Study: Trauma Shortens Lives

A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests seriously rough childhoods can translate into truncated lives. Children who go through repeated episodes of physical or emotional trauma ...

A Violent World

Parents often worry about how much violence children are exposed to in media—television, music, video games. But according to new figures from the Justice Department, a more serious problem may be th...

Tech Talk: Smell My Vengeance!

Catch a glimpse of some modern platform video games, and you might mistake them for live action. Graphics are getting so good that it's hard to see how the next generation of game designers will improve up...

Tech Talk: iWithdrawl

With some trepidation, 10th graders at a Los Angeles-area high school unplugged themselves from all electronic devices for an entire week this April—part of an experiment by homeroom teacher Shannon...

Schooled: Pro Athletes Going Back to Class

Schooled: Pro Athletes Going Back to ClassGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:Professional athletes have it made, right? They make millions of dollars to ...

A Craving for ‘Halo’

A new study published in Psychological Science suggests that nearly one of every 10 children is addicted, on some level, to video games. The study, conducted by Douglas Gentile, director of research for t...

Youth Culture Lesson: Death on the Street

16-year-old Killed in Chicago by GangGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:On Sept. 24, 2009, 16-year-old Derrion Albert savagely was beaten to death by a n...