Youth Culture Lesson: Precious Letters

Dying Child Leaves Notes for Her FamilyGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:In 2006, Elena Desserich, 5, was diagnosed with brain cancer. During the next ...

Fatherhood Is A Team Event

WHO'S YOUR DADDY? -- Moms, it seems, get all the love. When you watch a sporting event, it's rare to see an athlete turn around, wave to the camera and say, "hi, Dad." But fathers can be just as critical to the...

Youth Culture Lesson: Tuning in, Tuning Out?

Kids Viewing More Television than EverGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/Disclaimer What Happened:Children and teens, we know, spend a lot of time in front of screens: Computer...

Youth Culture Update: (Not) The Whole Truth

FATHER LIES BEST -- Most parents teach their children not to lie. But according to a study published in "The Journal of Moral Education," parents lie to their kids all the time. Researchers asked youn...

Youth Culture Lesson: Vamping It Up

Bloodsuckers Take a Bite Out of CultureGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:On Nov. 20, America's most charismatic vampire, Edward Cullen, will return to t...

Dangers of Cheerleading Growing Greater

Two years ago, Patty Phommanyvong was pushed into the air as part of a cheerleading routine for Marshall High School in Los Angeles. But when she came back down, her heart stopped beating. Though paramedics rev...

YouTube — Now Serving a Billion a Day!

YouTube, commemorating its purchase three years ago by Google, announced Oct. 9 that viewers are watching more than 1 billion videos a day. "This is a great moment in our history and we owe it all to you," said...

Surviving Breast Cancer — at 11

When Hannah Powell-Auslam first felt the lump in her chest, she didn't worry much about it and she certainly didn't tell her parents at first. She was, well, a little embarrassed about it. But eventually she d...