Entries by Jean Rhodes

Teen Social Struggles Can Last Into Adulthood

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Allen, J. P., Chango, J. and Szwedo, D. (2013), The Adolescent Relational Dialectic and the Peer Roots of Adult Social Functioning. Child Development. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12106 Posted by Fariss Samarrai-Virginia U. VIRGINIA (US) — Most teens who fail to build strong, independent relationships with peers continue to have social and romantic issues into adulthood, a study shows. […]

Flying to Vienna will help Big Brothers Big Sisters!

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www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/community/chi-ugc-article-austrian-airlines-partners-with-big-brothers-2013-10-18,0,4500214.story Austrian Airlines Partners with Big Brothers Big Sisters to Help Build Local Community Austrian Airlines Partners with Big Brothers Big Sisters to Help Build Local Community Airline uses celebration of direct flights to Vienna as fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters Chicago, IL – October 15, 2013 – Austrian Airlines and Big Brothers Big […]

Short, compelling video explores how stress affects early cognitive development

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InBrief: The Science of Early Childhood Development This edition of the InBrief series, from Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child, addresses basic concepts of early childhood development, established over decades of neuroscience and behavioral research, which help illustrate why child development—particularly from birth to five years—is a foundation for a prosperous and sustainable society. View […]

Short new animated film describes “connected learning”

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  Connected Learning: Relevance, the 4th R Here is a new video that explains MacArthur Foundation’s Connected Learning initiative. Connected Learning happens is when youth are pursuing expertise around something they care deeply about, and they are supported by friends & institutions who share this common passion that is tuned to the demands and opportunities […]

An important new meta-analytic review of youth mentoring programs

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Delinquency expert Patrick Tolan and his colleagues (Tolan, Henry, Schoeny, Bass, Lovegrove, & Nichols, 2013) recently took stock of the mentoring literature and its effects on delinquency (i.e., arrests and convictions), as well as indicators associated with delinquency (i.e., academic outcomes, aggression, drug use). Their comprehensive review extended previous meta-analyses by: systematically exploring how variations in program […]

In Memory of a Friend, Teacher and Mentor

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By PHILIP ROTH reprinted from the New York Times I WAS 12 years old when I entered the Hawthorne Avenue Annex in February 1946. The Annex, a 15-minute bus ride for me from the main high school, was where you went in those days as a freshman at Newark’s Weequahic High. The first teacher I […]

Nationwide Effort to Recruit Male Mentors for 12,000 African American Boys

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from PRNewswire ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — When renowned radio personality Michael Baisden posted “A real man takes care of his kids no matter what the relationship is with the mother of the child,” on his Facebook page, he never anticipated the over nine million views or one million plus likes and comments he received as feedback! The […]