teens
December 16, 2020
Firearm study
The UW is researching handgun carrying among rural adolescents, in a three-year, $1.5 million study funded by the CDC.
March 10, 2020
Under the influence
What effect does a parent's marijuana use have on kids? We asked a UW researcher.
September 1, 2012
Mentors for life
The circumstances that many of the students in Community for Youth come from are heartbreaking: deceased, addicted, or incarcerated parents; physical abuse; emotional neglect. What follows are just two of the many success stories CFY has helped foster.
December 1, 2011
More talk, less pot
A study shows that a brief, voluntary chat with an adult led to a 20 percent decrease in marijuana use for teens who are frequent users.
December 1, 2008
Prevention works
Towns providing programs aimed at reducing juvenile delinquency are not only seeing results, but in less time than anticipated, according to a UW-led study.
December 1, 2003
Author's inspiration
Michele Torrey, '88, was having trouble finding books for her three teen-age sons. She decided to fix that problem by writing one herself.
March 1, 1998
Safer on streets?
Recent UW research shows life on the street may be an improvement over what many children face at home.
June 1, 1995
‘Bad’ behavior studied
When it comes to raising children through what can be perilous years of early adolescence, mothers can be powerful if they just hang in there.