There seems to be a disconnect between what young people are learning about sex, when they acquire their knowledge, and their subsequent sexual behavior. In U.S. schools, there seems to be two methods...

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I wrote my first article for YouthWorker Journal in the fall of 1999. It was about an outreach youth ministry I had developed in Ginghamsburg Church in Tipp City, Ohio. I soon moved back to my hometown of Minne...

American kids take antipsychotic meds at more than six times the rate of children in the United Kingdom. Experts say many of the kids taking these meds on both sides of the pond probably don’t need them. ...

We know auto accidents are the No. 1 killer of teens. A recent study suggests why. According to the study, sponsored by State Farm Insurance and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 75 percent of teen...

France is highly concerned about folks who don’t eat enough. In fact, part of France’s parliament recently passed a bill that would make it illegal to advocate extreme skinniness.A thin excuse for a...

Speaking of depression, a study by the White House Office of National Drug Policy discovered pot-smoking teens are more than twice as likely to battle dark thoughts. Moreover, depressed users were more likely t...

About one out of every 12 adolescents experienced what is termed as major depression last year, according to a study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. About half of those polled ...

Antidepressants, such as Prozac and Zoloft, are among the nation’s most prescribed drugs, and some users have been on them since they were children. Which, for some patients and doctors, brings up an inte...

Under the heading, “Let’s hope they don’t decide to unionize,” The typical mom should earn about $69,135 a year, according to a recent study. The pay grade is based on time moms spend cl...