One gets discouraged reading about the insane excesses of America’s teenagers, but from two articles that I read this morning, it seems the UK’s parents have more to combat than we presently do here in America.
The first article explains that it is legal in the UK for parents to give alcohol to children as young […]
Long a leader in teenage crisis intervention, a new study reveals that the new DARE program, “Take Charge of Your Life”, is producing positive results with pre-adolescents.
“…those students who received the New D.A.R.E. 7th grade program, “Take Charge of Your Life,” continued in the 8th grade to have improved scores on decision-making skills and beliefs […]
“In the last five years, the rate of reported cases of infectious syphilis among the 15-19 age group has more than doubled, from 10 in each 100,000 of population in 1956 to 22 last year. The rate of reported gonorrhea among teen-agers has risen from 408 for each 100,000 of population to 428. The total […]