Book Buzz

Stephen’s work with youth is featured as the cover story (“Covering the Waterfront on Teen Advocacy“) in the new edition of Susquehanna Currents, the alumni publication of Susquehanna University.

PricelessParenting.com, an online training program that teaches parents proven techniques for effectively responding to misbehavior while guiding children to develop important character traits like integrity, honesty and compassion, has recommended Stephen’s book, Reality Gap, as a resource for parents.  On its blog, they say, “the book provides wonderful advice for parents in handling and discussing these critical

Stephen’s new book, Reality Gap has been selected as a “Best Parenting Book” for parents of teens and tweens by RadicalParenting.com.  For more information, click here.

On Wednesday, May 6th, Stephen spoke to area students and parents at a Youth Health Connection event held in the Performing Arts Center at Thayer Academy in Braintree, Massachusetts.  The event was sponsored by the Youth Health Connection program of South Shore Hospital.  Buttonwood Books and Toys of Cohasset was on hand to sell copies of

Stephen commented recently on the value of the summer camp experience for tweens and teens for a special supplement of the Washington Post:  “Camp is tremendously helpful for kids,” says Stephen Wallace, a director of Cape Cod Sea Camps, school psychologist, and author of Reality Gap:  Alcohol Drugs, and Sex – What Parents Don’t Know

On Monday night, April 13th, Stephen attended a Youth Health Connection’s event at Hingham High School and served as a member of five person panel to answer questions from the audience.  The featured speaker was Dr. Marisa Silveri of the Brain Imaging Center at McLean Hospital, who spoke about her groundbreaking research on adolescent brain

On Wednesday, April 22nd, Stephen spoke to parents and teens at an event sponsored by East Williston/Roslyn Community Coalition for Drug-free Youth.  He focused on effective parent-child communication as a key to discouraging underage drinking, other drug use, early intimate sexual behavior, bullying, violence, and suicide.  He also highlighted the important role that many young

With prom and graduation season approaching, the Cape Cod Hospital School-Based Health Centers sponsored a timely talk on teen behavior from on Monday, March 30, at the Barnstable High School Performing Arts Center.  The keynote speaker for the event was Stephen Wallace, Chairman and CEO of SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions), and author of the