Youth Today
Opinion
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2.2KAdults 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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2.9KParents 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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3.2KMany 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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1.6KWhat 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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1.2KYouth 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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1.8KWhy 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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7.9KFive 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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1.5KVideo: Life is Short
Spoken word artist Joseph Green says spoken word poetry is a youth development tool.
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2.1KTechnology 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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2.4KDelinquent 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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3.4KYouth 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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1.8KCreating 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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1.2KFoster 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...
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1.4KAll the Kalief Browders Out There Deserve the Help I Got
I am Kalief Browder. No, seriously. I am him and he is me. We’re each other. In fact, saying that I’m Mr....
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1.6KChildhood Obesity Prevention Serves as Framework to Address Adolescent Substance Use
Adolescence is a developmental period of growth and great potential, but it is also a time of risk-taking and experimentation — including...
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3.1KAsk a Youth Worker: When Was the Last Time You Felt Like You Made a Difference?
Youth Today asked attendees of the National Black Child Development Institute’s annual conference earlier this year about the a recent time they...
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3.0KTalking to a Doctor About Substance Use
Making sure doctors are trained in prevention and treatment is critical. Assuring that addiction is addressed in routine medical practice will help...
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1.4KNew Opportunities to Support Youth Employment
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 was the first reform of the public workforce system in 15 years. Now, Regional...
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Foster Mom Reflects on Family Unification, Separation
My daughter called yesterday with some exciting news. She has decided to go back to school to be a social worker. I...
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Attention Child Savers: Your Double Standards Are Showing
A horrific act of child abuse can be exploited as easily as a horrific act of terrorism. And when a child known...
