Teens who have smartphones are more likely to be sexually active, according to a study from the University of Southern California; but exactly what the connection is between the two isn't exactly clear. Researc...

A 10-year-old boy who shot and killed his father did so in part because a television show suggested it would be OK. The boy shot his dad—a neo-Nazi—while he slept on the couch. The father was abusiv...

Youth Reading More than AdultsGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:"People don't read anymore.""The Internet is killing books.""Youth can't focus on an ent...

Monster Energy Drinks are being blamed for the deaths of five people including a 14-year-old girl, according to government reports. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is looking into those allegations, and w...

When it comes to how teens behave sexually, fathers may play a pretty significant role. Indeed, new analysis of some recent studies suggest that how close children are to their fathers can make a huge impact on...

Is the Internet killing long-form reading? Are we collectively trading in our novels for Facebook updates and Twitter missives? Not if today's youth have anything to say about it. According to the Pew Research ...

Ad man Alex Bogusky doesn't hate soda, but he sure doesn't like what it's doing to American youth. Bogusky, the guy behind controversial and award-winning ad campaigns for Burger King and Mini Cooper, is trying...

A new study finds that for every hour you spend watching television (once you're past age 25), your life expectancy drops by 21.8 minutes—or, translated into TV time, a full sitcom not counting commercial...

Barney's, an upscale department store in New York, is coming under fire for turning Disney characters into super-skinny runway models. The skinny characters are part of a partnership with Disney to bring its be...

Ostracized teen girls may be more likely to be unhealthy adults, according to a new study from the University of British Columbia. The researchers studied 147 teen girls between the ages of 15 and 19—all ...