Mike MacharskyCommunity Outreach DirectorYMCA/YWCAAllentown, PAThis is in response to the “Child’s Death Not Gun Maker’s Fault” (April 2002). To sue a gun...
James V. DolsonACSWU.S. Administration for Children and FamiliesWashington, DC Mike Males’ column, “Is Joseph Califano a Gateway Drug?” (April 2000) made me...
When Lewis Hine took his historic pictures of child laborers as a photographer for the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) from 1908...
By Karen Pittman There are moments when all your youth work training fails you. I just had one. My son is one...
By Jane QuinnThe term “enrichment” is gaining currency in education and youth development circles, yet precious little has been written about what...
The Enigma of Scientifically Based Youth Work From the strangest quarters, “scientifically based research” leading to government funding decisions is now all...
Michael DublinSouth Central Church of ChristRaleigh, NC Thanks for Andrew Hahn’s column in on Hip-Hop (“Using Hip-Hop in Youth Programs,” March). I...
Robert C. MecumExecutive DirectorLighthouse Youth ServicesCincinnati, OH Thanks for your terrific article about George Belitsos, the CEO of Youth and Shelter Services...
The names of actual groups or programs in the criminal justice, education and social service sectors directly funded by Congress amply illustrate...
Kenneth S. Trump, PresidentNational School Safety and Security ServicesCleveland, OH Small Nonprofits As I read the February issue of Youth Today, I...
Rosemary Tisch, FounderKids Are SpecialFamily Education FoundationSan Jose, CA I just finished reading your [February] article, “U.S. Youth Programs Go Global.” Because...
Early investments have big payoffs. We know this from the High/Scope Perry Preschool Project in Michigan that is often credited for the...
Now that the ink is dry on the recently reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), it’s time to examine the implications...
No national youth policy issue is more off track than the effort to make schools safe for children and staff. A series...
I have never met a “typical teenager.” Sullen, alienated, immature, impulsive, rebellious, obnoxious, immortality-deluded, high-risk? I’ve encountered as many grownups (me, for...
This just in: “Tween” has been chosen as the 2001 Word-of-the-Year by “Webster’s.” Prepubescent 9- to 12-year-olds are enough of a market...
In many people’s minds, welfare teens and teen parents are synonymous. But they’re not. The first group is much larger than the...
America’s ultimate prevention goal is that no teenager ever have sex, drink alcohol, witness explicit media, enjoy free time not rigidly structured...
No, not the sputtering United Way, but the unraveling of Congress’ ill-advised practice of “earmarking” groups in the children and youth field...
Somewhere in the bowels of the White House someone someday somehow will see the connection between the Presidents’ Summit for America’s Future...