Today’s youth are doing better than we give them credit for. Here are just a few telling stats:According to the 2006 Monitoring the Future survey of eighth, tenth, and twelfth graders, there has been an across-the-board decline in drug use among U.S. teens.
The teen birth rate in the U.S. has fallen to its lowest level ever recorded, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
And, since 1991, the prevalence of many health-risk behaviors among high school students nationwide has decreased, according to The National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, the results of which were released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
