Youth Culture Update: It’s Baaaack!

Better brush up on your Furbish. Hasbro's Furby, one of the most popular toys of the late 1990s, is coming back with a high-tech update—and a much heftier price tag. As you may recall, Furby was one of th...

Youth Culture Update: (Too) Easy A

Many children don't feel as though they're being challenged in school, according to a new study by the Center for American Progress. Researchers found that 57 percent of eighth graders find their history classe...

Youth Culture Lesson: Picture Perfect

Teen Pushes Mag to Change WaysGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:Julia Bluhm didn't like what she was seeing. The pictures of girls and women she saw in ...

Youth Culture Update: Dangerous Season

Summertime's supposed to be a season filled with baseball, iced tea and barefoot walks. However, for many teens summer may also be a time when they try drugs or alcohol for the first time. On any given day in J...

Youth Culture Update: About Face on Facebook

Teens still love to communicate and congregate online—but are steering away from Facebook these days. In a recent poll by the market research company Conquest, more than 30 percent of teens say they've ei...