Youth Today

Tobacco Use in 13 States

A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study shows youths 18 to 24 who smoke cigarettes are more likely to use...

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Challenges in Serving Rural American Children through the Summer Food Service Program

Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) sites across the country are failing to reach a large majority of children in rural areas, according...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

A Giant in Recovery is Shot Down

David Lewis David Lewis, 54, a towering figure in prisoner and addiction rehabilitation in his hometown of East Palo Alto, Calif.,...

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Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, National Survey of Family Growth 2006-2008

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention This new report makes clear that not all teens are motivated to avoid pregnancy,...

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U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study: Psychological Adjustment of 17-year-old Adolescents

Pediatrics Children raised since birth in lesbian-mother families display healthy psychological adjustment and outperform their heterosexual- and male homosexual-raised counterparts in...

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Youth Tobacco Sales

U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) The national rates of tobacco sales to minors showed a slight increase...

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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance – United States, 2009

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nearly three-quarters of American students – 72.5 percent – have drunk alcohol by the...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Out With It: Gay and Straight Teens Write About Homosexuality

Edited by Al DesettaYouth Communication2nd edition. 153 pages. $13.95 paperback. This anthology of 25 heartfelt essays captures the gay teen experience....

Weekly Notes: Walsh Act Delayed; LWOP in Penn.; Illinois’ mental health problem; and more

***Pennsylvania leads the nation in two things: cheese steak consumption and locking up juveniles for life without parole (LWOP). One of those...

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Parenting and Child Development in Adoptive Families: Does Parental Sexual Orientation Matter?

A pressing question regarding the effectiveness of certain adoptive parents has increasingly found its way into courtrooms, resulting in legal proceedings and...

News

Congress Passes Law to Reduce Crack/Cocaine Sentencing Disparities

President Barack Obama is expected to sign a bill passed by the House of Representatives Wednesday that will reduce the gap in...

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2010 Kids County Data Book

Some improvements in child well-being during the 1990s stalled in the first years of the 2000s, just before the recession began, according...

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Healing Invisible Wounds: Why Investing in Trauma-Informed Care for Children Makes Sense

This policy brief says that not enough is being done by the juvenile justice and criminal justice systems to address the issues...

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What Is So Special About Male Adolescent Sexual Offending? A Review and Test of Explanations Through Meta-Analysis

A new study may have debunked the notion that adolescent sex offenders are usually socially inept, calling into question widely accepted treatment...

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America’s Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2010

This brief confirms that the average eighth-grade math scores nationwide have reached an all-time high, and teen smoking is at its lowest...

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Ten Ways to Promote Educational Achievement and Attainment Beyond the Classroom

As part of a larger effort to provide students with more successful educational experiences, this report offers suggestions to out-of-school-time staffers on...

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The Effectiveness of Mandatory-Random Student Drug Testing

This report has found that although drug testing of high school students has a slight positive impact on their past-month drug...

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The Worst of Times: Children in Extreme Poverty in the South and Nation

In 2008, 5.7 million children were living in extreme poverty – subsisting on half or less than what constitutes poverty in this...

Opinion

Weekly Notes: Juvenile Court Stats; Profs for JJPDA Reauthorization…and more

NEWS *** The Pittsburgh-based National Center for Juvenile Justice published its Juvenile Court Statistics 2006-2007 online last week, and also released four...

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