Jim Liebelt

A new study into the effectiveness of teen virginity pledges will no doubt fuel the fire of debate over the issue as well as whether or not the...

MTV, the network that brought us reality television in its modern form, has watched its ratings plummet this past year.

According to a new survey, 46% of children 6-11 (including 26% of kids 6-7 years olds who were surveyed!) have visited a website to learn more...

A listing of hot cultural items from the the Internet, music, television and movies.

In the midst of these difficult economic times, here's a little good news for parents with kids in college...

U.S. sales of video game hardware and software rose 10 percent in November from last year, and Nintendo reported its Wii console and DS hand-held...

A new study shows that after a one-hour delay of school start times, teens increased their average nightly hours of sleep and decreased their...

After a whirlwind year of election news, economy woes, and the lead-up to the showstopping Summer Games in Beijing, Google looked back to see what...

Results of a new survey show that 22% of all teen girls have electronically sent, or posted online, nude or semi-nude images of themselves.

A recent study by the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center in Rhode Island which indicates risky sexual practices among teens are on the rise,...

Much more cross-gender bullying - specifically, unpopular boys harassing popular girls - occurs in later elementary school grades than previously...

This is the first time that I've heard of this troubling teen practice, but it appears as though it is very closely connected with the practice of...

A list of hot cultural items from the the Internet, music, television and movies.

As the old saying goes, "something is better than nothing." This may well apply to the recently announced changes to tighten YouTube's content...

In what researchers call the first report of its kind, a review of 173 studies about the effects of media consumption on children asserts that a...

In the past year, 30 percent of U.S. high school students have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test, according to a new,...

With the holiday shopping season about to hit in full force, kids are worried about the economy and what it means for gifts they'll find under...

The stories of teens sending provocative photos of themselves via cell phones, and being surprised that they end up being distributed around the...