Do smoking scenes in movies really affect youth? One of the entertainment industry’s touchiest issues is the depiction of smoking in movies that reach the young. The debate: Dr. James A. Sargent of th...

There is now a way to know where your teen driver is at all times. Teensurance is a tracking device which uses G.P.S. technology not only to monitor a driver’s location, but also indicates how fast he i...

What the best "first car" for a teen? Smallest? Mid-size? SUV? Sporty? Old? New? What’s the answer?  Purchasing the safest vehicle should be the key for a teen’s first car. Teens 16 to 19 a...

Jenna Bush’s Ana’s Story is designed to raise awareness of neglected children living in disease and poverty. The story is about an H.I.V.-positive 17-year-old single mother, Ana, whom Ms. Bush met i...

The shootings at Virginia Tech last April urged officials at St. John’s University to review security procedures. Result: use a text-messaging system informing students of a crisis. It worked. On Wednes...