Violence, sexual abuse, psychotropic drugs, hopelessness and suicide are destroying millions of our precious children in North America

1. 67% of teenagers said "I feel like my life is hopeless. I have nothing to live for."
2. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among teens 15 to  19 years old
3. Every seventy-eight seconds a teenager attempts suicide
4. 7 million teenagers admit to using marijuana, cocaine or alcohol regularly
5. Approximately 70% of young people today come from a single parent or broken home
6. In the United States 1 in 5 people over 12 years of age are Herpes Type 2 positive
7. The average young person involved in drugs begins at 11.6 years of age
8. Children today begin sexual experimentation at the average age of 11.9 years
9. 1 million pregnancies that occur each year are among females 15-19 years of age

"Transforming Troubled Youth Through Christ" - Freedom Village USA