Couch Potatoes By Yvette J. Brown CWK Network   “A lot of kids don’t work out. They don’t do anything. They just sit and watch t-v,”-Courtney,15- For many kids, physical education class is the only exercise they get. Generally, once the school day ends… “A lot of kids don’t work out. They don’t […]

    Cell Phone Text Messaging By Robert Seith CWK Senior Producer   Tipsheet | Related Information | Resources “Since it’s like the new technology … everybody wants to do it.”-Jeff Mahony, 17- Seventeen-year-old Megan Sullivan can talk to friends on her cell phone without saying a word. “It’s like typing and having a conversation […]

    Music and Memory By Robert Seith CWK Senior Producer   Tipsheet | Related Information | Resources “Perhaps there is a change in brain structure that lasts, [but] parents should keep things in perspective and not expect tremendous academic gains.”-Dr. Carol Drummond, a clinical psychologist- Three years ago when Garrett Mclendon was 14, he […]

    Male Eating Disorders By Robert Seith CWK Senior Producer   Tipsheet | Related Information | Resources “Towards the end of it, I looked in the mirror and I’m like, ‘My God, I’m nothing but bones.’”-Michael Bartone, a recovering anorexic- By the end of high school, Michael Bartone stood 6 feet tall and weighed […]

    The Value of the Internet By Yvette J. Brown CWK Producer   Tipsheet | Related Information | Resources “I wasn’t like other kids, you know, they had the Internet at home and I didn’t, so I felt like I was being deprived of something.”-Ashley, 16- Sixteen-year-old Ashley has always been a good student, […]