Youth

Rite of Passage

Tom W. Watson | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Graduation, Becoming an Adult, Tom Watson, Rites of Passage, Young Adults, Youth, Family, Parents News
Tom W. Watson

The spring of my son's high school graduation became a "rite of passage" ceremony for him. No, we didn't have him sleep outside in the wild and drink milk laced with blood. But we did make a concerted effort to transition him from a boy living at home to a young man in the world.

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What Makes Chinese Youth Tick?: A Quick Q & A With Mary Bergstrom

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Marketing, Consumerism, Youth, China, Shanghai, Books, Culture, All Eyes East, Mary Bergstrom, Books News
Jeffrey Wasserstrom

"Youth in China are doing more than just buying brands and downloading free entertainment, they are quietly and irreverently changing the future of the world we all live in."

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The Inexperience Advantage

Daniel Gulati | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Career Advice, Careers, Personal Effectiveness, Networking, Managing Yourself, Job Advise, Youth, Inexperience, Career Tips, Success and Motivation, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News
Daniel Gulati

Instead of forging the impression of experience, I'd rather we turn the tables and use our inexperience as an advantage in the organizations we work for and the companies we start. In other words, we need to start playing to our strengths.

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What Is It Like to Be a Teenager Today?

Quora | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Education, Aging, Youth, Teenager, Middle School Students, Sociology, High School Students, Youth Culture, High School, Middle School, Students, Social Psychology, Social Research, Teenagers, Culture, Education News
Quora

This question originally appeared on Quora. By James Wang, Quora user I am 18. Let me tell you what life is like. It's awesome and I love it....

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Alicia Keys Reveals Who She Respects Most

Amanda de Cadenet | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Women, The Conversation, Aging, Wisdom, Youth, Interview, Lifetime, Series, Amanda De Cadenet, Alicia Keys, Video, The-Conversation-With-Amanda-De-Cadenet, Women News
Amanda de Cadenet

Amanda and Alicia touch upon society's obsession with being youthful and why Alicia looks up to her elders.

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Do Kids Need to Snack? What the French Know That We Don't

Dina R. Rose | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Youth, Sociology, Nutrition, Fighting Childhood Obesity, Toddlers, Childhood Nutrition, Parenting, Parenting Advice, Childhood Obesity, Parents News
Dina R. Rose

Americans try to prevent hunger. The French cultivate it.

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How Does it Feel to Turn 100?

Warren Adler | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: One Hundred, Living, Youth, Ronald Reagan, Health, Claude Pepper, Aging, 100 Years, 100th Birthday, Turning 100, Healthy Aging, 100, Huff/Post50 News
Warren Adler

When we parted he told me, "There is a point in a long life, young man, when you see the truth of things with absolute clarity. "

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Everything I Needed to Know About the U.N. I Learned in Kindergarten

Suzanne Ehlers | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Reproductive Health, Family Planning, Cpd, Youth, Reproductive Rights, United Nations, Impact News
Suzanne Ehlers

I spent the week at the U.N.'s Commission on Population and Development, immersed in conversations about young people. It made me remember Everything I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten as a frame for the week's lessons.

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Building a New Libya From the Ground Up

Linda Mason | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Women, Libya, Democracy, Youth, Gaddafi, Libya Gaddafi, World News
Linda Mason

we should look at the overthrow of Gaddafi as a beginning, not an end, to one of the most promising political transitions since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Libyans are building a democratic society from the ground up, and that requires the world's engagement.

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We Are All in This Together

Bruce Lesley | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Child Poverty, Education, Social Security, Poverty, Youth, College, Student Debt, Tanf, Youth Unemployment, Student Loans, Stephen Marche, Impact News
Bruce Lesley

The life-long consequences for children in terms of opportunity, education, poverty, health, and the ability to fulfill their God-given potential are disturbing for the current generation of children and youth.

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We Need 'All Hands on Deck' to Save Bullied Teens

Thenera Bailey | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Youth Development, Youth, LGBT Issues, Bullying, LGBT Youth, Teen Suicide, Kenneth Wieshuhn, School Bullying, Adolescence, Impact News
Thenera Bailey

This is not an easy fix. But we can start by deploying what we know works in the youth development arena.

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Restoring The Hope, Dignity Ignited By The Arab Spring

Akhtar Badshah | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Youth, Arab Spring, Tunisia, Youth Unemployment, Tunis, Youth Movement, Microsoft, Social Entrepreneurship, Impact News
Akhtar Badshah

Over the last two days in Tunis I have met with leaders of the business community, government agencies, development agencies and young people, and they all believe that there is hope and the biggest challenge is to restore dignity.

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Connecting Youth to Our National Parks

Tom Kiernan | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Yosemite, Youth, National Parks Conservation Association, National Parks, Diversity, Free Admission to National Parks, National Parks Week, Green News
Tom Kiernan

Our national parks are America's living classrooms.

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It's Time for a Presidential Youth Council

Alex Wirth | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Cncs, White House, Arne Duncan, Youth Vote, Youth, Service, Millennial Generation, Youth Voice, Impact News
Alex Wirth

The federal government must open opportunities for young people to be decision makers nationally, just as communities across the country are already doing.

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Teens in the Tinderbox

Suzanne Ehlers | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Population, Reproductive Health, Youth, Un, Cpd, United Nations, Impact News
Suzanne Ehlers

Young people are sophisticated enough to explore and define their values, and make informed decisions that help safeguard their well-being.

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6 Pieces of Advice to my Younger Self: an INXS Suicide Blonde

Shannon Bradley-Colleary | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Notes to a Suicide Blonde, Notes to Former Self, Reflections on Youth, Advice to My Younger Self, Acting, Youth, Memoir, Writing Screenplays, Nostalgia, The Bold and the Beautiful, Women News
Shannon Bradley-Colleary

Throwing your expensive bachelors degree in journalism out the window to pursue acting despite everyone's doubts will be the best thing that ever happened to you.

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The Startling Truth I Discovered In My Vacation Photos

Elise Sax | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Photos, Women, Aging Parents, Aging, Mother, Youth, Wrinkle Cream, Evolve, Anti-Aging, Transforming, Reflection, Face, Woman, Macy's, Transformation, Mom, Death of a Parent, Huff/Post50 News
Elise Sax

When did this happen? The last I looked, I was pretty much my own self with my own eyes and nose. But now, my mom has taken over, and my cheeks, my chin, my whole profile is hers.

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In the Public Interest : Led by Youth Americans Are Driving Less, But When Will Lawmakers Notice?

Phineas Baxandall | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Infrastructure, Social Media, Green Infrastructure, Driving, Highways, Youth, Biking, Public Transportation, Texting While Driving, Drivers Licenses, Transportation, Texting and Driving Ban, Politics News
Phineas Baxandall

More than older generations, they say that they will sometimes choose to take alternative transportation as a way to help the environment. Will our leaders notice this important trend? You wouldn't know it looking at Congress.

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5.5 Reasons Why Stephen Colbert Is #FixYoungAmerica (And So Can You!)

Dave Kerpen | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Stephen Colbert, American Hero, Young Americans, Youth, Unemployment, Fix Young America, Youth Unemployment, Politics News
Dave Kerpen

The #FixYoungAmerica campaign aims to "shed light on the solutions that can help solve youth unemployment." We are using the power of social media to spread the message, organize a rally, and get Stephen Colbert on board.

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Cindy Y. Rodriguez

WATCH: Boy's Cardboard Arcade Lands Him A College Scholarship

HuffingtonPost.com | Cindy Y. Rodriguez | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: East LA, Caine, Youth, Caine Monroy, East Los Angeles, Latino Prosperity, Los Angeles, Video, Cardboard Arcade, Viral Videos, Arcade Games, Documentary, Small Business News and Trends, Slidepollajax, Caine's Arcade, Latino Voices News

Meet Caine Monroy. He is nine years old and he spent his summer break last year meticulously building a makeshift arcade—appropriately named "Caine...

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Why Caine's Arcade is the Best. Thing. Ever. (VIDEO)

Beverly Macy | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Reddit, Caine's Arcade, Flashmob, Social Web, Nirvan Mullick, Creativity, Youth, Entrepreneurship, Good News News
Beverly Macy

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9-Year-Old Builds His Own Arcade

The Huffington Post | Drew Guarini | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Arcade Games, Small Business News and Trends, Video, Youth, Viral Videos, Los Angeles, Small Business News

Like many other kids his age, Caine Monroy enjoys playing games and going to the arcade. But this 9-year-old from Los Angeles is very different from h...

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The Power Of "I'm Sorry"

Rev. Dr. Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Youth, The Bible, African American Community, Apologies, Blacks, Trayvon Martin, Violence, Racism, Gun Control, World Affairs, Lent, Race, Guns, Gospel of Luke, Religion News
Rev. Dr. Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder

There is something powerful about saying "I'm sorry." Lent forces us to come to grips with the need to both give and receive apologies.

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From Seattle to Singapore: How Microsoft Is Taking Lessons From Young People

Akhtar Badshah | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Education, Social Innovation, Youth, Csr, Youth Unemployment, Impact News
Akhtar Badshah

As part of the events we're launching the Innovate4Good @Microsoft community, a place where young people around the world can come together, collaborate, inspire and support each other.

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MTV Brings Back "Art Breaks"

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Mickalene Thomas, Youth, Rashaad Newsome, Richard Prince, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Mtv Art Breaks, Art Breaks, Video, Jersey Shore, Mads Lynnerup, Mtv, Jani Ruscica, Tala Madani, Contemporary Art, Millenial Generation, MoMA PS1, Arts News

Just when we thought MTV was nothing but "Jersey Shore" reruns, they do something to make us remember the halcyon days when the station actually matte...

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