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Cleveland Plain Dealer
When children are the abusers(082706) " In Cuyahoga County, juveniles charged with domestic violence now make up 20 percent of kids held in detention.
Bully Battle (Plain Dealer, 032805): "Every day, more than 160,000 students natinally skip school because they're afraid of a bully..."
Magazines
Schools Getting Tough on Internet Bullying (Florida Today, Feb. 2007) "Last year, i-SAFE, a California-based organization, which is funded primarily through the U.S. Department of Defense, surveyed 170,000 school-age children and found: ...About 40 percent of students in grades four through eight have been bullied online, and 35 percent have been threatened online. " article includes more survey results
Conflict Resolution, Making Classrooms Safe for Learning (Perspective, Jan. 2007)
Hitting other youngsters can turn to violence - and chances for academic success greatly diminish when students end up suspended, expelled from school or even dead.
The Bully Solution (Working Mother, October, 2005) "Almost half of middle schoolers in a new UCLA study said they'd recently been harassed by peers."
Lunchtime "Mix Up" at St. Angela's (Westlife, 2004): St. Angela's anti-bullying program.
In many schools, bullying supplants girl power (Plain Dealer, 082704)
Campaign tries to put an end to School Bullying (Island Packet, May 13, 2004)
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Magazines
When your teen wants you to say NO (Good Housekeeping, April, 2005)
"She may whine, shout and try to defy you, but deep down she wants you to lay down the law."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
The hidden, tragic side of teen romance
My Space site focuses on dating, violence (051107): Check out www.myspace.com/realitycheckcleveland
Violence few talk about; Abuse common in relationships among teens (051505)
“15 to 42 percent of high school students nationwide have experienced at least one violent episode from a dating partner.”
Magazines
How much do you know about your daughter's boyfriend? (Good Housekeeping, April, 2004)
"Dating violence is surprisingly common. But for parents, saving an infatuated girl from an abusive guy is a challenging, even dangerous proposition."
Boy Trouble, What should you do when his words hurt? (Teen Vogue, Oct. 2006)
"We were totally in love - but he'd always call me 'dumb'", Audrey, 19
Handling Young Love (Working Mother, Feb. 2005)
"You overhear your 14 year old daughter say that she's "going out" with a boy in school. Before you pull her IM privileges, realize what this means."
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Job-hunting college grads need to tidy up their Web presence (PD May 29, 2007): "The revealing pictures and intimate entries on social networking Web sites are legendary, and savvy college students know to delete them when they start looking for jobs. Prospective employers, after all, peek."
U still up? Teens sending text-messages into wee hours(041407) "From 10pm-midnight, almost a third of teens ina relationship call or text 10-30 times an hour." Too much texting? Suggestions.
All eyes' on student athlete web pages (073006): In the college sports world, there's more at stake: the image of the university, the reputation and safety of the athlete and even potential NCAA violations
Teens put alarming things on blog sites (022106) "an increasing number of otherwise good students are running afoul of both school policy and the law by leaving threatening messages on teen blog sites like myspace..."
Teens Sharing Profiles Online Risk Trouble (121805)
Magazines
Schools Getting Tough on Internet Bullying (Florida Today, Feb. 2007) "Last year, i-SAFE, a California-based organization, which is funded primarily through the U.S. Department of Defense, surveyed 170,000 school-age children and found: ...About 40 percent of students in grades four through eight have been bullied online, and 35 percent have been threatened online. " article includes more survey results
It's 2007, Do you know where your kids are? (Good Housekeeping, March 2007) New technology lets you keep track of them, read their e-mail, even know the speed they're driving. Is it spying - or good parenting?
Meet my 5000 new best pals (USA Today, Sept. 20, 2006) Does friending on a social site make those relationships real?
Help Kids Surf Safely (Working Women, Oct. 2006): "One out of five 10-17 year old kids who went online monthly during a six month period were solicited sexually according to a Youth Internet Survey conducted by the US Department of Justice.
Teens shed light on the cyberspace communication generation (Westlife, Aug. 31, 2006) Cox Cable has partnered with the National Center for Missing andExploited Children to create Take Charge!, a media safety program for children, parents, and educators.
Talkin' 'bout MySpace Generation: Kids' online profiles can hurt job prospects decades down the road (Money, Feb. 1, 2006)
"If you've been out there talking about yourself and posting photos for 10 years, it can have an impact on your job hunt."..
Teens give out MySpace pages instead of phone numbers (USA Today, Jan. 9, 2006)
Adults question its (MySpace) safety (USA Today, Jan. 9, 2006)
Keeping Kids Safe Online:(Working Mother, October, 2004)
"Think about how many times you had to remind you kids not to talk to strangers, the same is true online." |
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Heroin Use - Andy's Story (May 2005)
Shaker Heights teen, Andy Parr Psarras tragically died at age nineteen of an acute drug intoxication on January 16, 2004 involving heroin.
Student held accountable for friends death (Cleveland PD, Oct 14, 2007) One of the five Miami University students charged with helping an underage student from Strongsville get drunk before she was struck and killed by a freight train will enter a program that will allow her to avoid a criminal record in the case, her lawyer says.
Teens top prescription drug users(070805)
Magazine
Debate Over Underage Drinking Continues, OpEd Westlife November 21, 2007: Stephen Wallace, MS. Ed. has broad experience as a school psychologist and adolescent counselor.
43 year old Bainbridge mother is arrested for letting 13 of her daughter's (underage) friends have a drinking party in the basement of her home. Read complete story, May 24, 2007
Drug Free Alliance, March 2007 Newsletter: Includes the latest info about Ohio youth abusing alcohol and other drugs, get the facts.
The Dangerous New High (Readers Digest, Nov. 2006): "Teenagers are stealing pills from your medicie cabinet and sharing them with friends - sometimes with deadly consequences."
Trading for a High: An inside look at a pharming party (Time, August 1, 2005)
Parents Who Host Teen Drinking Parties Are Sending the Wrong Message (Readers Digest, Oct., 2005) |
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Violence few talk about; Abuse common in relationships among teens (051505)
“15 to 42 percent of high school students nationwide have experienced at least one violent episode from a dating partner.”
Rainbow parties: Are teens at risk (Plain Dealer, July, 2005)
Sex Disease Rates Soar in Cleveland (Plain Dealer, July 2005)
Teen Sex: too much too soon (Plain Dealer, July 16, 2005)
A Snapshot of Teen Sex (Time, Feb. 7, 2005)
When teens turn to no-strings sex (Plain Dealer, Nov. 5, 2004)
Study links teen sex, suggestive TV fare (Plain Dealer Sept. 9, 2004)
Sex, drugs and teens a likely mix (Plain Dealer August 20, 2004)
Magazines
Teenage Boys (Time, Aug. 2006) Part 2 of article "Social scientists who study young love are discovering that contrary to popular belief, boys don't just want to have fun."
I spy a Reckless Teen: Reader's Digest, August 2006 Bumper sticker, "How's my teen driving?"
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