All posts tagged "Violence"

The Special Challenges of LGBTQ Youth in Rural America

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Being in the minority is tough in any locale, but LGBTQ youth in rural America face challenges their...

A longitudinal twin study of physical aggression during early childhood: evidence for a developmentally dynamic genome

Sorry, Prison Rape Jokes About Justin Bieber Aren’t Funny

I don’t think rape is funny, and I don’t find jokes about rape entertaining. A lot of people might feel the same...

Hospitalizations Due to Firearm Injuries in Children and Adolescents

A Grieving Mother’s Quest to End Bullying

  Following her teen son’s suicide, Tina Long leads a charge to change how schools respond to bullying incidents. Photo courtesy Tina...

Why Teens Commit Suicide: And What Can Be Done to Prevent It?

By the time Cheryl Sharp was 18 years old, she had attempted to end her own life on three separate occasions. Her...

What to do if you think a child is considering suicide

Dr. Matthew Wintersteen, director of research at the Thomas Jefferson University Medical College’s Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, spent five years...

Getting at the Roots of Trauma

  When violence and mental illness stem from adverse childhood experiences. Eddie Bocanegra grew up in Chicago’s mostly Mexican-American Pilsen neighborhood in...

After Newtown, School Districts Across Nation Ask What it Takes to Make Kids Safe

  After the shooting at Newtown, Conn. last year, Superintendent Matt Dossey launched a program to arm a select group of staff...

Sports-Related Concussions in Youth: Improving the Science, Changing the Culture

Changing the Course for Infants and Toddlers

Is Citywide Afterschool Coordination Going Nationwide?

Q&A With Patrick Boyle, Author of ‘Scout’s Honor’

First, the scout leaders befriended the boys, then mentored them … and ultimately, molested them.  And then, all too often, the scout...

Poor Quality Housing Is Tied to Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Problems

Results from the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Summary of National Findings

California Survey Shows Troubling Portrait of Children’s Lives

San Jose Mercury News / (MCT) PALO ALTO — More than 4 percent of seventh-graders have brought a gun to school, more...

Best Practices

Best Practices Child abuse and neglect is a thorny problem, but there are programs that have been proven successful in reducing abuse...

In Arkansas, Paying Teachers to Bring Concealed Weapons to School

The returning students at Clarksville High School will be met by more than 20 armed personnel when classes resume in August, as...