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A DAREing Rescue

They had sparred long distance through newspapers and on TV, but they met for the first time over coffee and bagels in...

Anti-Drug Programs that Work?

Project Northland Developed by University of Minnesota, this program targets sixth- through eighth-graders and seeks to delay the age at which teens...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Controlling My Temper

By Christopher A. Bogle, 17 When I got back to my group home one Friday night, a staff member named Robert was...

Research

Couch Potatoes Beware

The debate about the impact of TV violence continues (see Research Watch, Feb. 2001), but there is growing evidence that TV viewing...

Opinion

Now Try This

Two teens are dead and 18 are wounded in more school shootings, this time in surburban San Diego. The carnage revealed some...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

I Don’t Know What the Word ‘Mommy’ Means

By Youniqiue Symone, 16 If you looked at any of my baby pictures, you would see a happy little girl who was...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

The President’s Budget & Kids

By Sue Badeau In February President George W. Bush unveiled his budget “blueprint” for Fiscal Year 2002. The 175-page document presents his...

Opinion

Lies, Damn Lies, and ‘Youth Risk’ Surveys

Scary survey finding: 300,000 (says the Hamilton Fish National Institute) to 350,000 (says the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health) youths take...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Supreme Court Hears ‘Good News’

A U.S. Supreme Court verdict is being awaited following the recent oral argument over a case involving a faith-based youth program that...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Sports Score Big in ERs

Sports-related injuries account for some 25 percent of emergency room visits for young people ages five to 24, according to a report...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Advocates Push Education for Homeless Youth

A coalition of nine homeless and child advocacy organizations is pushing a bill to expand the education of homeless children and youth. They’re...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Briefly…

Accidental Jail Sentence – After it was revealed that a 13-year-old Atlanta boy spent 43 days in Fulton County jail for shoplifting...

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Trumpeting For Fatherhood

It has been a sterling year so far for fathers, at least for GOP advocates of pro-father policies. But first we note...

► Newsmakers

Guns Are Back

“I refuse to leave any child behind in America,” says President George W. Bush. Here are four: Randy Ruiz, 17, and Brian...

Bush Plan Stirs Excitement, Anxiety

Amid all the rhetoric about separation of church and state, one of the most crucial battles brewing over President George Bush’s faith-based...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Ex-Convicts Connect With Kids

Position wanted: Working with kids. Education: High school dropout. Honors: Top drug salesman for street gang. Convicted of drug trafficking and weapons...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

From Serving Time to Serving Youth Ex-Cons Turned Youth Workers

John Artis, youth counselor, Norfolk Juvenile Detention Center, Virginia – Convicted with boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter in the 1966 slaying of three...

Opinion