Water Safety
Water sports can provide you, your family and friends with hours of fun. But, swimming, boating and diving can also result in drowning if you don’t practice good water safety.…
Reasons to Quit Smoking Cigarettes
You Can Quit! It’s never too late to quit and there’s never an easy time to do it. So quit now, right now, put down that cigarette, it’s so easy…
Anthrax
Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Anthrax most commonly occurs in hoofed mammals and can also infect humans. Symptoms of disease vary depending…
Date Rape Drugs
How Does It Happen? Victims have had drugs unsuspectingly slipped into their drinks at bars, clubs and parties for the purpose of reducing their resistance to sexual advances. Once the…
Depression
Approximately 1 out of 15 teenagers get seriously depressed each year. Everyone feels sad or blue now and then, but if you’re sad most of the time, or if you…
Self-Injury – Why Do I Keep Cutting Myself?
“I Keep Cutting Myself and I Can’t Stop!” What Is Self-Injury or Self-Mutilation? Self-injury is not something people talk about very often, but for an estimated 2 to 3 million…
Suicide FAQ
SUICIDE FAQs FYI: Every 100 minutes another teenager will commit suicide. Many of our letters come from teenagers struggling to understand the suicide attempts of friends or family. These are…
Violence
Handling Anger Can Be Very Difficult! Have you ever been so angry at a sibling or friend that you hit them? Anger can be a scary emotion. It can flare…
Preventing Exercise Injuries
How Can I Protect Myself From Sports Injuries? Consider this… in one year, an estimated 17 million Americans will sustain a sports injury. You never go in-line skating without your…
Hotline Numbers
Hotline Phone Numbers in The United States, (we appreciate our readers from outside the USA we will be adding hotlines for you!) If you have found this page from another…