CARE

For more than twenty years, I have been debating—and deflecting—in the proverbial public square—the proposition advanced by the Amethyst Initiative and more than a few parents that lowering the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) will solve our nation’s problem (and fatigue) with youth and alcohol. Perhaps a recently released study will help settle the matter. In a January 2017 USA Today article, Karen Weintraub…

Is it time, again? With a virtual army of social media followers, survivors from Stoneman Douglas High School may be seizing an opportunity to take their futures into their own hands, inspiring young people nationwide to end the scourge of violence they know all too well. That opportunity is reminiscent of the one that students…

Kids do the darndest things. Yet, while the Twitterverse was momentarily captivated by a teen and his finger-ready smartphone filming of the fast-approaching superstar Justin Timberlake during Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime extravaganza, a more important story for young people was unfolding on the (not) frozen tundra of U.S. Bank Stadium. What was it? The tenacity…

Behind the magic of summer camp lie the fundamental building blocks of experiential learning, social development, character, civic engagement and other 21st-century “soft” skills that might very well translate into job opportunities one day. Who knew? “From the time courageous and forward-thinking educators created what has grown to become a world-wide camp movement here …, they knew…

Our children are at risk. And as rates of addiction soar for old and young, it’s essential that parents educate themselves about youth substance abuse. One 24-year-old college graduate told me, “I grew up in the suburban town of New Canaan, Conn., boasting some of the ‘best’ public schools in the country, high standardized-test scores and…