Category: 2013 Newsletter

January 7, 2013 News Clips Economic Conditions at Birth Linked to Behavior in Teen YearsBeing born during a time of chronic unemployment may boost odds of juvenile delinquency, study saysHealth DayDecember 31, 2012 The Great Recess DebateThe American Academy of Pediatrics is jumping into the debate over whether recess is a necessary break or wasted READ MORE

January 14, 2013 News Clips The End of Courtship?Instead of dinner-and-a-movie, which seems as obsolete as a rotary phone, they rendezvous over phone texts, Facebook posts, instant messages and other “non-dates” that are leaving a generation confused about how to land a boyfriend or girlfriend.New York TimesJanuary 11, 2013 Screen time not linked to kids’ READ MORE

January 22, 2013 News Clips Many Young Americans Plan to Own a Gun, Survey FindsMany young Americans say they plan to own a gun later in their lives, a new study reveals. This finding suggests a possible reversal of a trend that pointed to decreasing gun ownership, the researchers said.HealthFinderJanuary 18, 2013 ‘How important are parents?’ READ MORE

January 28, 2013 News Clips Study casts doubt on link between cannabis, teen IQ dropA landmark study suggesting a link between cannabis use and a drop in teenage IQ may not have gone far enough in its research, with any falls in IQ more likely due to lower socioeconomic status than marijuana, according to a READ MORE

February 4, 2013 News Clips The Boys at the BackBoys score as well as or better than girls on most standardized tests, yet they are far less likely to get good grades, take advanced classes or attend college. Why? A study coming out this week in TheJournal of Human Resources gives an important answer. Teachers of classes as READ MORE

February 19, 2013 News Clips 10 Benefits of Having Teen Boys Huffington Post February 16, 2013 Millions of Americans Have an STD, and Half of New infections are Among Young People Healthfinder.gov February 14, 2013 Raising Healthy Boys Means Letting Them Run A Little Wild More and more though, I’ve heard that parents don’t want their kids playing that roughly. READ MORE

February 26, 2013 News Clips Male soccer players more prone to hamstring strainsMen are more likely to strain a hamstring playing college soccer than women, according to a new analysis of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) injury records.Medline PlusFebruary 21, 2013 Girls Have A Genetic Advantage Over Boys When It Comes To LanguageAccording to a new READ MORE

March 11, 2013 News Clips Sexting Habits of TeensOther studies have shown that females tend to send more sexts than males. Of the students in this study, Latina high school girls were the least likely to send sexts. Latino men were next. And black males and females were about equal with their use of sexting, READ MORE

March 18, 2013 News Clips 60-Plus Minutes of Physical Activity a Day Where Kids Live, Learn and PlayOne of the problems is that kids are sitting more and moving less. Most spend nearly half of their waking hours in school without any scheduled physical activity time. Daily physical education (what most of us know as PE) is READ MORE

March 25, 2013 News Clips Rule changes can help cut concussionsAlthough the guidelines cover several concussion-related topics, one statement in particular seems to have received the lion’s share of attention in the popular press. The statement, concerning prevention of concussions, reads: “There is no good clinical evidence that currently available protective equipment will prevent concussion READ MORE