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Ban smartphones from schools? If we’re truly concerned about safety, we’d ban kids from schools and let them keep their phones.

Sep 3, 2025Tori Puente

Ban smartphones from schools? If we’re truly concerned about safety, we’d ban kids from schools and let them keep their phones. Mike Males, Principal Investigator, YouthFacts.org| September 2025 OMG! Have you seen the FBI’s latest Crime in Schools report? “From 2020 to 2024, agencies reported 1,299,063 criminal incidents occurring at school locations… There were 1,504,310 offenses; 1,539,149

Trashing youth, part zillion

Aug 29, 2025Tori Puente

Trashing youth, part zillion Mike Males, Principal Investigator, YouthFacts.org| August 2025 To those who seek accuracy: believe nothing – nothing – cops, politicians, “experts,” and media splashes say about youth. Better yet, assume the opposite of what they say. In an honest society that cared about facts, fairness, and young people, Gloucester Township, New Jersey, Police Chief David Harkins,

How to go viral with dire-sounding – but phony – “statistical trends”

Aug 21, 2025Tori Puente

How to go viral with dire-sounding – but phony – “statistical trends” Mike Males, Principal Investigator, YouthFacts.org| August 2025 “Breaking Points” August 11, 2025, alarmingly headlined: “Viral Chart EXPOSES Internet Fueled Personality Destruction,” with blaring subheads: “Studies show internet is ruining our cognitive abilities.” “Especially for young people,” podcast hosts Saager Enjeti and Krystal Ball

Not another “teenage panic.” Call in the National Guard!

Aug 20, 2025Tori Puente

Not another “teenage panic.” Call in the National Guard! Mike Males, Principal Investigator, YouthFacts.org| August 2025 Jesse Pomeroy took extreme exception to people making fun of his deformed eye. From ages 11 to 14, he brutally beat, sexually assaulted, tortured, and dumped at least 10 children; his final murder was of a 10-year-old girl. Easy as

On Doing Democracy in “Third Places:” Youth Citizenship Education

Aug 18, 2025Tori Puentecitizenship, democracy, youth, youth development

On Doing Democracy in “Third Places”: Youth Citizenship Education Anthony Bernier, Project Director, YouthFacts.org | August 2025 Among the vast numbers of books and articles published each year touting youth and promoting youth organizations, rarely is there anything new. Indeed it is all too expected to read cliches about building agencies and creating spaces in

Gen Z, Mental Health, and the Impacts of Systemic Neglect

Oct 1, 2024Milo Santamaria

Gen Z, Mental Health, and the Impacts of Systemic Neglect Milo Santamaria | October 2024 Many major research reports have come out showing that abuse and domestic violence are often the main causes of youth mental health issues, not the internet or social media like many new outlets claim. Gen Z is one of the

Abuse Is Not Accountability: Hitting Your Kids Will Not Prepare Them For The “Real World”

Sep 30, 2024Milo Santamaria

Abuse Is Not Accountability: Hitting Your Kids Will Not Prepare Them For The “Real World” Milo Santamaria | September 2024 It’s no secret that Gen Zs and Millennials are advocates for therapy and addressing their childhood trauma. However, parents from older generations do not seem happy about their children distancing themselves and forming their own

Berkeley Teens May Finally Get The Right to Vote This Fall

Jul 25, 2024Milo Santamaria

Berkeley Teens May Finally Get The Right to Vote This Fall By Milo Santamaria / July 2024 In 2016, Berkeley voters passed Measure Y1 allowing 16 and 17-year-olds to vote in school board elections. However, it took almost eight years to finally implement the measure. The Berkeley city council reports that teens may be able

After Citizenship: What’s Left for Young People

Jul 17, 2024Milo Santamaria

After Citizenship: What’s Left for Young People By Anthony Bernier / July 2024 Have we become complacent envisioning our young people as citizens in a democratic culture? Every adult alive today grew up under political skies we felt were, like climate, never changing. Like the seasons, we took for granted that election cycles would come

A High School Punk Band Walks Into A CIty Council Meeting: Youth and The Free Palestine Movement

May 2, 2024Milo Santamaria

A High School Punk Band Walks Into A CIty Council Meeting: Youth and The Free Palestine Movement By Milo Santamaria | April 2024 “The human and humanistic desire for enlightenment in emancipation is not easily deferred, despite the incredible strength of the opposition to it” – Edward Said “There is not a singular age where

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