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What All Youth Sports Program Managers Should Know

The Ebinport youth football team runs onto the field at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., prior to the preseason game between the Carolina Panthers and New York Giants on Aug. 13, 2011....

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ABA Urges US to Promote Housing as a Human Right

Governments should promote the “human right to housing,” according to a resolution passed by the American Bar Association (ABA). “The American Bar Association urges governments to promote the human...

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CDC Finds Teens Using E-Cigarettes Doubled Last Year

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), adolescent use of electronic cigarettes doubled from 2011 to 2012, with an estimated 1.78 million teens last year reporting use of...

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Kentucky Child Abuse Deaths Lower in 2013

Fewer Kentucky children died as a result of abuse and neglect in a 2012-2013 evaluation period than in the 2011-2012 period, despite an increase in reported cases of abuse and neglect, the state’s...

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Long-Awaited Report Reveals New Information on Sandy Hook Shooter

  Sandy Hook Elementary in Newton, Ct. Photo by Robert Stolarik Nearly a year after the mass shooting that resulted in the deaths of 20 children, officials in Connecticut have released a summary...

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How Can Youth Service Providers Keep Sex Offenders Out?

Most all youth-serving organizations rely upon criminal background checks (CBC) to filter out applicants with sex offenses. According to Michael Johnson, youth protection director of the Boy Scouts of...

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What to do if you think a child is considering suicide

Dr. Matthew Wintersteen, director of research at the Thomas Jefferson University Medical College’s Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, spent five years working at the Children’s Hospital of...

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Why Teens Commit Suicide: And What Can Be Done to Prevent It?

By the time Cheryl Sharp was 18 years old, she had attempted to end her own life on three separate occasions. Her first attempt occurred when she was just 13. Despite having many friends and social...

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A Grieving Mother’s Quest to End Bullying

  Following her teen son’s suicide, Tina Long leads a charge to change how schools respond to bullying incidents. Photo courtesy Tina Long.    Most of Tyler Long’s teachers loved him because he...

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House Passes Farm Bill Cutting SNAP $8.6 Billion Over 10 Years

  The House of Representatives Wednesday passed a new farm bill, which includes cuts the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), often referred to as food stamps, that could impact as many...

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What All Youth Sports Program Managers Should Know

The Ebinport youth football team runs onto the field at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., prior to the preseason game between the Carolina Panthers and New York Giants on Aug. 13, 2011....

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Researchers Question Link Between Early Puberty and Adolescent Behavioral...

Australian researchers have published findings that dispute previous studies linking early puberty with greater likelihoods of young people developing mental health issues. The report, recently...

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Mississippi State University Gets $2 Million to Study Juvenile Substance...

Mississippi State University received a $2 million grant last week to research substance abuse prevention and treatment options for the state’s juvenile justice population. The Starkville, Miss.,...

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Serious Injuries from Fights Lead to IQ Loss in Kids

Adolescents who receive serious injuries from fights may experience something even worse than the sting of defeat: a significant drop in their IQ. The first-of-its-kind report, recently published in...

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In Arkansas, Paying Teachers to Bring Concealed Weapons to School

The returning students at Clarksville High School will be met by more than 20 armed personnel when classes resume in August, as administrators at the northwest Arkansas school have permitted nearly two...

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Proposed Update to Federal Law Could Help Catch Online Child Sex Traffickers

The International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children and the National Association of Attorney Generals urged Congress in July to make changes to a federal law that would allow local authorities...

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Poor Children More Likely to Smoke, But Less Likely to Binge Drink, According...

According to researchers at Duke University, children who grew up in poverty are more likely to become cigarette smokers as adults — but at the same time, they may also be less likely to engage in...

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Tackling Sports Safety Head On

Spencer Helgren, 16, (pictured above and below) a high school football player from Westwood High School in the Upper Peninsula, Mich., suffered a concussion playing football. Here, he puts on his new...

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Adolescent Marijuana Use May Result in Permanent Cognitive Dysfunction,...

A recent report published in the Nature journal Neuropsychopharmacology says that routine adolescent marijuana use may result in permanent brain dysfunction. Researchers at the University of Maryland...

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New Pew Study Looks at Teens, Online Privacy and Where Kids Turn for Help

A report recently published by Pew Internet & American Life Project finds that seven out of 10 kids in the United States have sought advice from others regarding the best ways to ensure online...

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