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Devious Licks Challenge

When I was high school, I remember the administration locking all the student bathrooms in an effort to get kids to stop smoking in school. It made for some interesting and difficult days. Recently, school administrators across the country have…
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Trend Alert: TikTok Shoplifting

If you’re looking for evidence of the fact that people can justify anything, you need to look no further than a teen trend that has kids using TikTok to teach each other how to shoplift. Download the CPYU Trend Alert…
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The Sticky Finger Syndrome

 – by Walt Mueller ©2003, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding For several days in November, Jenna’s mom and dad half-heartedly watched the updates on actress Winona Ryder’s shoplifting trial as they took in the networks’ daily evening news reports. It…
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