Financial independence is an increasingly difficult milestone for youth to reach, according to a new survey. About 25 percent of teens say they likely still will need cash from their parents through their mid-2...

On the last day of their annual meeting, the Southern Baptists condemned a recent decision by the Boy Scouts of America to allow gay Scouts to participate. However, the language in the resolution was milder tha...

Man of Steel Shows His MetalGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:Superman flies into movie theaters with the release of Man of Steel, a retelling of the su...

In an effort to lower its teen pregnancy rate (about one-and-a-half times the national average), Chicago is trying to draw attention through a controversial advertising campaign featuring teen boys apparently p...

A New Zealand teen under house arrest has asked to serve the rest of his term in prison. Why? He ran out of video games to play. The 19-year-old was 10 months into his 11-month in-house sentence when he called ...

As more adults are taking prescription medications, more children are being poisoned by them, according to research published in Pediatrics. Researchers found that between 2001 and 2008, pediatric emergency roo...

More people who identify as practicing Christians have read Fifty Shades of Grey than The Hobbit, according to a new study by the Barna Group.For the poll, researchers looked at books that had some sort of ente...

Literature, dying? Kids aren't reading anymore? Au contraire. While book publishing has seen better days, young adult books are booming, according to the Association of American Publishers. In 2012, sales for Y...

Teens Talk About the Most Popular—and Unpopular—Social NetworkGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:A full 94 percent of American teens have a F...

More than three-fourths of Americans believe religion is on the wane in the country, according to a study by Gallup. Most of those same Americans say that's really a shame. While 77 percent of respondents said ...