By Robin Tolan, YouthZone Development Director Have you ever wondered about where the money goes after you’ve donated to your favorite charity? It’s a good question to ask, and before making a donation, it may be a good idea to do a little research to ensure that the organization you are donating to is fiscally […]
Continue ReadingRisky teen behavior can be a cry for help
By Jennifer Keener, Youth Advocate Often I hear, either among my friends or at work as a youth and family specialist, “Oh, that’s a typical teenager for you.” This gets me thinking … how many behaviors are normal and do parents know the difference between normal and high risk behaviors? Having two teenagers myself, I […]
Continue ReadingFind the ‘Why’ of Troubling Behavior
by Courtney Dunn, MSW Youth Advocate & Therapist Psychological trauma – words that no one likes to hear, especially when these words coincide with some of our community’s most vulnerable, children and teenagers. There is no doubt that psychological trauma is hard topic of discussion, but it is an important one because it drastically affects […]
Continue ReadingSubstance Use Education and Support at YouthZone
If you suspect that your child, or another young person you know, is abusing drugs or alcohol, it can be a very scary time. At YouthZone, we help kids through a lot of issues, including substance use. While some teens “experiment” with substances and have little or no issues – for some teens, early use […]
Continue ReadingYouthZone: 2008-2011
In the four year period covering 2008-2011, we saw great loss – mostly in terms of financial net worth! In 2008, the sub-prime mortgage crises rocked the economy and continued to do so throughout 2009, leading to the collapse of several major financial institutions. History was made in November of 2008 when the U.S. elected […]
Continue ReadingYouthZone: 2012-2015
As we wrap up our reflection of the past 40 years, we look at 2012 through 2015, the most recent four-year period in our memory. It’s safe to say that the Earth uttered a sigh of relief that the world did not come to an end when the Mayan calendar stopped in 2012. Although devastation […]
Continue ReadingYouthZone: 2004-2007
The “Curse of the Bambino” is lifted as the Boston Red Sox win the World Series in 2004 for the first time since 1918. In 2005, a new website called YouTube is launched and achieves such quick success that Google purchased the site in 2006 for $1.65 billion in Google Stock. Pluto didn’t have such […]
Continue ReadingYouthZone: 2000-2003
YouthZone: 2000-2003 As the nation breathed a sigh of relief that all of our computers were still functional in 2000, we had no idea what the next few years would have in store for us. As President Clinton left office, his wife, Hillary, was elected to the Senate, launching her own political career that would […]
Continue ReadingYouthZone: 1996-1999
YouthZone: 1996-1999 Technology was a hot topic in the last four years of the 1990s, as dot coms were on the rise in 1996/97 (only to have the bubble burst in 2000) and software concerns over the impending 2000 date were frantically debated for much of 1999. Young women across America were begging their hairdressers […]
Continue ReadingYouthZone: 1988 – 1995
As the 1980s transitioned into the early 1990s, we saw the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the end of the Cold war, only to soon find our nation entrenched in a war in the Gulf after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. At home, teens in the United Sates followed the lives […]
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