discuss Senate Bill 278, a piece of legislation that would establish...

Researchers Find Exposure to Porn Makes Young People More Sexually Active, …Slightly More

Researchers recently published findings in the Journal of Sexual Medicine that teenagers and young adults in the Netherlands who watch sexually explicit...

Unemployment from a Child’s Perspective

Advocates See Impacts from Sequester, Brace for More

In the lead-up to federal budget sequestration, advocates warned of dire consequences for services to children and youth. Now, with sequestration in...

Sidebar: The Effects of Sequestration on Juvenile Justice in Colorado

Many state juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs have yet to see cuts due to sequestration, but the impacts may be felt...

When Parents are Unemployed, Children Suffer

Job loss significantly impacts children; federal programs could do more As jobless rates remain high, federal and state support systems could do...

CDC Advisory Committee Discusses Breast Cancer Prevention for Young Women

Members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women met last week to...

New Study Suggests That Women Who Experienced Abuse as Children Are More Likely To Have Autistic Offspring

  According to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry, women who experienced abuse during childhood may be likelier to have children with autism. The...

MADD Says Drunk Driving Deaths Represent Only a Third of All Underage Alcohol Fatalities

Last week, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) announced new data indicating that almost seven-out-of-10 underage drinking deaths in the United States are...

Different Law, Different Experience for Sexually Exploited Children

Left: Francine Sherman; ” There’s always some discussion of what fits” the definition of child sexual exploitation, said Francine Sherman, a professor...

Memo to Kids: Do Not Take the Cinnamon Challenge

A new report published in the journal Pediatrics warns parents of a bizarre — albeit, immensely popular — fad among young people,...

Social, Demographic, and Health Outcomes in the 10 Years Following Adolescent Depression

Mix of Heart, Strategy Lifts Youth

While working on a brochure for Mohawk Industries, Echo Garrett heard many stories about the company’s then-vice president of marketing, Sam Bracken....

The Debate Over School Resource Officers

Opinions about the use of school resource officers (SROs) in public schools appear to fall along the same contentious fault lines as...

Depressed Teens at Higher Risk of Mental Illness as Young Adults

A study recently published in the Journal of Adolescent Health finds that individuals experiencing depression during their teenage years are likelier than...

Healthy Self-talk can Help Teens Cope

It is very likely that the teens we encounter know someone with a drug or alcohol addiction, considering that there are 17...

Partnerships Keep Summer Jobs Programs for Teens Alive

On a frigid February day in Boston, hundreds of young people backed by Mayor Thomas Menino rallied outside the statehouse for increased...