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New Data on Stress in our Children (Click Here to View Article)

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Sam Goldstein, Ph.D.

In the past few months, two important large surveys about youth today have been published. The first, completed by the American Psychological Association, addressed stress in children. The second, completed by the Kaiser Family Foundation, extended their previous work investigating children’s use of the media and electronic devices.

In The Minds of Our Children

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Sam Goldstein, Ph.D.

The late Dr. Julius Segal coined the term charismatic adult to describe adults from whom a child gathers strength. Segal defined the role of a charismatic adult further to note that this person is someone a child identifies with.

School Discipline Means the Rod and Cane for Too Many Youth

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School Discipline Means the Rod and Cane for Too Many Youth

New Ideas to Prevent Chronic Violence and Aggression in American Youth

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The cost of crime in American Society today has been reported to exceed one trillion dollars. Crime by and against children and teenagers has steadily increased over the last thirty years. In 2006 there were nearly seventy-four million children and teenagers under the age of eighteen in the United States, and by the year 2030 that number will increase to nearly eighty-six million.