Youth Culture Update: Changing Body Image

"If you could change one thing about your body, what would it be?" According to a new video by soap manufacturer Dove, children and adults answer that question in remarkably different ways. Adults offered a ...

Youth Culture Update: Not Child’s Play

Toy makers, who have watched their profits stagnate through the years, are turning to an unusual source to goose profits: pint-size YouTube reviewers. Evan YouTubeHD (not, of course, his real name) is one ...

Youth Culture Lesson: Banned

Fault in Our Stars Kicked Out of California Middle School Get downloadable PDF. Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation. About/Disclaimer What Happened: A committee for the Riverside (Calif.) Un...

Youth Culture Update: Not Pretty

Barbie, Mattel's iconic fashion doll, is being battered by competition from Monster High dolls (also from Mattel), and a gravitation toward other toys. According to Forbes, Barbie's sales have dropped 14 p...

Youth Culture Update: Predictable Problems

Kids who make bad decisions when they're younger have more problems as they get older, according to a follow-up study published in the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. Researchers initially studied 100...

Youth Culture Update: Potty-Mouth Activism

An online ad featuring little girls dropping f-bombs, ostensibly for a good cause, has gone viral and stirred up controversy. The ad, which features girls ages 6 to 13 bedecked in princess outfits, seems...

Youth Culture Update: Playing at Controversy

It's been more than 15 years since Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold attacked Columbine High School in Aurora, Colo., killing 12 students and one teacher; but it's back in the news thanks to a play set to premiere ...