Improve Youth Resources and Get Cool Stuff!
If you work with youth, we'd LOVE to get your opinion on a few questions. Your input is so important to us that we are giving away your choice of an iPad Mini2, a FitBit, a GoPro Camera, cash and other fun stuf...
Youth Culture Update: Surprise! Fast-Food Ads Work
Children who watch a lot of fast-food ads tend to eat a lot of that same fast food—especially if those ads promise toys. Researchers from Dartmouth University asked 100 families with young kids (ages 3...
Youth Culture Update: A Weighty Concern
The more teens—especially girls—weigh themselves, the more likely they'll have a negative perception of their bodies, according to a new study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Beh...
Youth Culture Update: The Benefits of Mario Brothers
Video games have their critics. They've been linked to violence and isolation; and lots of folks believe they're simply a waste of time. However, some scientists believe games actually might be good for you...
Youth Culture Lesson: Paris Tragedy
And Dealing with Disaster in Our Own Lives Get downloadable PDF. Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation. About/Disclaimer What Happened It had been a normal night in Paris Friday, Nov. 13, 2015. ...
Making the Connection
For this game, you will need a skein of yarn. Gather your group in a circle and invite each person to hold onto the yarn, and then toss the skein to someone across the circle. Continue this holding and throwing...
Youth Culture Lesson: Tired. Stressed. Bored.
That's What High Schoolers Typically Feel in School
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What Happened:
It's now official: High school's kind of a drag.
Such ar...
Youth Culture Update: Marijuana Users Are Growing, Too
More than 22 million people—10 percent of Americans—use marijuana, according to data from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. That's twice as many who used the drug 10 years ago....