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Immigration Proposal Could Impact Children and Families

This week, the advocacy group First Focus garnered the support of 180 groups to support an amendment to the U.S. Senate’s recent...

Immigration Proposal Could Impact Children and Families

This week, the advocacy group First Focus garnered the support of 180 groups to support an amendment to the U.S. Senate’s recent...

New Survey Reveals Half of Parents Use Children’s Savings To Cover Own Expenses

A new survey of United States parents reveals that almost half of the nation’s moms and dads admit to looting their own...

Demi Lovato, SAMHSA, Raise Awareness About Children’s Mental Health

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Having social relationships and connections to others can help youth overcome metal health issues, addiction and other challenges. That’s the...

Community Center’s Low-Cost Music Program Breaking Down Cultural Walls

  NEW YORK — A shabby community center on the first floor of one of the 12 buildings that make up the...

Nearly A Fifth of Young People At-Risk For Suicide Live in Homes with Guns

An estimated one-fifth of suicidal youth in the United States live in homes with firearms, according to a study presented at the...

In Midst of Mass Closings, Chicago Still Lacks Long-Term Schools Plan

From The Chicago Bureau At a small church with boarded windows in Far South Side Chicago, Jackie Leavy is scrambling for a...

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...