Reality Gap paints an alarming portrait of a modern-day adolescence filled with potentially deadly behaviors carefully hidden from the view of parents and other adults. But it is also a book about hope and inspiration, pointing to the incredibly powerful role that parents and other mentors can play in the lives of young people and highlighting the tremendous contributions that many teens are making to their families, schools, and communities.
This new book gives high school students the inside scoop on figuring out who they are and where they want to go by offering teens the kind of comprehensive, down-to-earth advice they need and want.
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Child and Youth Development features eighteen articles that have been carefully selected from past editions of Camping Magazine, including Rites of Passage: Camp Pays Off in Youth Development, Happiness, Health, and Safety,” written by SADD Chairman and CEO Stephen Wallace. The contributing writers are recognized as authoritative voices in the field of child and youth development. Produced in cooperation with the American Camp Association.
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Check out these announcements! Wallace to receive national award in Nashville Wallace attends White House event on youth drug use Wallace serves as spokesperson for new White House Parent Chronicles campaign SADD and Liberty Mutual release new information about driving safety Wallace becomes online “Ask an Expert” columnist for new Web site Wallace appears in
The Parents League Review is an annual literary journal with articles on parenting and education.
First published in 1968, it has included articles by T. Berry Brazelton, Ned Hallowell, Jane Healy, Michael Thompson, Wynton Marsalis, Leon Botstein, Jane Goodall and Alice Waters, together with articles by parents and educators in New York’s independent schools. The 2009 edition features twenty-two articles, including “The Positive Impact of Youth Mentoring,” written by Stephen Wallace.
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This is an important time in teenagers’ lives — when they will develop driving habits that can be good and bad. Parents need to take an active role in helping teens develop safe driving behaviors because teenagers are involved in more car accidents than any other age group.
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Check out Stephen’s travel and speaking schedule for the 2008-2009 school year (so far)!: July 12 – Brewster, Massachusetts August 28 – Chatham, Massachusetts September 6 – San Francisco, California September 17 – Hyannis, Massachusetts September 25 – Peabody, Massachusetts October 3 – Newton, Massachusetts October 17 – Marion, Massachusetts October 19 – Westborough, Massachusetts October 22 –
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SADD Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Stephen Wallace was recently honored by the American Camp Association (ACA) for his efforts to promote the benefits of the summer camp experience. The Special Recognition Award was presented to Mr. Wallace at a ceremony during ACA’s national conference in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was speaking to camp directors about youth
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Stephen Wallace, chairman and chief executive officer of SADD, was recently awarded a Certificate of Recognition from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy at a press conference on Boston’s City Hall Plaza. The Certificate hailed Wallace for effectively communicating the risks of destructive decisions to America’s youth, parents, and public, stating: “Your
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Stephen’s book, Reality Gap: Alcohol, Drugs and Sex, What Parents Don’t Know and Teens Aren’t Telling, is being published as a lead title by Sterling Publishing Company/Union Square Press with a scheduled release date of August 2008. Sterling is one of the world’s leading publishers of non-fiction titles. Stay tuned for news of publicity events
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