Wallace Addresses Communicating With Kids in New Camping Magazine Article
Stephen’s new feature article in Camping Magazine, “A Time to Talk,” tackles the topic of how best to communicate with kids.
Wallace Addresses Summer Camp For Teens in New Camping Magazine Article
Stephen’s new feature article for the January/February 2023 edition of Camping Magazine, “How to Run a Teen Program at a Summer Camp Wary of Teenagers,” discusses the value-added of experiential learning for adolescents and points to reasons why camps should embrace this particular cohort. This topic will be the basis of his presentation at the …
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Wallace Shines Light on Boy’s Development in New Camping Magazine Feature Article
Stephen’s new feature article in the November/December issue of Camping Magazine, “Lost Boys: Finding Their Way at Summer Camp,” explores the circuitous path of optimal youth development for boys and how, ultimately, many find their way at summer camp. It includes a deep dive on identity formation in adolescence, new learnings about youth mental health, …
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Wallace Addresses The Power of Presence in Addressing Youth Mental Health
Stephen’s new article on Linkedin, “The Power of Presence,” speaks to the healing nature of parents and other caring adults in the lives of young people.
Wallace Addresses the Youth Mental Health Crisis During National Suicide Prevention Month
September is National Suicide Prevention Month. In his new Psychology Today article, “Why Kids are Anxious, Lonely, and Depressed,” Stephen takes a deep dive into the precedents for mental illness and addresses what we can do to help our kids.
Wallace’s New Column Explores the Dangers Associated with America’s Ambivalence About Yoputh and Alcohol
Stephen’s new column, “America’s Ambivalence About Youth and Alcohol May Put Kids at Risk,” explores the prevalent dialogue surrounding underage drinking and how we may be putting young people at risk. It provides tips to parents (and other caring adults) as how best to talk with young people about alcohol and other drug use as …
Wallace Discusses Youth Transition From High School to College
Stephen’s new column on Linkedin, “August and Everything After,” discusses young people’s transition from high school to college and includes tips on what parents of college-bound teens may want to talk about prior to their departure, including self-awareness, self-management, social awareness. and relationship management. It also covers subjects such as substance use, peer pressure, sexual behavior, …
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Wallace Addresses Positive Youth Outcomes Enhanced by Summer Camp
Stephen’s new feature article in Camping Magazine, “How to Make the World a Better Place,” focuses on the role that summer camps play in extending favorable youth development. It includes original research from the American Camp Association and includes the voices of eight young people who attended camp.
Cumulative Grief Subject of Wallace’s New Essay, “Scars, Too.”
Stephen’s new essay on Linkedin, “Scars, too.” reveals the construct of cumulative grief, in his case caused by the deaths of young people with whom he worked in his role as a camp director.
Wallace Tackles the Youth Suicide Epidemic and the Why? Question
Stephen’s new article for Psychology Today, “The Ongoing Epidemic of Youth Suicide in America – Answering the Why? Question,” cites the rapid rise in youth mental illness and suicide. It references Josie Jacob’s book, “Why Did You Choose to Die?“, suicide prevention pioneer Dr. Scott Poland‘s innovative S.T.E.P.S. school-based prevention, intervention, and postvention initiative, Bob …
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