The latest news and issues related to youth culture are updated here on a regular basis. CPYU does not necessarily endorse the content and viewpoints expressed in these articles. They are posted here for purposes of keeping you informed as to what is happening in the world of youth culture. Each day we scour the Internet and a variety of publications from around the world in order to find the most relevant items. This page is updated weekdays (excluding holidays), so check back often for more news.

• Details of 100 million Facebook users published online - 7/29
• Eminem holds #1 spot on album chart for 5th straight week - 7/29
• Your family 'type' can affect your kids at school - 7/29
• Virtual video game to teach pre-teens about sex - 7/29
• Latest teen fad: Vampire teeth - 7/29
• Colleges not doing enough to combat student drinking - 7/28
• Wired and tired - 7/28
• More high-schoolers reinvent or skip their senior year - 7/28
• ADHD teens more likely to drop out - 7/28
• Energy drinks pose serious health risk to kids - 7/28
• Girls' attitudes are changing when it comes to drugs - 7/28
• The resurgence of NERF - 7/27
• New MTV show takes on high school stereotypes - 7/27
• Chart Watch: Lady Gaga's nice round number - 7/27
• Three predictions about Generation Z - 7/27
• 'Salt' can't shake 'Inception' from #1 - 7/26
• More young couples are having babies, then deciding to wed - 7/26
• U2 tops Forbes earning list, Lady Gaga new to Top 10 - 7/26
• Only 19% of teens report that they have meaningful relationships with adults - 7/26
• Returning college students spending optimistically - 7/26
• Teens and sleep - 30 more minutes! - 7/26
• Sexting surges nationwide, and it's not just teens doing it - 7/26
• Do as I say, not as I text - 7/16
• 'Red Dead Redemption' becomes 2010's best seller, June video game sales down - 7/16
• Retailers luring teens with social tools - 7/16
• Accessibility of prescription drugs - 7/16
• TV's adolescent dramas taking on pregnancy issues - 7/16
• Teens using digital drugs to get high - 7/15
• ABC Family's 'Pretty Little Liars' TV's #1 program with female teens - 7/15
• College students' spending power soars - 7/15
• Eminem's 'Recovery' notches three weeks at #1 - 7/15
• 'Eclipse' leads with 17 Teen Choice 2010 nominations - 7/13
• Canadian teens spending 7 hours a day in front of TVs, computers - 7/13
• Teen smoking slowly on the decline - 7/13
• College presidents taste life outside their offices - 7/13
• Possible teen drug trend - 7/13
• Marketers, retailers turn to teen submitted 'haul' videos on Youtube for help - 7/13
• Study shows link between gaming and playing sports - 7/12
• Why many teens are moving on from Facebook - 7/12
• 'Descipable Me' is an enviable #1 at box office - 7/12
• Eminem's 'Recovery' remains at #1 on the Billboard 200 - 7/9
• U.S. report on kids' health brings mixed results - 7/9
• 5 ways to unplug on vacation - 7/9
• When kids shop online - 7/9
• Watch your mouth: teens and cursing - 7/9
• Silly Bandz stretch into a trend as copycat rivals hop on board - 7/8
• Monitoring teenage phones and Facebook - 7/8
• Fit teens make smart seniors - 7/8
• Top 10 most popular Facebook celebrities - 7/8
• College back-to-school spending up 13% - 7/8
• The sad state of the teen job market - 7/7
• Study shows teens benefit from later school day - 7/7
• Adults fret that 'Eclipse' lacks good role models for teens - 7/7
• Cyberbullying linked to teen health problems - 7/7
• Contact lenses give teens Lady Gaga eyes - 7/7
• Teen 'Twilight' trend: love bites - 7/7
• Too many video games may sap attention span - 7/7
• Will 'Eclipse' beat 'New Moon' at the box office? - 7/6
• Forget grade levels, KC schools try something new - 7/6
• Cartels recruit teens to smuggle - 7/6
• School works to stem sororities' debauchery - 7/6
• Online and offline social networks key to teen shopping - 7/6
• Coaching can help qualified students aim higher - 7/2
• Student's suicide didn't end cyberbullying - 7/2
• Eating disorders, addictions tough to treat in teens - 7/2
• Two-thirds of kids and teens now mobile - 7/2
• Farmville and WoW partially to blame for ruining marriages? - 7/2
• Tweens and teens clueless about online privacy - 7/2
• Teen brain development explains why teens act the way they do - 7/2
• Seventeen.com relaunches with a social networking push - 7/1
• 'Eclipse' gets widest domestic release in Hollywood history - 7/1
• Summer camp caters to children of atheists, agnostics - 7/1
• Box office seeing a few bright spots in sluggish summer - 7/1
• The importance of spirituality in youth development - 7/1
• Eminem's 'Recovery'  leads to largest sales week since 2008 - 7/1
• How should schools handle cyberbullying? - 6/29
• Long road to adulthood is growing even longer - 6/29
• Teen girls say kids more likely to drink, do drugs to cope - 6/29
• Oprah tops Forbes list of celebrities for 2010 - 6/29
• Boys and body image tips - 6/28
• Regular time with dad is key to kids' happiness - 6/28
• Screen time - 6/23
• Alcohol use linked to sleep problems in teens - 6/23
• Teen sexuality: Sex as sport and girls as game - 6/23
• Teens take big risks online - 6/23
• Young adults aren't rushing marriage - 6/23
• Why are so many teens overweight - 6/23
• Teen driver risks in high gear over summer - 6/22
• Pro-ana websites still abound, are easy to access - 6/22
• 7 out of 10 teens share location on Web - 6/22
• Kids think food labeled with popular TV cartoon characters taste better - 6/22
• Should parents be jailed when kids drink? - 6/22
• 'Toy Story 3' find big play time with $109M debut - 6/21
• Obama: 'Too many fathers missing from too many homes' - 6/21
• Teenage boys really do eat a lot - 6/21
• 'American Idol' lowers age limit to 15 - 6/21
• Girls dating older boys - 6/21
• Adults text while driving more than teens - 6/21
• Do tween magazines need a PG rating? - 6/18
• Half of children think they are more careful online than their parents - 6/18
• Why I returned my iPad - 6/18
• How teens watch: The future (of media) is in their hands - 6/18
• Study shows gamers play together more than ever - 6/18
• How kids react when parents go social - 6/18
• Katy Perry's 'California Gurls' is the #1 song of the early summer - 6/17
• Stupid teenage tricks, for a virtual audience - 6/16
• Dads who don't live with their kids find ways to be involved - 6/16
• Pot use rises in summer months for teens - 6/16
• Miley Cyrus: 'I'm not trying to be slutty' - 6/16
• 30 billion videos watched online in April - 6/16
• Idaho meth use among teens down 52 percent - 6/16
• Forget the VJ: MTV is looking for a Twitter Jockey - 6/15
• Should parents let youths take big risks? - 6/15
• ATV warnings for kids - 6/15
• Research shows only mixed results in efforts to tame teen sex behavior - 6/15
• Survey: Most parents are tuned in to teens and wireless safety - 6/14
• 'Karate Kid' puts box office back on track - 6/14
• Kids experiment with 'video playdates' - 6/14
• Teen boys who attempt suicide more likely to abuse as adults - 6/14
• Music video site Vevo passes Hulu in audience - 6/14
• Job outlook brightens for new grads, but barely - 6/11
• Top 10 Movies-On-Demand for previous week - 6/11
• Reaching teen influencers with social messages - 6/11
• Kids influence familiy's use of media - 6/11
• Locational apps: Tips for parents - 6/11
• Jack Johnson's 'To The Sea' sets sail at #1 on Billboard 200 - 6/10
• Hot young stars lead the way at CMT Music Awards - 6/10
• Alleged killing spree plan was not teen's first, DA's office says - 6/10
• Lady Gaga 'Alejandro' video stirs up controversy - 6/9
• Popular new drinking game raises question, who's 'icing' whom? - 6/9
• More teens think it's OK to be single, pregnant - 6/9
• Sleep deprivation linked to depression in teens - 6/9
• 'Red Dead Redemption' is Take-Two's new 'mega franchise' - 6/9
• Early schools tart times raise risk of teen car crashes - 6/9
• Nickelodeon builds a dynamic teen duo: 'iCarly,' 'Victorious' - 6/8
• Tobacco ads target children, teens - 6/8
• Moms take teen sex talk to YouTube - 6/8
• 25% of college students have driven drunk in the past month - 6/8
• Cheerleaders at risk for eating disorders, study finds - 6/8
• More teen girls say they use rhythm method of birth control - 6/8
• 2010 MTV Movie Awards winners - 6/7
• Hooked on gadgets, and paying a mental price - 6/7
• Teen headaches tied to alcohol, coffee - 6/7
• Kids on cars: Who cares? - 6/7
• With drinking, parent rules do affect teens' choices - 6/7
• Urban Outfitters pushes pro-ana movement - 6/7
• More teens may be getting high off prescription drugs - 6/7
• 'Hung' goes to high school in MTV's 'RJ Berger' - 6/4
• Alcohol-related traffic-risk behaviors among college students become worse at 21 - 6/4
• 5 things you need to know about mobile apps - 6/4
• Among teens, texting tops e-mail, Facebook - 6/4
• Miley Cyrus: The Billboard cover story - 6/3
• Many teens give parents full Facebook access - 6/3
• Stone Temple Pilots can't overcome 'Glee' - debuts at #2 - 6/3
• Parenting out of control - 6/3
• Least drunk driver - 6/3
• 'Extreme Gamers' spend over 48 hours a week playing gamers - 6/2
• Children 'more likely to own a mobile phone than a book' - 6/2
• Teen boys' fear of impregnating girls drops - 6/2
• College students don't have as much empathy as they used to - 6/2
• Teen marijuana use over the summer - 6/2
• Adding virtual value to real product - 6/2
• Heavy girls likelier to have early, unprotected sex - 6/2
• 'Sex,' 'Prince' deserted as 'Shrek' leads weak Memorial weekend - 6/1
• Silly Bandz bracelet craze, some schools ban due to distraction - 5/28
• The why-worry generation - 5/28
• Generation Me - 5/28
• Teen werewolves of San Antonio - 5/28
• Teen social media influencers wield power online and off - 5/28
• Most people google themselves - 5/28
• Student suffers amputation after embarassing school assault - 5/28
• Lee DeWyze wins 'Idol' - 5/27
• Critics, player go wild for West in 'Red Dead Redemption' - 5/27
• Parents go overboard to help college kids get job - 5/27
• Another 'Glee' soundtrack tops album chart - 5/27
• Lady Gaga rumors spread like wild fire - 5/27
• Gaming addiction grips youngsters - 5/26
• Teen tech use: Too much, too soon? - 5/26
• Vodka 'eyeballing' latest fad with teens - 5/26
• Prescription drug abuse grows on campuses - 5/26
• Weight linked to depression in teen girls - 5/26
• Twitter power: Learning from ourselves, in real time - 5/25
• Tanorexics: Fans of the tan - 5/25
• Family shocked by 'stripper mobile' - 5/25
• Recession hits male teens harder than females - 5/25
• Alleged school bus hazing horror - 5/25
• Adults must act to keep teens safe during graduation season - 5/25
• 'Shrek' barely scares up box office top spot - 5/24
• Teenagers text more than they call - 5/24
• The making (and marketing) of the latest tween star - 5/24
• Teen credit-card abuse mounts - 5/24
• Teen-oriented products make it easy to hide alcohol - 5/24
• Encourage teens to drive safely - 5/24
• Are your kids bullied (or bullying) online? - 5/21
• 20% of teen girls abused on dates - 5/21
• Kids become prime growth market for prescription drugs - 5/21
• Is social media a new addiction? - 5/21
• Teens and drinking, what parents don't know - 5/21
• For children, a social network with training wheels - 5/21
• 'CoD: MW2' stimulus package breaks PSN record - 5/20
• Bieber retakes #1 as sales slump - 5/20
• Yogurt, potato chips and fresh fruit among top growing snack foods for kids - 5/20
• Are heavy Facebook users more well-adjusted? - 5/20
• Lady Gaga's latest fashion statement: Take it all off - 5/20
• Knowledge is prevention when you mix teens and parties - 5/19
• Teens learn dangers of texting while driving - 5/19
• Documentary reveals struggles for teens 'aging out' of foster care - 5/19
• From cardboard 'celebrities,' teens learn to covet fame - 5/19
• Concerns about online alcohol marketing and youth - 5/19
• New trend sees teens getting high - on sound - 5/19
• YouTube, now 5, shows signs of growing up - 5/18
• New spending for a wider range of sex education - 5/18
• Lack of sleep linked to obesity risk for adolescent boys - 5/18
• Nearly a quarter of U.S. homes only use cellphones - 5/18
• 3 things about social media that may shock you - 5/18
• American Millennials value family above all else - 5/18
• Where can a teen find help when in an abusive dating relationship? - 5/18
• Cellphones now used more for data than for calls - 5/17
• 'Robin Hood' debuts at #2, not enough to overtake 'Iron Man 2' - 5/17
• Is Greyson Chance the next Justin Bieber (or Lady Gaga)? - 5/17
• Godsmack grabs third #1 album - 5/13
• Hookahs an unhealthy hit among privileged young adults - 5/13
• 'Sex positive' young women reconsider abstinence - 5/13
• The latest 'it' terms Gen-Y is dropping - 5/12
• More runaways citing economy - 5/12
• Redefining teens, $216 billion buyer power - 5/12
• Web dominates college grad recruiting - 5/12
• Tyra Banks writing fantasy series for young people - 5/12
• Lack of confidence, bullying and depression top threats to kids - 5/12
• America's favorite musicians - 5/12
• Sharp turn for Miley Cyrus - 5/11
• Surprise! Teens want time with parents - 5/11
• Facebook and Twitter post large year over year unique user gains - 5/11
• Comedy Central considers series about Jesus - 5/11
• 'Iron Man 2' rockets to #1 - 5/10
• Sneaky ways advertisers target kids - 5/7
• Principal says NO to social networks for kids - 5/7
• Guinness ranks 'Halo' top video game franchise of all time - 5/7
• MA Governor signs anti-bullying law - 5/7
• B.o.B. bounds in at #1 - 5/6
• 10% of college students seek counseling - 5/5
• Car crashes leading cause of teen deaths in U.S. - 5/5
• 48% of parents friend their kids on Facebook - 5/5
• Teens daintier new nose carries bigger regret - 5/5
• MTV provides the 17 'coolest' 17-year-olds from around the world - 5/5
• Some teens who sleep less gain more weight - 5/5
• Parents should look at their teens' Facebook profile before attempting sex ed - 5/4
• Young adults less devoted to faith - 5/4
• Church counsels women addicted to pornography - 5/4
• Sex and risk among people in their 20s - 5/4
• Girls and body image tips - 5/4
• Tanning remains popular with teens despite efforts to limit it - 5/4
• Whatever happened to the concept of a curfew? - 5/4
• Tweens and cosmetics - 5/3
• Chubby kids get bullied more often - 5/3
• Parents don't think own teens are having sex - 5/3
• New Jersey principal asks parents to ban facebook - 5/3
• Virtual worlds recede, but Second Life keeps growing - 5/3
• Teens and smoking - a new approach needed? - 5/3