Youth Today
Guest Opinion Essay
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4.0KHow Grief Goes Unnoticed in Foster Children — and the Underlying Trauma It Can Cause
I have attended several funerals during my lifetime. At one, when I was still in high school, I remember watching the mother...
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1.4KABA Task Force Wants to Help Disrupt School-to-Prison Pipeline
The school-to-prison pipeline is one of our nation’s most pressing challenges, that all of us must help reverse. Not only do these...
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2.3KPlaying Offense: Behavioral Health Interventions During Adolescence Is Our Best Shot
In the behavioral health field, it is clear that the most high-stakes developmental period is adolescence, when mental illness and substance use...
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3.4KHelping Young Veterans Find Work after Military Service
Young veterans need support in finding and maintaining a job, let alone a career pathway with family-sustaining wages.
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1.4KFederal Commission’s Recommendations on Child Fatalities Would Backfire
Had I bought a ticket when the Powerball lottery jackpot reached more than $1 billion, odds are I would not have won....
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1.3KMy Ongoing Battle with Substance Abuse
“I was only 11 years old, but my age didn’t stop me from falling into the same trap my father did.” A...
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1.4KForget ‘Just Say No’: This Is How Nation Can Reduce Youth Substance Use
Substance misuse can have long-term adverse effects on physical and mental health, academic and career attainment, relationships, and being part of a...
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1.8KAdults Play an Important Role in Addressing Teen Dating Violence
February is an important month for adults who care about young people. No, not for Valentine’s Day or President’s Day but Teen...
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2.2KParents as First Responders in Adolescent Substance Use
Studies show that 90 percent of people with substance use disorders began using during their teen years when the brain is still...
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2.5KMany Paths to Recovery, Reducing Shame, Increasing Self-Advocacy
For the past five years, Young People in Recovery has worked within the youth and young adult recovery advocacy space to normalize...
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1.2KWhat Is Wrong With the Recovery Movement?
Justin Luke Riley's candid approach to recovery from opioid and other addictions: "I should have a mission every day to make sure...
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894Youth Now Have Fighting Chance at Rehabilitation
Ever send your kid to his room to “think about what he’s done” in order to give him time to be alone...
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1.4KWhy School Suspensions Don’t Work
I never had a student change his behavior for the better because he was suspended. Most of the time students returned and...
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6.5KFive Questions That Will Help You Help Kids by Asking About Pets
Do you ever ask young people you serve to talk about their pets? If not, you may be missing out on a...
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1.2KVideo: Life is Short
Spoken word artist Joseph Green says spoken word poetry is a youth development tool.
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1.5KTechnology of Empathy: Spoken Word Helps Youth Develop and Contribute
Through spoken word poetry, we realize we are not alone, which gives us license to tear down the walls that keep us...
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1.8KDelinquent By Reason of Poverty
In mid-November, an 8-year-old boy in Birmingham, Alabama, was charged with the murder of a 1-year-old girl named Kelci Lewis. Authorities announced...
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2.7KYouth Developers Are American Dream Builders
The unconditional love necessary to support building the American Dream starts with accessing high-quality education. As the knowledge base grows, so should...
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1.4KCreating a Safe Environment for Teens Experiencing Digital Abuse
It can be far too easy to hide behind a screen in today’s hyperconnected world — whether it’s commenting anonymously or simply...
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915Foster Care System Repeatedly Let Them Down, But They Survived
My favorite memory from this past holiday season has to be Thanksgiving dinner with two of my former foster kids. They spent...
