Friday, January 18, 2013

Teen Risky Behaviors - Centers for Disease Control Study Results

A new study from the Centers for Disease Control indicates more teen drivers are wearing seatbelts and fewer are drinking while driving, but a third of all high school kids admit that they texted or emailed while driving over the previous 30 days. NBC’s Tom Costello reports.



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Friday, January 11, 2013

Steubenville Football & Rape Culture




When at least two football players from Steubenville, OH were found to have raped a teenage girl last August, the team's coaches vehemently denied their players had done anything wrong, blaming the victim. Is it possible that these boys didn't question what they were doing because of the attitudes of their role models in school and society as a whole? Furthermore, can pre-emptively teaching them not to be creepy also teach them not to commit rape?