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Animal Rights
Cosmetics: Cruelty Free - Not Tested on Animals What does this product label mean? Unfortunately, not much, according to this short article from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
Child Marriage
UNICEF campaign to prevent the widespread phenomenon of child marriage. Includes links to the full UNICEF report released on March 7, 2001, a press release, a feature story on "Life after Early Marriage," background information, news reports.
Consumer Education
Consumer Education for Teens Website developed by high school students explores consumer issues: CD and video "clubs," buying a car stereo, modeling agencies, college scholarship scams, tattoos, phone calling cards, health clubs, renting your first apartment.
The Merchants of Cool website is based on a Frontline (PBS) show in February, 2001, investigating the marketing of popular culture to teenagers.
Gender
Raising Boys: An Interview with William Pollack, Ph.D., author of "Real Boys"
Where the Boys Aren't: Fewer Going to College, U.S. News & World Report, Feb. 8, 1999 issue. The growing gender gap in higher education.
Foster Care
Housing aid for former foster teens
International Issues
United Nations Population Fund, Youth Index.
Student Rights
Ask Sybil Liberty ACLU page about students rights, including such issues as freedom of speech, drug testing policies, student records.
Student Press Law Center Updates on freedom of speech and press issues in high schools and colleges, guidelines for school journalists, free legal help with student press issues.
Teen Parenting
Vallejo teenagers share parenting experiences in heartfelt book of stories and poetry, San Francisco Chronicle, April 20, 2001.
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It's easy to e-mail your elected
officials. Quick links by U.S. ZIP code here: National (U.S.) Household Survey on Drug Abuse, October, 2001. Lethal Violence
in Schools: A National Study, Final Report, August 2001 from Alfred
University Teen Birth Rate 2001 CLICK HERE "America's Children 2001," the U.S. government's annual report on the well-being of children and youth, was released July 19, 2001. CLICK HERE to view the full report online. School safety website from the U.S. Dept. of Education: CLICK HERE "Off Balance: Youth,. Race, and Crime in the News," an April 10, 2001 report from the Berkeley Media Studies Group and Building Blocks for Youth. Full report available at the Building Blocks website: CLICK HERE. Youth Violence Epidemic Not Over, Report Says, Yahoo! Science News, Jan. 17, 2001. "Programs tailored to the individual child are most likely to help ... Perhaps surprisingly, programs that do not work include the very popular DARE program aimed at preventing drug use and "Scared Straight," in which youths deemed at risk are taken into prisons." Report of the Surgeon General on Youth Violence, official web page. Summary and press release, full report not on line as of Jan. 17, 2001. "FRONTLINE: The Lost
Children of Rockdale County," a TV documentary exploring dangerous sexual activity,
binge drinking, drug abuse, and violence among teens in suburban
Georgia, has received the Peabody/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Award for excellence in health and medical programming. ONLINE VICTIMIZATION Unwelcome sexual advances online are more likely to come from other teens than from pedophiles, according to a study released June 8, 2000 by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). |
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