Youth Today

Fairfax Fed Up With Lunch-Line Thieves

   The Washington Post Video cameras will monitor Fairfax County, Va., high school cafeterias for the first time this fall, to keep...

Number of Teen Shooting Deaths Drops to Decade Low

  The Sacramento Bee The number of Sacramento County teens who have been killed in 2008 is the lowest in at least...

Too Few Low-Income College Students?

  The Christian Science Monitor Getting a college education in the United States requires more than just good grades and hard work;...

Graffiti Vandals Turn Violent in LA

  The Associated Press/USA TODAY In Los Angeles, graffiti taggers are turning violent when confronted by members of the community, and three...

How To … Increase the Youth Vote

  Photo: Marc Nozell Here’s something you don’t often hear before an election: The youth vote is expected to be big. It’s...

AMEN Dogs (Academy of Missouri Educational Network of Graduate Dogs)

  Warrenton, Mo. (636) 456-3115http://www.amendogs.org Objective of the program: Helping youth develop life skills through animal therapy. Furry staffers: Faun Collett with...

Danielle Warthen

  Danielle Warthen Director of Clinical ServicesThe Children’s CenterSalt Lake City, Utah(801) 582-5534http://www.tccslc.org. Age: 26 About Children’s Center: The Children’s Center works...

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...