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  • Video Games Teach Skills

        Video Games Teach Skills By Robert Seith CWK Senior Producer   Tipsheet | Related Information | Resources “What it was actually saying is that there are, in fact, benefits to these newer [first-person shooter] games.”-Dr. Joanne Max, a psychologist- The games David Neckman plays require quick thinking, quick reactions and a stomach for […]

  • The Cost of Kids

        The Cost of Kids By Robert Seith CWK Senior Producer   Tipsheet | Related Information | Resources “It’s scary … to think about all the money that we spend on them.”-Deborah Segrest, a mother- When 16-year-old Emily Segrest is short on cash, she knows exactly where to go to get some. “I just […]

  • Concussion Recovery

        Concussion Recovery By Robert Seith CWK Senior Producer   Tipsheet | Related Information | Resources “I had to drop some classes, which then took me back a year for going to college.”-Lauren Saxe, 17- Last October, 17-year-old Lauren Saxe was reading the comics when it happened. “I could not recognize the words. I […]

  • Boys Pressured into Sex

        Boys Pressured into Sex By Adam Wilkenfeld CWK West Coast Bureau Chief   Tipsheet | Related Information | Resources “Everybody wants to be the guy who gets the most babes.”-Jason Le, an educator and mentor for Planned Parenthood- Conventional wisdom has boys pressuring reluctant girls into having sex. But why? One answer comes […]

  • Friends in Need

        Friends in Need By Robert Seith CWK Senior Producer   Tipsheet | Related Information | Resources “I never took into consideration that someone might just stop being my friend because I got sick. I just thought some people were better than that, but obviously some people aren’t.”-Marilu Casajuana, 18- Last October, doctors told […]