Do virginity pledges make a difference in whether or when teens have sex?
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Teen Pregnancy and Foster Care
Teen pregnancy is more prevalent in teenage girls that are in foster care vs girls that are not. Why are these teens at such high risk for pregnancy?
Read More »Online Predators: What Do We Know, and What Can We Do?
Are online predators a real threat to children and teenagers? A psychology professor at UCLA studied chat rooms for teens and found explicit sexual exchanges, joking about physical violence and assaults, aggression, and disturbing exchange involving racial prejudice.
Read More »Risk Factors and Warning Signs for Youth Suicide: Smoking, Drinking, Marijuana, Family Problems, Sexual Orientation, and School-Performance
Why do kids kill themselves and what are some of the warning signs? A 2001 study reveals some predictable findings, and some surprises.
Read More »How Childhood and Youth Experiences Link to Suicide
More than 30,000 Americans commit suicide every year, and rates are especially high among the young and the old. New research shows that a child who has many very negative experiences can be 30 to 50 times as likely to attempt suicide as a youth or as an adult.
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