National Suicide Prevention Strategy Released
The 2012 US National Strategy for Suicide Prevention report includes community-based approaches to curbing the incidence of suicide, details new ways to identify people at risk for suicide and outlines priorities for reducing the number of suicides over the next decade. It's a long comprehensive plan well worth a visit.
Justice is a Fickle Thing
Sexual abuse, physical assaults and a home filled with drugs: the heartbreaking upbringing of boy, 13, who is being tried as an adult after 'killing his 2 year old brother.' Read more.
Facebook and Google Help Launch Online Safety Platform For Teens
Teenagers live online - nearly 58% of teens own smartphones and make up the market's largest growing sector. However, mobile crazed teenaged aren't as unconcerned about online safety as some people thing. Read More.
Thomas Goes Into Space
The story of a father who sent his son's favourite toy into space.
More Evidence Smoking in Movies Influences Teens to Pick Up the Habit
Research has shown that smoking initiation is an important milestone. One third of initiators go on to become addicted smokers. However, the key question remains: What kind of exposure to smoking will prompt an adolescent to start smoking? Read More.
Letting Kids Sip Alcohol May Not Stave Off Binge Drinking
Researchers probe whether giving children alcohol helps them resist peer pressure to drink.
And While On The Subject...UK Report on Youth Who Don't Drink Alcohol
A research report form the UK contains some interesting information about young people in that country who choose either not to drink at all or not to drink to excess.
He Built This House!
You like Lego?
Something somewhere is waiting to be known...
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