Concerned about morals and virtue among youth today?

...well, here's some good news.

National report finds sexual behavior is down significantly among teens, along with smoking, STDs and abortions.

(See the actual report here, and an article summarizing the results here--registration required, though...)

Its unclear if a rise in religion and 'morals' is the predominent force behind the trend (probably not), but at least kids are becoming aware that choices have consequences and are being wiser. That's really all you could ask for...

This goes along with Pres. Hinckley's remarks in General Conference--that there's no need to panic. Sure, there's rampant evil and immorality in the world, but there always has been and at the same time there is also a lot of good--which will never disappear. There are plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the state of the world today if you choose to look for them...