On May 20th, Stephen spoke to 7th graders at the American Heritage School in Delray Beach, FL. His topics included character development, positive risk-taking, community engagement, and resilience.
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Stephen’s May column for Psychology Today, Sibling Revelry – The new science of brothers and sisters … at home and at summer camp, highlights the role of siblings in producing positive youth outcomes.
Stephen’s new column in The Huffington Post, “A Point of Privilege,” focuses on the role of young people, adults, institutions, organizations and companies in creating positive change that helps others.
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Stephen’s April column for The Huffington Post, A Little Unwell, discusses the stigmatizing of mental illness and the lack of access to mental health service, especially on college campuses. It features original research from the Center for Adolescent Research and Education (CARE) and SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) as well as quotes from Dr. Stephen
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Stephen contributed one of four articles on the subject of setting childhood allowances for NBCUniversal’s Education Nation ParentToolKit.com site. There Is No One Size Fits All Approach to Allowance recognizes the importance of Financial Literacy Month.
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Stephen’s April column for Psychology Today, End Game – A different path to workforce development, assesses the value of summer camp employment in developing the workforce skills employers say they’re looking for, contrasting the experience with the traditional route of summer internships.
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Stephen’s April column for kidsinthehouse.com, “Character Education – What We Can Learn From the Atlanta Public Schools,” offers commentary on the recent convictions of 11 teachers and administrators for cheating.
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Stephen’s March article for kidsinthehouse.com, Much Ado About Nothing? – Stress and the College Search Sweepstakes, focuses on the college admissions process as well as calls for reform of higher education.
Stephen’s March column for Psychology Today, Troubled Waters – Stemming the rising tide of youth suicides, reveals new and alarming data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Stephen’s March column for The Huffington Post, Rain Before Rainbows, discusses the topic of sexual identity formation in adolescence.