Youth Today

Awards for September 2008

Challenging the Media’s Anti-Youth Bullying

The American news media’s relentless crusade against young people is becoming crazier by the day. Networks incessantly replay years-old video of a...

What Youth Programs Teach

  At a recent session of a youth development program, during a Mad Libs activity that served as an icebreaker, one of...

Time to Boost Service-Learning

  Twenty-five years ago, when the National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC) opened its doors, service-learning was a little-known strategy for engaging young...

Letters to the Editor for September 2008

Insult to Youth Regarding “The End of Youth?” article by Andrew Hahn: I do not think Mr. Hahn advances our cause with...

Roommates

  Washington’s most parochial federal office holder might be headed for Texas. No, not short-timer President George W. Bush, but 84-year-old Sen....

Teens Need to Have a Say in Placement

Represent, New York City In foster care, a voice is one of the most important things you need to survive. Without a...

I’m Not Safe Here: Facing Abuse in Foster Care

Represent, New York City Foster care exists to keep kids safe, but sometimes kids who are removed from their homes wind up...

When You Can’t Prove Cause and Effect …

  Program: The Enough Abuse Campaign. Organization: The Massachusetts Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Partnership. Type of Evaluation: Statewide program inventory; pre- and...

Alicia Afterimage

  Lulu Delacre Lee & Low Books 138 pages. $19.95. Just five minutes from her home, 16-year-old Alicia died when her date...

A Moment’s Peace for Parents of Teens:365 Rejuvenating Reflections

  Patricia Hoolihan Search Institute Press 369 pages. $9.95. A writing teacher and mother of two teens offers this postcard-sized “companion, a...

Hooked:New Science on How Casual Sex Is Affecting Our Children

  Joe S. McIlhaney, Freda McKissic Bush Northfield Publishing 163 pages. $17.99. Based on recent findings in neuroscience, obstetrician-gynecologists McIlhaney and Bush...

National Directory of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Programs 2008

  U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Free. This updated nationwide directory of more than 11,000 community substance abuse treatment...

The Cyberbullying Toolkit for Tutors & Mentors

  Vanessa Van Petten and America Learns Free This online toolkit provides clear guidelines for tutors and mentors to help the one...

Katrina’s Children

  Shadow Pictures 83 minutes. DVD. $20 for home use; $100 for schools/libraries/nonprofits/community organizations; $200 for universities/corporations. Nineteen child survivors of Hurricane...

Quality Matters Toolkit: Youth Voice and Engagement

Quality Matters Toolkit: Youth Voice and EngagementUniversity of Minnesota (UM) Extension – Youth Work InstituteFree, 15 pages.(612) 624-7139, http://www.extension.umn.edu/youth/00015.pdf. The Youth Work...

Every Child Matters

  http://www.everychildmatters.org Every Child Matters’ overhauled website keeps users current on the presidential candidates’ positions on issues affecting children and youth. The...

Legal Center for Foster Care and Education (FCE)

  http://www.abanet.org/child/education/home.shtml Through its website, the Legal Center FCE acts as a clearinghouse on legal and policy matters affecting the education of...

Campus Compact

  http://www.compact.org Campus Compact is a growing national network of more than 1,100 post-secondary educational administrators dedicated to promoting community service, civic...

MinyanLand

http://minyanland.com This online community engages youth in interactive games that teach market concepts and financial basics. As players earn and spend MinyanDollars,...