Youth /tags/youth Youth en-US Copyright Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:27:52 GMT NC lawmakers push to limit kids' ability to access social media platforms /politics/2025-04-02/nc-bill-limit-kids-access-social-media The North Carolina bill would keep kids under 14 from having social media accounts while giving parents of teenagers more control. Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:27:52 GMT /politics/2025-04-02/nc-bill-limit-kids-access-social-media Adam Wagner Youth football safety debate is rekindled by the same-day deaths of 2 young players /health/2024-09-02/cohen-craddock-youth-football-safety-debate-deaths-young-players The recent same-day deaths of two young football players have rekindled a debate about the sport's safety risks Mon, 02 Sep 2024 13:56:33 GMT /health/2024-09-02/cohen-craddock-youth-football-safety-debate-deaths-young-players Associated Press Apex Police Department launches children's book to connect with kids in the community /news/2023-12-14/apex-police-department-jason-armstrong-childrens-book-connect-kids Apex Police published "Who's Behind the Badge" as part of a community engagement initiative. Thu, 14 Dec 2023 19:17:13 GMT /news/2023-12-14/apex-police-department-jason-armstrong-childrens-book-connect-kids Sharryse Piggott The struggle never ends: movement elders share lessons for today’s youth organizers /wunc-youth-reporting-institute/2023-12-04/youth-activism-organizing-black-panther-sncc-history Each summer, youth reporters are tasked with telling stories from their communities. Reporter Nassibah Bedreddine explored what the present and future of social change might look like by looking to the past. Mon, 04 Dec 2023 18:30:00 GMT /wunc-youth-reporting-institute/2023-12-04/youth-activism-organizing-black-panther-sncc-history Nassibah Bedreddine North Carolina House OKs ban on transgender youth surgeries /health/2023-05-04/north-carolina-house-oks-ban-on-transgender-youth-surgeries Transgender youth in North Carolina would have to wait until they turn 18 to receive gender-affirming surgeries under a bill approved Wednesday by the GOP-controlled state House. Thu, 04 May 2023 18:48:45 GMT /health/2023-05-04/north-carolina-house-oks-ban-on-transgender-youth-surgeries Associated Press North Carolina's youth mental health crisis: 'We need to spring into action' /health/2022-10-27/north-carolina-youth-mental-health-crisis-covid-dhhs The pandemic has hurt our mental health. The CDC reports a significant rise in the number of people reporting symptoms of anxiety and depression nationwide, but COVID-19's effects on mental health are perhaps most profound in young people. Thu, 27 Oct 2022 11:32:52 GMT /health/2022-10-27/north-carolina-youth-mental-health-crisis-covid-dhhs Will Michaels Pianist Sisters Encourage Next Generation Of Musicians /arts-culture/2017-09-15/pianist-sisters-encourage-next-generation-of-musicians Kimberly and Michelle Cann grew up playing a range of instruments, including the steel drums of their family’s native West Indies. But it was the piano… Fri, 15 Sep 2017 16:10:50 GMT /arts-culture/2017-09-15/pianist-sisters-encourage-next-generation-of-musicians Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio Pianist Sisters Encourage Next Generation Of Musicians /show/the-state-of-things/2017-09-15/pianist-sisters-encourage-next-generation-of-musicians Kimberly and Michelle Cann grew up playing a range of instruments, including the steel drums of their family’s native West Indies. But it was the piano… Fri, 15 Sep 2017 16:10:50 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-09-15/pianist-sisters-encourage-next-generation-of-musicians Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio Does Marrying Young Make A Marriage More Successful? /health/2015-05-26/does-marrying-young-make-a-marriage-more-successful The leaders of the country's largest Protestant denomination have a message for millennials: get married already!Over the past year, Southern Baptist… Tue, 26 May 2015 16:22:15 GMT /health/2015-05-26/does-marrying-young-make-a-marriage-more-successful Andrew Tie