TEENS
Warren-Alvarado-Oslo Students
Tuesday, May 15, 2012, the graphic design/advanced art students in grades 9-12 from Warren-Alvarado-Oslo School visited the Grand Forks Herald downtown office. The students learned how graphic design ...
Posted on 5/16/12 at 8:00 AM
Free Teen Job Workshops
This is the time of the year to start looking for summer jobs. With the unemployment in its current situation it may be harder for teens to find jobs. The Fargo Public Library is hosting two hour-lo...
Posted on 4/11/12 at 7:41 PM
4,748 days trumps 1,000!
This is a big day in our little part of the universe. Can you guess what it is? I know one of your first guesses might be that this blog post is the 1,000th blog post of The New Forty. 1,000 days and...
Posted on 4/1/12 at 7:05 AM
Sleep -- key to behavior
Sleep. I get calls every day about sleep problems. And for good reason; unregulated sleep often goes hand- in -hand with behavior problems. Sometimes it is hard to know which came first. The upset ...
Posted on 2/13/12 at 9:10 AM
Two simple questions
Asking kids two simple questions about alcohol use can have considerable power in the medical setting to help reduce the rate of underage drinking. Of the many professionals who work with teens, clin...
Posted on 11/17/11 at 4:35 PM
Minnesota efforts to stem teen pregnancy effective
SMART is one of several projects across the state engaging teens to bring pregnancy rates down. Experts say those efforts are working, as the birth rate among Minnesota teenagers has plunged nearly 40 percent in the past two decades.By Associated Press , May 16, 2012
Summer hiring for teens heats up 
From pet stores to pharmacies, the job market for teens is warming up along with the weather. And for teens thinking about a summer paycheck, now’s the time to pounce. Hiring is expected to be better than during the pits of the recession, and there’ll be less competition from jobless adults looking for part-time, seasonal work, according to several hiring studies.
By Claudia Buck , May 11, 2012
For intimidated teens, the film ‘Bully’ is a bully pulpit 
By Steven Zeitchik , March 15, 2012
Teen's tweet with hashtag projectkris about Calgary house party draws world-wide interest 
Hunter Mills tweeted earlier this week about a Calgary, Alberta, party this weekend at his friend Kris Morrey's house and included the hashtag projectkris, a play on the new film "Project X," about a house party that escalates out of control.
By Associated Press , March 10, 2012
For intimidated teens, documentary is ‘Bully’ pulpit 
By Steven Zeitchik , March 09, 2012
Surgeon General: Do more to stop youth tobacco use
By Michael Felberbaum , March 08, 2012
Death of young southeast Minnesota man, 18, attributed to alcohol poisoning 
The Olmsted County Medical Examiner's Office says Minorum Hong, 18, died of acute intoxication in a car where he passed out in January following a party.
By Associated Press , March 07, 2012
YouTube phenomenon has girls asking: Am I pretty? 
By Leanne Italie , March 03, 2012
CORRECTION: Driving workshop Tuesday, Feb. 28, for parents, teens 
Space is limited and registration required.
By Herald Staff Report , February 21, 2012
Report: North Dakota teen drinking on decline 
Alcohol use among high school students in North Dakota and Minnesota has dropped dramatically in the last two decades, surveys show. In 1995, 60.7 percent of North Dakota high school students said they had at least one drink of alcohol in the past 30 days. In 2011, that had dipped to 38.8 percent.
By Helmut Schmidt , February 12, 2012
Paralyzed Minnesota teen hockey player leaves hospital 
By Associated Press , January 23, 2012
Minnesota teen hopes to help others like himself 
It can be hard being different. It can be especially hard being different when there are no resources to help you. Maxx Flaa, a 2010 graduate of Albert Lea High School, knows this first hand. Maxx is transgender, meaning he was born biologically female but identifies himself as a male. He legally changed his name from Maddie to Maxxwell last August, but didn't come out as transgender until after high school.
By Kelli Lageson , January 21, 2012
CDC: Sizable number of teens moms clueless about pregnancy chances
The new report is the first to focus on teens who didn't intend to get pregnant but did. The researchers interviewed nearly 5,000 teenage girls in 19 states who gave birth after unplanned pregnancies in 2004 through 2008.
By Mike Stobbe , January 19, 2012
Number of kids' concussions leaps in Minnesota; researcher out to learn why
A Twin Cities researcher who found a sharp increase in youth sports concussions reported by Minnesota hospitals has won a five-year federal grant to study whether state sports laws are effective at protecting young athletes.By Jeremy Olson , January 17, 2012
New Salem-Almont, N.D., teen's work published in national scientific journal 
NDSU graduate program official Eric Hobbie says Anna Bernhardt made a "significant contribution" to research into lower-cost materials to make transparent, flexible screens for cellphones, computers and televisions.
By Associated Press , January 16, 2012
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