WALT'S BLOG
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Posted by Walt Mueller on 8/18/2014
Are you caught up in Little League World Series mania yet? I've tracked the annual event since I was a wide-eyed Little League dreamer myself, playing in the East Abington Little League outside of Philly. There was never any post-season for us. . . you'd have to win a few regular season games to make that happen. But a kid can dream, can't he?...
OTHER RECENT BLOGS FROM WALT:
8/13/2014
8/12/2014
8/11/2014
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Baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez was suspended for an entire year for using them. Cyclist Lance Armstrong had to forfeit seven Tour de France titles for the same reason. And now, countless kids are following suit and dancing with danger by using them in an effort to get ahead. We're talking about performance enhancing substances, drugs, and procedures that include everything from blood doping to steroids to one of the latest and most dangerous substance abuse trends in youth culture. . . human growth hormone (HGH)...
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NEWS, RESEARCH,
TRENDS AND ARTICLES
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DIGITAL KIDS INITIATIVE
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Notable Movie Releases
 Released Week of August 22, 2014
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin, Powers Boothe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis. R
If I Stay Chloe Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos, Jamie Blackley, Joshua Leonard. PG-13
When the Game Stands Tall
Jim Caviezel, Laura Dern, Michael Chiklis, Alexander Ludwig. PG
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Top 10: Downloaded Songs
Week of 8/21/2014
- Taylor Swift - Shake It Off
- Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass
- Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj - Bang Bang
- Nicki Minaj - Anaconda
- Brad Paisley - Shattered Glass
- Clean Bandit - Rather Be
- Ariana Grande - Break Free
- Iggy Azalea - Black Widow
- Sam Smith - Stay With Me
- Sia - Chandelier
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YOUTH CULTURE TODAY
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FROM THE ARCHIVES:
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An article by Walt Mueller from 2001.
I never thought this day would arrive. Back in December of 1983, the fall of 2001 was light years away. But in hindsight, it went as quickly as an overnight. It's as if I fell asleep holding my newborn first child in my arms, and then I woke up, looked down at her, and found myself staring in disbelief at a young woman. I remember older more experienced parents warning me that it would happen this way but I didn't believe them. I guess they were right...
NEW! We have begun archiving CPYU's "old" articles and many have already been added to our new website. Check out the "Articles from the Archives" section and check back frequently as more content is added.
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YOUTH CULTURE HOT QUOTE
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"I was saying to a friend the other day 'Remember, our kids are not us' They're not. Sometimes we're trying to fix things that happened to us or projecting [onto them], and that's a terrible, terrible trap."
- Jada Pinkett Smith, on parenting, Us Weekly, August 18, 2014, p. 18.
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COLLEGE TRANSITION INITIATIVE
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CPYU does not necessarily endorse, support, or condone the sites linked to in this e-mail. They may contain material that is considered offensive or objectionable. They are provided for informational and research purposes only as they are prevalent in youth culture today.
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