Category: youth

Preventing Violent Extremism in Youth May Be as Simple as Encouraging Involvement in Sport

Stopping teenagers and children from being radicalized and sliding into violent extremism may be as simple as encouraging them to play sports, researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) have discovered. In recent studies undertaken by the universities in the Southeast Punjab region of Pakistan, it was…


Alabama Cites Supreme Court Abortion Decision in Transgender Youth Case

Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade,  Alabama has cited that ruling in a bid to outlaw parents from obtaining puberty blockers and certain other medical treatment for their transgender children. The citation came in an appeal by Alabama’s attorney general seeking to lift a federal court injunction that partially blocked…


‘The Last Generation’ Reflects the Dehumanization of China by the CCP

Commentary Despair is a powerful force. It’s the complete loss of hope. Without hope, there’s no meaning in life and no reason to go on living. That’s where the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has led China’s latest generation. Or, as they call themselves, “The Last Generation.” The Young and the Hopeless This is more than…


Federal Court Judge Blocks New Alabama Law Banning Puberty Blockers for Kids

A federal judge has blocked a second state from banning puberty blockers, other gender-changing drugs, and surgeries for minors. After being passed into law by a 66–28 vote, the Alabama Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act went into effect on May 7. Less than a week later, U.S. District Court Judge Liles Burke blocked the…


Mentoring Troubled Youth Through Basketball

His early life was no crystal staircase. Mister Harriel grew up in a single-family, low-income home in a South Sacramento neighborhood. Drug dealing and gang violence were commonplace. That and his father’s absence became an on-ramp to a street life of drug dealing and property crime. Meanwhile, Harriel played high school basketball mainly to calm…


4 Young Friends Spent Their Life Savings to Buy a Farm and Live Their Dream

They now supply hundreds of families in the community with fresh, organic vegetables and fruits.


The Impact of Parental Pressure on Youth Sport

As records continue to be set and boundaries are pushed, outsides sources begin to play a huge factor in performance outcomes. Recent studies have targeted these sources that have the potential to impact athlete performance to find the best possible “combination” to maximize performance. In one such domain of study, researchers have begun to look…


Privatization Is Not Seen as the Answer to Youth Mental Health Crisis: State Officials, Advocacy Groups

State officials and advocacy groups in South Carolina and Michigan don’t see privatizing mental health services as an answer to the youth mental health crisis COVID-19 helped create by disrupting students’ lives. They agree the solution is additional funding to increase salaries of school counselors and clinicians and hire new ones to replace many who…


Memphis Woman Says Youth Deserve Praise After Young Man ‘Insisted’ on Paying for Her Gas

A 59-year-old Tennessee native was touched when a young man she’d never met before insisted on paying for her purchase in line at the gas station. She snapped a selfie with the stranger on the forecourt and claims it’s about time the goodness of her city’s youth made headlines. On the morning of Dec. 28,…


Managing The Stresses And Anxieties Of Peer Pressure

It can be very difficult to be yourself while others get on your case.As a result, here are eight tips on how to manage the stresses and anxieties of dealing with peer pressure from others. 1. Know where you stand on a certain issue: Ask yourself if you are willing to do something that your friends…