Editor’s Blog

Guest Contributor Niobe Way: Why we should celebrate all mentors, male and female
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by Niobe Way, Ed.D., Professor of Applied Developmental Psychology…

Using Evidence To Do the Most Good, Even When it Reveals an “Inconvenient Truth”
By Patrick T. McCarthy (reposted W.T. Grant Foundation)
Our…

How Does Mentoring Benefit Youth? Let’s Count the Ways
by David DuBois
One of the most common frustrations I…

Empathy adds “powerful, positive spark” to philanthropic giving
Editor's Note: In a recent NYTimes opinion piece, Jamil Zaki, an…

Can apprenticeships help reduce youth unemployment?
By Clio Chang, Century Foundation Policy Issue BriefAmerica has…

Explaining terror to children and adolescents
by Jean Rhodes, Ph.D.
The attacks in Paris raise difficult…

What is toxic stress and why does it matter for youth mentoring programs
By Venessa Marks and Julie Novak
This blog is…

Anchors, webs, and the triumph of Lorenzo Maudlin
By Jean Rhodes
In a recent NYTimes Magazine feature, journalist…

Tim Cavell on developmental relationships: They are the “holy grail but….”
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2012 Apr;82(2):157-66. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2012.01151.x.Developmental…

On sparks, purpose, and natural mentors
Reflections on Natural Mentoring Conference
by Peter Samuelson,…

Sherpas, Anchors, and VIPS: Do we need a new term for “natural mentors?”
by Jean Rhodes
What do you call a caring adult who helps…

The Future of Evidence-based Policy
By Vivian Tseng
First published on the WT Grant blog
As…

Parents Aren’t Teachers — They’re Parents
Kent Pekel
President and CEO, Search Institute
At the start…

Methods Corner Cracking the code: How to Read a Research Paper
by Adar Ben-Eliyahu, PhD
For many of us, reading an academic…

Difficult mentee? He or she may be struggling with borderline personality disorder
Editor's Note: In a popular article a few years back, Jane Brody…