"teen kids news" is on now and here's what we've got. we'll meet some teens in training, learning to help their younger peers battle a serious illness. we'll see how a saw and a hammer can help people in need. if you love baseball, you'll want to catch my report on how gloves are made. is college in your future? i'll have teens' answers. and much more, next on "teen kids news."

>> welcome to "teen kids news," i'm mwanzaa. >> and i'm jessica. here's our top story for this week. there's a serious medical condition affecting many teens, so serious that it can lead to suicide. erika reports on a program that teaches kids how to identify it and seek treatment. >> delia, your grandmother says you haven't been going to school. did something happen? >> no. >> you're not feeling well? >> no, i'm sick. >> the actors in this video are portraying four teens who have something in common, even though it's affecting them in different ways. depression. >> depression is a medical disorder, and it's a mood that's down, down in the dumps,

depressed, anxious, tense, nervous for more than two weeks pretty solidly. >> in front of you i gave you a fact sheet that explains about teen depression, warning signs and things to look for. we'll talk about that later on when you prepare your lesson plan. >> this new jersey high school has developed a program where students help other students recognize and deal with depression. >> the peer leader program is unique to our school, in that it is a five credit course. it's not a club or activity that the students participate in after school. first they're selected by their peers and their teachers. they write an application and participate in a group interview. it is comprised of 18 seniors. they apply when they're juniors and ultimately they are peer mentors for the eighth graders. >> i'm calling because i can't stop worrying about things that i don't need to worry about. >> the mentors use this video as a tool. it helps them understand what their younger peers may be going through, and how to provide

guidance. >> we brought peer leadership to the eighth grade because we are seeing a lot of incidents of real serious mental health issues and social issues, starting much younger. i think the kids respond to it really well, because it's coming from a peer. someone who's older than them, but not that much older than them. and the seniors are guided by myself, as a school counselor, and by two other faculty members, and we teach them how to write lesson plans, what to look for in mental health and substance abuse. >> i chose to be a peer leader, because when i took the program back in eighth grade, i really felt connected to what it had to offer and what it taught. >> if a teen is depressed, i asked ms. cobylinski "who should the teen talk to first?" >> i'd love for kids to talk to their parents, to have an open dialogue with their parents. but in some cases, the parents are a source of the depression or anxiety. >> but even with understanding parents, kids may feel too ashamed to speak up. >> i can understand how it could be embarrassing to tell people you have a problem, and to have to approach someone to get help when you want to fix things yourself.

but with things like depression, you can't always help yourself. >> you know how jake is. he can be chilling and really cool. but sometimes you say something to him and he takes it the complete wrong way. >> the peer mentors are also taught to help teens who suspect a friend may be suffering from depression. >> if a teen thinks his friend or her friend is depressed, probably the first thing you should do is talk to that kid. >> if that doesn't help, the experts say don't give up. >> every school's got a guidance counselor, a student assistance counselor. and that's why we're here. there's nothing that we haven't heard. we've heard it all. you won't be seen as silly, no question is stupid, and we'll try and help you navigate the road to get your friend the help that they need. >> it's the third leading cause of death in teenagers, and it's really -- it's treatable. >> i've known a few people who had depression, and gotten help. it seems now, they're living normal lives.

feeling a lot better about their life in general. >> if you suffer from depression, remember, there are many people waiting to help you. >> one place is the suicide prevention hotline. they also have a website, suicidepreventionlifeline.org. for "teen kids news," i'm erika. >> stay with us, there's lots more still to come, on "teen kids news." >> we'll be right back. go to slp lying on something like this. and what's the result? insomnia rampant. and back pain in epic proportions. which is why we're here to tell you about a revolution in sleep called the sleep number bed. at your command it transforms on each side into the precise zone of comfort each of your bodies need. this bed is people waking up finally without back pain. i found my sleep number and i don't have the pain in the morning anymore. it's couples enjoying a great night's sleep in the same bed at the same time. now that we have the bed we have one less thing to argue about, 'cause i got my soft bed, she's got her firm bed. it's clinical studies where 87% slept more soundly and 93% experienced relief from back pain.

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like to think, "wow this is my life," you lose everything, your whole house, you lose, like your family falls apart, where are you supposed to go? >> that's why these students from queens high school of teaching spent spring break in new orleans. working with habitat for humanity, they were helping to rebuild lives by rebuilding houses. >> habitat for humanity is a non-profit organization that raises awareness for affordable housing and we -- in this school we started a club called the emerson h4h project. >> the club was started after a teacher suggested the idea to one of her students. >> i got the idea because i'm a member of the habitat affiliate out in suffolk county, new york. i've been doing it there for about six years now and i wanted to get the kids involved here. >> before my junior year we were e-mailing and stuff like that and she told me about starting this project and i was just really excited about it, i was really on board. so we really didn't know were we were going with it. >> actually, starting the club

was the easy part. the real challenge was raising money. one of the things that club did was an event called "pasta and prizes" night. >> this is our major fundraiser of the year. we raffle off all of our gift baskets, we hope to earn a couple thousand dollars tonight to send out kids down to new orleans. >> the teens aren't just helping in new orleans. they're also working with habitat for humanity to build homes in the new york area. >> there's a huge need for affordable housing everywhere. we build affordable homes for people, working families, people who need them and we also advocate for affordable housing, for changes in policy and for changes in the public consciousness, make people aware of housing issues. >> the kids always surprise you with the level of commitment they show. they're giving up their own time to go and fly out, and do something that is in service to others. >> there are many ways to help out. >> i think just be proactive, get involved, like find out more about what's going on in the world around you. i mean, at first you might not know what it's really all about but that's kind of the journey, is finding out, and you know learning where you can go

from there, and how you can grow as a person. >> teens can also educate their peers and their friends and their community about housing issues. they can advocate for change in housing policy or changes in the public consciousness about housing issues. >> whether helping to hammer home the need for better housing or swinging a hammer to build affordable homes, the goal is the same. making a difference in other people's lives. >> the people are so nice, everyone is so grateful for everything you do. >> to learn how you can get involved with habitat for humanity, follow the link on our website. we see them all the time but very few of us look closely. except for kristen, who has some interesting facts about our state flags. >> in 1629, the king of england gave lord calvert the right to form a colony in the new world. calvert called it "terra maria."

terra means "land" and maria was the name of the king's wife. "terra maria" means "mary's land," maryland. calvert designed a flag with two symbols. his own coat of arms and the coat of arms of his mother's family called the crosslands. the civil war divided maryland residents over which side to support, the north or the south. the coats of arms became symbols of that division. >> the calvert part of the flag, the yellow and black, that was an image used to represent those marylanders who were siding with the north. the crossland side, with the red and white, was used by those southerners who agreed with the rights of the confederate. >> throughout the war, the symbols were displayed separately. >> and it wasn't until after the civil war, when maryland soldiers were marching for the spanish-american war, that marylanders felt like there was

unity again like they had healed the wounds of the civil war, and it was in part seeing the image of their flag, with the colors all together again, that helped bring those people back together. the reunified flag was officially adopted by maryland in 1904. it's remained unchanged ever since. with flag facts, i'm kristen.

this season we were invited to do some behind-the-scenes reporting on the new york yankees. here's this week's segment. >> hi, i'm sienna and i'm here with the field report. we're at akadema and we're going to show you how to hand stitch a baseball glove. >> i'm mike. >> i'm sienna. >> nice to meet you. >> how many pieces are on this table? >> there's 32 pieces that go into one glove. there's probably about 16 that go on the outer portion, and then on the inside there's a whole other 15. >> that doesn't look like it would fit my hand.

>> well it will, eventually. i promise. and this is the bottom part. this is where your hand goes into, so your hand would sit right like that when you're gonna catch the ball. >> high five! so what is the difference between a glove and a mitt? >> the major difference is the mitts are larger, and they fit more like a mitten, and the gloves fit just like a glove. >> so how many gloves do you guys make in a year here? >> we make 2,000 gloves right here in this factory. >> and what is the advantage to hand stitching the gloves? >> when you have a craftsman that's concentrating on each glove, there's more detail and concentration in every stitch. >> can i put in a request for some extra, extra padding? >> yes, you can. actually, we do do that for certain, for certain players who want more padding. we have this one pad here, sometimes we'll add a pad, sometimes we'll add padding to the top. whatever the player is comfortable with we'll try to make it more comfortable for them. >> a glove made with love. how many ways can a glove be custom?

>> it can be custom in the leather, it can be different kinds of leather. then also you could have different color bindings. so you could have black on black on here as well, you could switch it. you could also have different webs or you could have the webs laced differently. >> so how many major leaguers do you supply gloves for? >> 35 to 40 players that wear our gloves right now, and it could be up to 60 as the season moves on. >> so george stitches the whole outside, and the inside gets stitched separately. >> yeah, the inside, it's like a completely different glove. and then we set it up on here. slide them right on. >> what is the most crucial part? >> the stitching is so important. as long as that is done properly, everything else just has to be uniformly and it'll come out just like the last one. >> so where do we go from here? >> we glue. we glue the two pieces that we just put together, we glue them so it holds straight like this, and then i pass it back over to george. and george will then put on what we call the binding. the binding just connects the two pieces of leather that we

just put together, it holds them together. >> those are the straightest stitches i've ever seen. >> well, george is very good. >> it's starting to look a little bit more glove-like. >> and then, this is where i come in with the lacing. and this is what i spend most of my day doing. >> it is extremely hard to get the needle through here. yes, i got it! sort of. that's one out of, i don't even know. >> now it's totally stitched up, and everything's laced and tied. you see the special knots everywhere. once it's done like that though, it's still not very comfortable because no one's hand has been in it yet. and that's when our mashers come in. if you can hold that. >> it hurts. a lot of time when you look at a baseball glove it looks like a machine did it. but there is no machine to do

any of this. so it's always done by hand. here, try the big one. this one hurts more because it's more concentrated. >> this feels like it's right about my size. all that's missing is my name. that's me! so how can a glove change how an athlete performs? >> a smaller glove will enhance an infielder's play, whereas a larger glove like this can enhance an outfielder's play because it's longer, it gives it more reach. the glove really is an extension of the player and it does something to aid, to aid him in playing. but it's really all up to them. >> i need a glove that's going to catch everything. can you help me out? >> one sec. >> oh! >> this is a start. >> perfect. oh, wait. >> there you go. >> now with this, maybe i'll catch everything. it's heavy. it's been so great seeing how to

make a glove and it's been a lot of work. this is the field report, i'm sienna. catch you later. a typical golf ball can take up to 1,000 years to decompose. and it's estimated 300 million of them are lost or thrown away every year. so someone has invented a golf ball made of fish food. it dissolves in water, and that's good news unless you're the one that hit it there.

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with this website, you'll learn it makes sense to save your cents. all right, young america, what's your opinion? we'll find out in "speak of the week." >> it can seem like high school lasts forever, but have you considered what you're doing afterwards? for instance, do you intend to go to college? >> i want to go to stanford because i know it's a good school and i like the campus and sports and stuff. >> i think i'm going to baylor, which is down in waco, texas, cause that's where my brother's going and both my parents went. >> i intend to go to auckland university, which is in new zealand. >> i do want to go to college, and i'm not sure yet but maybe like nyu or some good college with like business and music. >> i do intend to go to college, probably auburn university.

>> yes, i'd like to go to spellman university in atlanta, georgia. >> as for me, go syracuse orange! if you have trouble getting to sleep at night, there are plenty of possible reasons. but before you blame the paper that's due, or that video game still buzzing in your brain, consider this. scientists say teens are not getting enough morning light. without it, the body's 24-hour clock is confused. so if you need more "zs" at night, try getting outside in the morning. or at least stand near a window.

yellowstone national park is known for its rugged beauty. and the amazing old faithful geyser that shoots steam up from below ground. but if you go there remember the park is also the home of wild bison, also called the american buffalo. they weigh up to 2,000 pounds. they can run as fast as 30 miles an hour.

they can have horns. and recently they have taken to charging at visitors. one woman wound up in the hospital. so enjoy the view. but watch out for the bison. he's known as the man with the golden flute and she's his talented partner. sam puts these world-renowned performers on the spot. >> with over 30 million records sold and a busy concert schedule, they are two of the leading flute players on the planet. sir james and lady jeanne galway. their names may sound like royalty, but this knighted flutist and his wife are anything but stuffy. they were kind enough to answer your questions. >> hi sir james, my name's gabe, a fellow flute player. tell me how you got started playing the flute. >> well, i learned the flute as a little boy with my uncle and then i went to london, went to school in london to a royal college. then i went to paris conserve tear conservatory.

i came back and got myself a job. that's how it all started. >> hi lady jeanne, my name is jacob and i'm wondering, what is your favorite thing about playing the flute? >> the thing i love about the flute is the sound of the flute and my favorite thing is just being able to play it every day. >> hi, my name is gordon and i'd like to ask if either of you ever get stage fright while you're performing? >> i don't get nervous. i actually never did because i was always very well-prepared to do things. i never turned up unprepared. and being unprepared makes you nervous, i think, for anything. >> hi, my name's eliza and i was forced to play an instrument when i was younger so i was wondering from both of you if you think it's important to make a kid play an instrument? >> sometimes maybe you're playing the wrong instrument. maybe that's why you don't like it because instruments are really different. perhaps, for instance, i can't play the piano, but i can play the flute because my fingers don't work right on a piano. so, maybe if you're forced to play one instrument maybe you can just try something else like the trumpet and then you can keep your mom happy. >> hi, my name is max and i was just wondering if you guys felt

that musicians like yourselves that play the kind of music you do get the same respect from you know, kids and adults that pop artists do? >> it's a bit different because, you know, pop artists do a different job and they're sort of idols of, popular idols you know? what we do is a rather specialized thing and the people who come to hear us know what we're all about. >> hi, i'm rachel. >> i'm perinas and we were wondering what the best part of being a professional musician is? >> it's actually my hobby so i get paid for it. that's the best part about it. you get paid for doing what you like. >> did you hear that? getting paid for your hobby? now if only i can just get someone to pay for my shopping hobby. for "teen kids news," i'm sam. that wraps up our show, but we'll be back soon with more "teen kids news." >> thanks for joining us, and have a great week!

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