An angry father in a suburb outside of Chicago was arrested last week after he made several direct threats to his daughter’s high school coach after benching her for a volleyball game last week. John Kasik, 61, reportedly became extremely angry after his daughter was pulled from a Lisle High School volleyball match in which ... read more »
According to a study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, children exposed to violence or bullying early in life may experience premature aging. The study conclues that exposure to these stressful situations may alter DNA and produce cellular changes that is the equivelent of seven to ten years of premature aging. The Atlanta Journal reports that ... read more »
Some Chicago neighborhood are so rough and crime ridden that students fear leaving the secure confines of their school at dismissal time to go home for the day. Waiting for the bus on the corner of some city schools fills students with anxiety and stress as the conditions leave them vulnerable to drive by shootings, ... read more »
President Barack Obama spoke out for the first time about the tragedy which has enveloped the entire nation, the shooting and untimely death of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African American boy who was shot by a neighborhood watch captain in Florida. The controversy of the shooting is wrought with racial overtones as his killer, George ... read more »
According to their website, the mission of the 4-H Club is to “…empower youth to reach their full potential, working and learning in partnership with caring adults.” When you think of 4-H Clubs, however, different people get two distinctly different visions in their mind. For one group, it’s kids nurturing sweet little calves, children winning ribbons, urban gardens ... read more »
Multiple police agencies have been called out to disperse fighting crowds of teen gang members on Carson Beach in South Boston. Three of the last four nights the teens have descended on the beach causing trouble for other beach goers as well as the Boston State Police. Police say that the group is made up ... read more »
Many of us are aware of the sex abuse and violence that takes place in our nation’s jails, but how many stop to think that this problem has trickled down into our juvenile detention centers as well? Girls as young as 13 say they were shackled for weeks at a time in Mississippi. A Texas ... read more »
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