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2000
Dream jobs for the girls, December 2000 - LineOne News.

More adventure stories are to be introduced in schools to get boys interested in English lessons, December 2000 - LineOne News.

Tough guys at school discover too late they are the real losers in life, December 2000 - LineOne News.

Bill to protect child hookers, December 2000 - Toronto Sun

Bill to protect child hookers: Police will be able to sweep up child hookers and hold them in a "safe" place for up to 30 days under a new anti-exploitation bill brought forward by the Ontario government, December 2000 - Toronto Sun

Teen 'virgins' are having sex in many ways: Experts who specifically focus on the number of teens who have sexual inter course are missing an underreported form of sexual activity that puts teens at risk: oral sex, December 2000 - USA Today

Survey Shows Sex Practices of Boys: According to the study, many teenage boys are engaging in sexual activities that include oral and anal sex, December 2000 - New York Times

2002 Salt Lake Committee Bans Boy Scouts From Olympics: The largest Boy Scout council in the country responded to the call for volunteers issued by the Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee, but the welcome mat was rolled up and the door slammed in its face, December 2000 - NewsMax.com

Can the morning after pill fail? Just ask my son: What nobody mentioned then or now is that it is not completely reliable. I should know, December 2000 - Sunday Times

Modern life fills children with anxiety, study finds: Buffeted by violence, social problems and environmental threats, the average North American child is now more anxious than children in psychiatric care were during the 1950s, says a newly published analytical study, December 2000 - National Post.

Juvenile Homicide Arrest Rate Lowest Since 1980: Juvenile homicide arrests have fallen to their lowest rate in a generation, as the wave of violence that washed through teenage America in the past decade continues to ebb, according to an analysis of FBI crime data released yesterday, December 2000 - Washington Post.

Clearer picture emerges of 'at-risk' youths: Poverty and race aren't the best ways to predict problem behavior, study shows, December 2000 - Christian Science Monitor.

Can the First Amendment be expelled if it's the politically correct thing to do? For the large number of gay organizations that seek to remain exclusively gay or gay-controlled, this decision could sound a death knell, December 2000 - Village Voice.

The tragedy of Canada's adolescent prostitutes: Why do we do so little to rescue child prostitutes? December 2000 - National Post.

High Immunity: New vaccines may take the fun out of drugs. Should we inoculate kids to prevent partying? December 2000 - Utne Reader.

Hell's belle: Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an assertion of the redemptive power of metaphor, December 2000 - Sunday Times.

School faces crisis talks after 34 boys suspended: Teachers and council leaders are to hold emergency talks after a school suspended 34 children amid a string of discipline problems, December 2000 - Independent News.

Children learn to kill in a moral dead zone: What kind of society is this, one of the richest and most advanced countries in the world, where a child is bullied at school and then stabbed to death? December 2000 - Sunday Times.

Solo children strain agencies: An audit has revealed a sharp rise in the number of children living away from their parents, December 2000 - The Age.

Parents owe teachers, our partners in child rearing, December 2000 - Detroit News.

Who says students can't pray in public school?, December 2000 - New York Post.

France okays 'morning-after' pill for schoolgirls, December 2000 - The Age.

Vancouver cited as popular with sex tourists who prey on kids, November 2000 - Seattle P-I.

Are fear and public education colluding to create a meek labor force? November 2000 - A short angry history of American forced schooling, 4Choice vs. Debate: A Second American Century, Foreign Affairs

Good kids require good dads -- a link that may require an act of Congress, November 2000 - Salt Lake Tribune.

G.I. Joe meets Barbie, software engineer meets caregiver: Males and females in B.C.'s public schools and beyond, November 2000 - B.C. Teachers' Federation.

A new school of thought: Strong relationships, great expectations, November 2000 - Seattle Times.

Child needs a mom and a dad for nurturing, counselor says, November 2000 - Pilot Online.

Ruling Says Parents Have Right to See List of Sites Students Visit, November 2000 - New York Times.

Controversial drug wins approval: More children to be treated for hyperactivity with Ritalin, November 2000 - The Guardian.

Massachusetts Colleges Build 'New Version' of 'A Boy': What Are the Public Schools Doing to Your Son?, November 2000 - The Massachusetts News.

Teens Before Their Time, October 2000 - TIME.

Youth EnterNet of America is Working to Improve the Lives of America's Youth, October 2000 - Youth Enternet of America.

Local girl, 16, found chained to her bed, October 2000 - Corpus Christi Caller-Times.

The 'youth suicide' myth, October 2000 - The Age.

Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan laments the passive nature of academic use of computers, October 2000 - ZDNet.

Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan: The economic importance of improving math-science education, October 2000 - Federal Reserve Board.

The Case Against Computers in K-13 Math Education (Kindergarten through Calculus), October 2000 - Neal Koblitz, Professor of Mathematics, University of Washington.

Sexualization of some children endangers them all, October 2000 - Staten Island Advance.

Students learn how to be peacemakers, October 2000 - Brainerd Dispatch.

The politically incorrect professor: prohibiting freedom of speech in the name of protecting freedom of speech, October 2000 - TownHall.Com.

Doctor Calls Ritalin Form of Drug Abuse, September 2000 - CNS News.

School Boards: Ensure safety of all kids, September 2000 - Detroit News.

Our schools are broken, September 2000 - New York Post.

Our schools are broken, September 2000 - This will take you to an op-ed on the New York Post site.

Fair treatment, September 2000 - This link will take you to an article by Christina Hoff Sommers at the Washington Post site.

We don't have a youth problem in this country, we have an adult problem, August 2000 - This link will take you to an article at the Christian Science Monitor site about putting communities to work for at-risk kids.

Is the anti-boy bias increasing violence?, August 2000 - This link will take you to a news item at the Boston Globe site about the Dorchester shooting.

Zero Tolerance, Zero Sense, July 2000 - This link will take you to an article about teaching the wrong kind of lessons by William Raspberry at the Washington Post site.

Blood in the bleachers, July 2000 - This link will take you to an article about soccer moms and dads at the Star Tribune site.

When the bully is a babe, July 2000 - An essay worth a second look.

Pain and Promise, July 2000 - This link will take you to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette series on Juvenile Justice.

Did Ritalin kill Matthew Smith?, July 2000 - This link will take you to an article on the Channel 4000 site.

NEA aims to reduce bullying in schools, July 2000 - This link will take you to an article on the Chicago Sun-Times site.

Safe Schools Now, July 2000 - This link will take you to the Safe Schools Issues page on the National Education Association site.

Is Ritalin Raising Kids To Be Drug Addicts?, July 2000 - This link will take you to an article on Phyllis Schlafly's Eagle Forum site.

Million Adoptees March, March 2000 - This link will take you to the Adoptees By The Million March/Rally for UNITY and Civil Rights in Adoption page and the Baby Girl Watson page.

Grandparent access to their grandchildren, February 2000 - How important are grandparents in the lives of their grandchildren?


1999
Angry Young Men, December 1999 - How Parents, Teachers, and Counselors can Help "Bad Boys" become Good Men

The Worthless Ivy League?, November 1999 - This link will take you to an article by Robert J. Samuelson at the Newsweek site. - Note: Looks like MSNBC has consumed Newsweek, it has been our experience that unlike most netizens MSNBC does not archive content, so this link has died.

Boys to men: emotional miseducation, September 1999 - This link will take you to an article on apa.org.

Teens and violence, July 1999 - The problem is not more violence.

Teen shooting sprees, June 1999 - This link will take you to an article on rightgrrl.com

Littleton, June 1999 - The warning signs were there.


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