Research

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...

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...

The Gun Debate, Round 2: Let’s Learn From Young People, Not Demonize Them

  While investigating the “age-crime curve” literature, we discovered a crucial omission: decades of research associating adolescent age with more crime had...

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...

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...

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

Sexual Initiation, Contraceptive Use, and Pregnancy Among Young Adolescents

Report: Young People Engaging in Less Sexual Activity

A new study in the journal Pediatrics reveals that young people may not be the ravenous, sexual libertines they are often depicted...

Do School Districts Matter?

Study: School District Choice Can Impact Student Achievement

Parents interested in helping their children succeed at school may find that the school district they choose can affect their child’s academic...

Kids that Begin Dating in Middle School Four Times Likelier to Drop Out Than Their Peers

A study recently published in the Journal of Research on Adolescence finds that kids that begin dating in middle school are nearly four times likelier...

Changes in Prevalence of Parent-reported Autism Spectrum Disorder in School-aged U.S. Children: 2007 to 2011–2012

New CDC Report Says As Many as 1-in-50 Children in Nation May Have An Autism Spectrum Disorder

Teens and Technology 2013

Grants Awarded: February – March 2013

  The Nord Family Foundation nordff.org/ (440) 984-3939 Amherst, OH Grants awarded to: The Cleveland Play House, in support of the community...

Online Abuse Predicts Real-Life Dating Violence for Teens

Twenty-five percent of teenagers who are in romantic relationships feel their partners have harassed or even abused them through social media, text...

Teen Child Bearing in Rural America

Looking for Answers to Falling Juvenile Crime Rates

What really works? This is a question that might be asked in a lot of settings, both personal and professional. In my...

Pregnancy More Likely for Rural Teens, Report Finds

According to a report from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, teen birth rates in rural regions of the...

New Report Proposes Financial Aid Reform to Benefit Low-Income Students

A new report released by the Center for Law and Social Policy’s (CLASP) Center on Postsecondary and Economic Success (C-PES) argues that...