YCU: Why Teens Take So Many Risks
PLUS: Flash mobs turn violent, U.S. kids unimproved readers, Sony competes with Wii Playing Risk -- Scientists have long been puzzled by the "health paradox" of adolescence: People are at peak physical condi...
Youth Culture Lesson: Changing Their Tune
Teens' Musical Tastes Influenced by PeersGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened: For teens, few things are more important than music. Whether it's Miley Cyru...
YCU: Going Old School with Apprenticeships
PLUS: Facebook beats Google, and Davy Crockett beats 'em both. Apprenticeships: Back to the Future? -- In an effort to provide direction to rudderless youth, the state of Wisconsin is utilizing a time-ho...
Youth Culture Lesson: Exposed
Police Release Photos Taken by Serial Killer Get downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/Disclaimer What Happened:Police in California recently released photos of some women and childr...
Youth Culture Lesson: The Waiting Game
The Controversy Over Abstinence-Only EducationGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/Disclaimer What Happened: New research reveals that pregnancy rates ticked up slightly in 2006 ...
Youth Culture Lesson: Curses!
Teen Inspires State to Curtail CussingGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/Disclaimer What Happened:Some experts believe that our country is becoming less cultured, more crass. W...
YCU: Selling ‘Sexts’
PLUS: Lesbian teen sues to reinstate canceled prom, atheists trade porn for Bibles, more Selling 'Sexts' -- An eighth-grade boy from Massachusetts may face child pornography charges after he sold nude pi...
Youth Culture Lesson: Start Here
Encouraging Teens to Do Hard (and Worthwhile) ThingsGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/Disclaimer What's Up:Ask some adults what they think of when they hear the word teen, and ...
YCU: Violent Games Increase Aggression — Some
PLUS: Teens make roads safer, Internet Craze Endangers Youth, Comedy Central Gets Science-y "Joy" stick? Not So Much -- New analysis of 130 studies shows that violent video games can increase aggression ...
YCU: Drug Use Link to Lack of Sleep
PLUS: Making cussing illegal (sort of), iTunes' one billionth served, cyberbullies, more Lack of Sleep, Drug Use Linked -- Teens who get less than seven hours of sleep a night are more likely to use drugs, a...