News and Updates

Stephen and Leann Mischel, a business professor at Coastal Carolina University and member of the National Advisory Board at the Center for Adolescent Research and Education (CARE), have published a new feature article in the January/February edition of Camping Magazine. “Rethinking Summer,” includes new data collected from more than one hunderd 14-17 year olds at […]

Stephen’s new piece for Psychology Today, “Let the Kids Sleep, Part III,” furthers the dialogue on the important issue of sleep hygiene and the challenges facing adolesents in juggling multiple commitments and demands while getting enough sleep to perform optimally and avoid physical and mental health problems. Significantly, it provides data supporting later school start

Stephen will be in New York City this morning, October 19, for an NBC Learn Forum: Building the Future of Higher Education. Among other panels, Stephen will participate in one regarding the mental health crisis on college campuses, a topic he has studied and spoken about at numerous events around the country. NBCUniversal is a

Stephen’s new opinion-editorial on LinkedIn, “Character Does Count,” discusses the important role that influential adults have in helping young people develop strong character traits. Character development is one of eight favorable youth outcomes promoted by the Center for Adolescent Research and Education (CARE).

Stephen’s new Psychology Today column, “When I’m With You,” discusses the importance of close relationships to overall mental health. It was published to coincide with September’s National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and includes important information from a number of collaborators at the Center for Adolescent Research and Education (CARE), including the Jason Foundation, the Jed

Stephen’s new LinkedIn column, “My Better Self,” speaks to the favorable outcomes of summer camp experiences for young people.  It references his May/June Camping Magazine feature article, “Happy Campers: A Counterintuitive Conversation About Youth Mental Health,” which also draws a distinction between how kids say they feel when they are at camp as compared to

Stephen’s latest column for Psychology Today, “Good News, Bad News – An inventory of youth risk behavior in America,” takes stock of recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and highlights important work being done by organizations such as McCann Health, the Institute for Behavior and Health, the Opioid Center of Support

Stephen’s new feature article appearing in the September/October edition of Camping Magazine, “No Retreat: Convening Communities of Caring in Times of Loss and Grief,” discusses the critical role of summer camps in responding to tragedies that occur outside of the summer camp setting. He draws on his own experiences as a director at Cape Cod

This evening, Stephen and friends of CARE (Center for Adolescent Research and Education) will host the Second Annual CAREBBQ by the Beach. This educational event is designed to share information about the work CARE is doing around promoting favorable youth outcomes (such as positive identity formation, character development, leadership, civic engagement, social entrepreneurship, spirituality, conflict

Stephen’s new column for TeenLife Media, “What We Can Do To Help Teens Face Mental Health Issues,” discusses new data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and includes programming information from the Jed Foundation, a collaborator at the Center for Adolescent Research and Education (CARE). Other CARE collaborators, including the Clay Soper Memorial Fund,