Source: nytimes.com By RICHARD A. FRIEDMAN Original Post Date: JUNE 28, 2014 ADOLESCENCE is practically synonymous in our culture with risk taking, emotional drama and all forms of outlandish behavior. Until very recently, the widely accepted explanation for adolescent angst has been psychological. Developmentally, teenagers face a number of social and emotional challenges, like starting to separate […]
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Why Can Some Kids Handle Pressure While Others Fall Apart?
February 12, 2013 
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Excerpts from NY Times article “Why Can Some Kids Handle Pressure While Others Fall Apart?”. Full article HERE Article posted by: http://www.nytimes.com By PO BRONSON and ASHLEY MERRYMAN Originally Published: February 6, 2013 Never before has the pressure to perform on high-stakes tests been so intense or meant so much for a child’s academic future. […]
Continue readingPrying or Protecting; Online Software for Parents to Monitor their Teenagers
July 3, 2012 1 Comment
It is hard to imagine these days an American adolescent that is not connected in some way to the internet. Whether by smart phone, personal laptop, school computer, or shared-family computer; adolescents are “plugged in.” The internet is of course a useful learning tool that in this day and age is necessary in classrooms and […]
Continue readingThe “Good-Grade” Drug-Adderall, Ritalin, Vyvanse, etc.
June 15, 2012 0 Comments
An article published in the Saturday, June 9th, 2012, New York Times put a brilliant spotlight on the prescription drug abuse of Adderall, Ritalin, Vyvanse, and other medications prescribed to treat symptoms of A.D.H.D, by high school students pushing themselves to succeed in high school and get into top colleges. At high schools across the […]
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