How can we understand the confluence of factors behind rising crime rates involving our youth, changing sensibilities toward bullying, and violence in our society?
Police are searching for teens involved in a massive Queen brawl that was caught on video and uploaded to WorldStarHipHop.com. A 14-year-old girl ...
Our changes must go beyond simple gun control; they must be thoughtful, comprehensive and persistent. Controlling the proliferation of guns is important, but supporting educational and community programs are our best bet to break the cycle of violence.
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Guns shouldn't be in the hands of crazy people who are likely to use them to commit murder. But there are two problems with this emerging "national conversation" about guns and mental illness.
School counseling provides a unique setting for students to address their needs related to dating violence. However, our nation's high school counselors may be ill-equipped to assist students.
If only I had heard that love is not a Pop 40 song when I was younger, I would have been spared suffering that was neither noble nor useful.
Even if you weren't aware of Phoebe Prince, the story probably seems all too familiar these days. You feel a little sick to your stomach. You are stunned by yet another horrible story of virulent, unchecked bullying. What is happening in our schools? Our neighborhoods?
By focusing on action at the expense of introspection, The Hunger Games misses an opportunity to teach a real lesson about cyclical violence, the role we all play in perpetuating it, and our responsibility to make the right decisions.
Two teenagers allegedly attacked a 13-year-old boy and set him on fire with gasoline in what police in Missouri are investigating as a possible hate c...
Let's make sure we are teaching our sons and daughters that violence in relationships is not normal, and not OK.
OCALA, Fla. — A judge has placed seven central Fla. teens on home detention after they were charged with punching and kicking a 13-year-old girl...
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. -- A 16-year-old high school student in North Carolina is being charged with murder in the dragging death of another teenager. E...
We've all heard adults claim that violent video games lead to violence in kids and teens, but is this the real story? Are teens who play violent video...
Sure, we all know that soda can make you gain weight and can cause cavities, but there could be another, more surprising reason for you to steer clear...
Students in Chicago's After School Matters program, which supports student participation in after school enrichment programs by providing participants...
A 14-year-old boy has been charged in a fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy Monday afternoon in Washington Park. Steven McGee, who police originall...
MARTINSVILLE, Ind. — A central Indiana teenager convicted of shooting a former middle school classmate was sentenced to 30 years in prison Frida...
MARTINSVILLE, Ind. — A central Indiana teenager who insisted for weeks that he hadn't intended to kill a former classmate admitted in court Mond...
According to the latest research, unsupervised hanging out is nothing but trouble. But trouble is, what trouble? Or, compared to what? New research i...
I don't want to discount the effort it takes to get the federal government to declare a national Teen Dating Violence Awareness month. Yet I wonder, now that we have it, what good is it going to do us?
The regenerative power of youth can heal violence and kids just have to be empowered to do so. The Center for Teen Empowerment does just this -- giving kids a voice and hope for the future.
If you're scratching your head in disgust about the level of violence among teens--and the online "bragging rights" that follow--good. Now is not the time to get desensitized.
Chicago does not deserve the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. What the people of Chicago deserve is a domestic Marshall Plan -- an action agenda that will, once and for all, deal with the city's problems.
MIAMI — One student stabbed another to death during a fight Tuesday in a courtyard at their suburban high school, authorities said. School offi...
