Teen Pregnancy Rates Up

New data from the Guttmacher Institute finds that after a decade of decline, the teen pregnancy rate in America is up three percent. Experts say one reason may be that kids aren't getting comprehensive sex education- either in school or at home.

Bullying Bystanders

Researchers at Brunel University in London surveyed over 2,000 kids about bullying and what they found was surprising. The kids who were neither the bully nor the victim- only bystanders, reported higher rates of depression, anxiety, and drug abuse.

Teen Finances

It's a dilemma faced by many parents: your child earns money from babysitting, a part-time job or even allowance. Do you let them spend it any way they'd like? Or do you control the money?

Day Care Immunity

It seems counterintuitive: kids in daycare will get sick from the germs on the hands and noses and sneezes of other children. And that's good! Research from Northwestern University shows that germs early in life lead to better health later in life.

Antipsychotic Drug Use

A soaring number of children are being prescribed a controversial class of drugs called antipsychotics. In fact, according to new research from Columbia and Rutgers Universities, the number of pre-school children taking these drugs has doubled in the past decade.

Obesity Rates Leveling

On the subject of obesity and young people, there is both good news and bad news. The bad: a third of our kids are overweight. The good: that number hasn't changed over the past five years. The Centers for Disease Control says kids aren't getting any slimmer, but they aren't getting heavier either.

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