THE STATE OF OUR WORD
- Graduation rate dismal for Duval black males - 25%
- Nearly 30% of U.S. Homes are headed by a single parent
- Fatherless children are at dramatically greater risk of suicide
- Surging Internet Use Cutting Into Family Time
- Video-game-playing kids showing addiction symptoms
- Study links TV sex to teen parenthood
- Teens suffering from depression
- Alarming facts about teen cutting
- Suprising Number of Teens think they will Die Young
- One of the leading causes of death among teenagers is suicide.
- Duval County has one of the lowest graduation rates in U.S.
- Teen birth rates up in 26 states
- 1 in 4 teen girls has sexually transmitted disease
- Survey: 1 in 5 teens 'sext' despite risks
- Facts on American Teens' Sexual and Reproductive Health
- More than 60 percent of teens said that drugs were sold, used, or kept at their school
- Dating violence is reported by 54% of high school students.
- STD/STI Statistics
- Teen abuse of pain relievers is increasing
- Five of the most common substances that are abused by teens